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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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