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LANCASTER, PA – The Franklin & Marshall College field hockey team moved one spot to eighth in the October 12 STX/National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III National Coaches Poll. Ranked seventh in the October 5 poll, the Diplomats went 2-0 last week in Centennial Conference action defeating #16 Gettysburg College (2-1 W) and 2003 Centennial Conference champion Johns Hopkins Univesity (3-1 W). Versus Gettysburg, forward Eileen Keever (Jr., Prospect Park, PA/Interboro) scored with 36 seconds left in regulation for the deciding score as the Diplomats remain second in the Centennial Conference with a 4-1 record. The National Field Hockey Coaches Association Poll is voted upon by NFHCA member coaches and has no bearing on selection to the 2004 NCAA Division III Championship field. Franklin & Marshall (10-2, 4-1 CC) will return to action on October 13 at McDaniel College. Game time is set for 4:00 p.m. October 12 STX/NFHCA Division III Field Hockey Poll
1. Salisbury University (12-0)
2. Messiah College (10-1)
3. Ursinus College (11-1)
4. Middlebury College (9-0)
5. SUNY Cortland (10-1)
6. Montclair State University (10-2)
7. Juniata College (10-1)
8. Franklin & Marshall College (10-2)
9. Springfield College (11-2)
10. William Smith College (10-1)
11. Hartwick College (9-1)
12. Utica College (10-1)
13. Lebanon Valley College (10-4)
14. The College of New Jersey (7-4)
15. Skidmore College (7-5)
16. Gettysburg College (7-3)
17. Ithaca College (6-5)
18. Williams College (8-1)
19. Rowan University (4-6)
20. Manhattanville College (9-2)
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