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Diplomats Ranked #8 in April 24 Inside Lacrosse Division III Women's Lacrosse Poll

by Sports Information
4/25/06

LANCASTER, PA – The Franklin & Marshall College women's lacrosse team moved to #8 in the April 24 Inside Lacrosse Division III Poll.

Ranked #11 in the March 13 Inside Lacrosse Poll, #10 on March 27 and April 3, #9 on April 10 and #5 on April 17, the Diplomats finished the regular season 12-3, 8-1 in the Centennial Conference to clinch the #2 seed for the upcoming Centennial Conference playoffs on April 29-30 at Gettysburg College.

On Saturday, the Diplomats will take on #3 seed Dickinson College 45 minutes following the conclusion of the other semifinal between #1 seed Gettysburg College and either #5 seed Swarthmore College or #4 seed Ursinus College.

The winners of the semifinals will clash at 1:00 p.m. at Gettysburg in the Centennial Conference championship game with a berth in the NCAA playoffs on the line.

One of the most successful Division III women’s lacrosse programs in the nation, Franklin & Marshall has captured six conference titles as the Diplomats have competed in 14 national championship tournaments and recorded a mark of 292-148-3 in 30 yards of competition.

2006 Inside Lacrosse Division III Women's Lacrosse Poll (April 24)
1. Middlebury
2. Salisbury
3. Gettysburg
4. TCNJ
5. Cortland
6. Amherst
7. Colby
8. Franklin & Marshall
9. Bowdoin
10. Dickinson
11. Rowan
12. Williams
13. Washington & Lee
14. Mary Washington
15. Tufts
16. St. Mary’s
17. Nazareth
18. Skidmore
19. Union
20. William Smith

 

 

   


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