Franklin & Marshall Finishes #19 in Final 2005 STX/NFHCA Division III Field Hockey Coaches Poll

by Sports Information
11/8/05

LANCASTER, PA – The Franklin & Marshall College field hockey team finished #19 in the final STX/National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III National Coaches Poll.

Ranked #11 in the final 2004 poll, #10 on September 13, #11 on September 20, #12 on September 27 and October 4, #16 on October 11, #18 on October 18 and 25 and #19 on November 1, Franklin & Marshall is 12-6 on the season as the Diplomats have defeated CW Post University (2-0 W), Drew University (2-1 OT W), #17 Elizabethtown College (5-2 W), #12 Lebanon Valley College (3-2 OT W), the University of Mary Washington (4-1 W), York College (2-1 W), Haverford College (5-0 W), Washington College (1-0 W OT), Bryn Mawr College (8-0 W), Dickinson College (4-2 W), Muhlenberg College (2-1 W) and Swarthmore College (4-1 W), with losses to Eastern Mennonite University (2-1 L), #16 Gettysburg College (2-1 L), Johns Hopkins University (7-0 L, 3-1 L), #2 Ursinus College (2-1 L) and McDaniel College (4-1 L).

The Diplomats are one of three Centennial Conference teams ranked in the top 20 joining Ursinus and Gettysburg.

The National Field Hockey Coaches Association Poll is voted upon by NFHCA member coaches and had no bearing on selection to the 2005 NCAA Division III Championship field.

Franklin & Marshall (12-6, 6-4 CC) will return to action on November 9 at Kean University in a first round Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Region Championship playoff game. Game time is set for 5:00 p.m.

2005 STX/NFHCA Division III Field Hockey Poll (FINAL)
1. Salisbury (17-1)
2. Ursinus (18-2)
3. Messiah (17-2)
4. Bowdoin (16-0)
5. Rowan (16-3)
6. Montclair State (16-2)
The College of New Jersey (14-4)
8. SUNY-Cortland (14-2)
9. Springfield (20-2)
10. Middlebury (13-3)
11. William Smith (16-3)
12. Williams (13-4)
13. Skidmore (14-5)
14. Lebanon Valley (16-5)
15. Babson (18-5)
16. Gettysburg (14-6)
17. Elizabethtown (13-5)
18. Catholic (10-6)
19. Franklin & Marshall (12-6)
20. Kings (14-4)