Coming off its first victory of the 2021 campaign, the Gettysburg College women’s lacrosse team grabbed the No. 5 position in the latest release of the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches’ Association Division III Poll.
Gettysburg (1-0) showed no signs of rust in dashing past Washington College 16-8 in its season opener over the weekend. Dating back to the preseason poll, the Bullets have maintained a top-five billing in all five editions of the national ballot.
Franklin & Marshall College (1-0) snagged the top spot with 19 first-place votes. Tufts University (0-0) was a distant second and snagged three first-place votes. Washington and Lee University (4-0) and Salisbury University (6-0) secured one and two first-place votes, respectively, to finish ahead of Gettysburg.
Gettysburg makes its home debut against Muhlenberg College this Saturday at 4 p.m.
| Rank | Institution | Points | FPV | Record | Last Poll |
| 1 | Franklin & Marshall | 612 | 19 | 1-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Tufts | 581 | 3 | 0-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Washington and Lee | 574 | 1 | 4-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Salisbury | 551 | 2 | 6-0 | 5 |
| 5 | Gettysburg | 547 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| 6 | Wesleyan (CT) | 496 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| 7 | York (PA) | 483 | 0 | 4-0 | 7 |
| 8 | Catholic | 441 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 |
| 9 | St. John Fisher | 413 | 0 | 4-0 | 11 |
| 10 | TCNJ | 393 | 0 | 1-1 | 10 |
| 11 | Ithaca | 382 | 0 | 2-0 | 12 |
| 12 | Colby | 333 | 0 | 0-0 | 14 |
| 13 | Brockport | 332 | 0 | 0-1 | 13 |
| 14 | Denison | 282 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| 15 | William Smith | 256 | 0 | 0-1 | 17 |
| 16 | SUNY Geneseo | 223 | 0 | 0-0 | 18 |
| 17 | Mary Washington | 212 | 0 | 0-3 | 16 |
| 18 | Trinity (CT) | 188 | 0 | 0-0 | 20 |
| 19 | Colorado College | 178 | 0 | 0-1 | 19 |
| 20 | St. Mary’s (MD) | 160 | 0 | 2-1 | 21 |
| 21 | Messiah | 138 | 0 | 5-0 | 24 |
| 22 | SUNY Cortland | 108 | 0 | 1-1 | 23 |
| 23 | Lynchburg | 85 | 0 | 3-1 | 25 |
| 24 | Roanoke | 42 | 0 | 3-0 | NR |
| 25 | Christopher Newport | 33 | 0 | 4-2 | NR |
| RV | Bates | 1-0 | NR |
This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.