Division III USILA Poll Week 9: Salisbury, Stevenson Flip After Weekend Tilt

USILA
April 22, 2014

Easter weekend yielded the annual matchup between Salisbury and Stevenson with the teams entering play among the top three in the land. The Seagulls emerged victorious, 11-9, and with the win leapt them past the Mustangs into the No. 2 spot in this week’s USILA Coaches Poll. Stevenson now finds itself the No. 3 team in the country behind the two teams that have felled it in 2014: RIT and…

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Division III USILA Poll Week 8: Cabrini Drops After Loss to Salisbury

USILA
April 14, 2014

I wrote last week about how Springfield College is in a position where every non-conference game is a must-win due to the relatively weak conference it calls home. I likened it to Cabrini and its position in the CSAC and this week we saw one team keep their non-conference roll going while the other stumbled against what looked like the far superior team. The Cavaliers saw their first drop of…

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Division III USILA Poll Week 4: Salisbury Jumps to No. 2, Union Debuts

USILA
March 17, 2014

This week’s USILA Top 20 has seen some upheaval thanks to RIT’s win over Cortland in its second No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup of the season. The Tigers remain No. 1 in the country after beating the Red Dragons and Western New England this week while Cortland slides all the way down to No. 6. Taking their place in the top pairing are the Seagulls of Salisbury who improved…

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Division III USILA Poll Week 3: Top Tier Holding Steady

USILA
March 10, 2014

This past week was, when compared to the previous week, a fairly pedestrian one. The best teams took care of business and the top six of the USILA Top 20 seems to have taken its permanent shape. RIT, Cortland, Salisbury, Tufts, Stevenson, and Cabrini have been on a whole other level than the rest of the country and it will take a major shakeup for any other teams to crack…

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Division III USILA Poll Week 2: Four Teams Enter, Top 10 Gets Two New Teams

USILA
March 3, 2014

The first full week of Division III lacrosse is in the books and the warts of preseason polls are beginning to show themselves. Gone are teams like Western New England, Middlebury, Stevens and Roanoke—all good teams off to slow starts—while teams like Springfield College and Endicott have shot towards the top 10.  The top end has stayed true, but the rest of the poll has proven to be an inexact…

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Division III USILA Poll Week 1: RIT Takes Over No. 1 After Overtime Win

USILA
February 24, 2014

Predictably, the RIT Tigers have taken over the No. 1 spot in the USILA Top 20 after knocking off Stevenson in overtime on Saturday afternoon. The Mustangs weren’t punished too harshly for the loss, falling just two spots to No. 3 while Cortland jumps up to No. 2. Salisbury and Tufts round out the rest of the top five. Two teams suffered upsets on Saturday and both teams were punished…

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