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FRANKLIN and MARSHALL MOVES TO
#19 IN NOVEMBER 1 STX/NFHCA DIVISION III FIELD HOCKEY POLL
LANCASTER, PA - The
Franklin & Marshall College field hockey team remained #18 in the October
25 STX/National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III National Coaches
Poll.
Ranked #11 in the final 2004 poll, #10 on September 13, #11 on September 20,
#12 on September 27 and October 4, #16 on October 11 and #18 on October 18 and
25, Franklin & Marshall is 12-5 on the season as the Diplomats have
defeated CW Post University (2-0 W), Drew University (2-1 OT W), #17
Elizabethtown College (5-2 W), #12 Lebanon Valley College (3-2 OT W), the
University of Mary Washington (4-1 W), York College (2-1 W), Haverford College
(5-0 W), Washington College (1-0 W OT), Bryn Mawr College (8-0 W), Dickinson
College (4-2 W), Muhlenberg College (2-1 W) and Swarthmore College (4-1 W),
with losses to Eastern Mennonite University (2-1 L), #15 Gettysburg College
(2-1 L), Johns Hopkins University (7-0 L), #2 Ursinus College (2-1 L) and
McDaniel College (4-1 L),
The Diplomats are one of three Centennial Conference teams ranked in the top
20 joining Ursinus and Gettysburg.
The National Field Hockey Coaches Association Poll is voted upon by NFHCA
member coaches and has no bearing on selection to the 2005 NCAA Division III
Championship field.
Franklin & Marshall (12-5, 6-4 CC) will return to action on November 2 at
Johns Hopkins University's Homewood Field in the first round of the 2005
Centennial Conference Field Hockey Playoffs. Game time is set for 7:00
p.m.
November 1 STX/NFHCA Division III Field Hockey Poll
1.
Salisbury (15-1)
2.
Ursinus (15-2)
3.
Messiah (15-2)
4.
Bowdoin (14-0)
5.
Montclair State (16-1)
6.
Rowan (14-3)
7.
The College of New Jersey (14-4)
8.
Middlebury (13-2)
9.
SUNY-Cortland (13-2)
10.
Springfield (18-2)
11.
William Smith (14-3)
12.
Lebanon Valley (15-4)
13.
Skidmore (13-4)
14.
Williams (12-3)
15.
Gettysburg (13-5)
16.
Babson (17-4)
17.
Elizabethtown (13-4)
18.
Catholic (9-5)
19.
Franklin & Marshall (12-5)
20.
Kings (13-3)
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