Women’s Lacrosse: Bullets Tagged Ninth in D3 Preseason Poll

NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. – The Gettysburg College women’s lacrosse team was picked ninth in the ILWomen/Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Division III Preseason Poll released on Monday, Jan. 31.

Gettysburg secured a top-10 position in the preseason ballot with a familiar lot of teams finishing ahead of the Bullets. Defending national champion Salisbury University grabbed the pole position ahead of national runner-up Tufts University. St. John Fisher College, Ithaca College, and Washington and Lee University rounded out the top five.

William Smith College grabbed the No. 6 spot with two familiar Gettysburg foes following in No. 7 Franklin & Marshall College and No. 8 Messiah University. Finishing behind the Bullets and completing the top 10 was The College of New Jersey.

The preseason selection marked Gettysburg’s second top-10 pick of the year with the Bullets picked 10th in the Nike/USA Lacrosse Division III Women’s Preseason Top 20 released in late December.

Gettysburg won’t shy away from competition to reaffirm its place among the nation’s elite D3 programs in 2022. The Bullets will face off with eight teams ranked among the top 20, including No. 1 Salisbury, No. 2 Tufts, No. 5 W&L, No. 7 F&M, No. 8 Messiah, No. 10 TCNJ, No. 12 Denison University, and No. 18 York (Pa.) College.

Gettysburg went 5-1 and finished 11th in the final national poll released by the IWLCA in 2021. The shortened schedule due to pandemic restrictions combined with changes to the NCAA tournament field kept the Bullets out of the postseason for the first time since 2001.

The 2022 campaign opens with the Bullets hosting Stevenson University on Saturday, Feb. 19, at 1 p.m.

This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.