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LANCASTER, PA – The Franklin & Marshall College field hockey team moved to #11 in the September 20 STX/National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III National Coaches Poll. Ranked #11 in the final 2004 poll and #10 last week, Franklin & Marshall has opened the season 5-1 as the team has defeated CW Post (2-0 W), Drew (2-1 OT W), Elizabethtown (5-2 W), #12 Lebanon Valley (3-2 OT W) and Mary Washington (4-1 W) and fell to Eastern Mennonite University (2-1 L). The Diplomats are one of three Centennial Conference teams ranked in the top 20 as Ursinus College (3-1) is picked #6 and Gettysburg College (4-2) is #16. The National Field Hockey Coaches Association Poll is voted upon by NFHCA member coaches and has no bearing on selection to the 2005 NCAA Division III Championship field. Franklin & Marshall (5-1, 0-0 CC) will return to action on September 22 at home versus York College of Pennsylvania. Game time is set for 4:30 p.m. September 20 STX/NFHCA Division III Field Hockey Poll
1. Salisbury (6-0)
2. Middlebury (3-0)
3. TCNJ (5-0)
4. Messiah (5-1)
5. SUNY-Cortland (5-0)
6. Ursinus (3-1)
7. William Smith (5-1)
8. Rowan (5-0)
9. Springfield (5-1)
10. Montclair State (5-1)
11. F&M (5-1)
12. Lebanon Valley (6-1)
13. Williams (4-0)
14. Skidmore (4-0)
15. Bowdoin (4-0)
16. Gettysburg (4-2)
17. Kean (6-1)
18. St. Lawrence (4-1)
19. Catholic (6-1)
20. Kings (7-0)
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