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Lax Power Forum Men's D III Poll 
March 31, 2003
LaxPower Forum Poll
Men's Division III
03/31/03 |
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
1st |
Previous |
| 1 |
Salisbury |
257 |
(10) |
2 |
| 2 |
Whittier |
248 |
(3) |
3 |
| 3 |
Middlebury |
215 |
|
1 |
| 4 |
Gettysburg |
204 |
|
5 |
| 5 |
Hampden-Sydney |
202 |
|
7 |
| 6 |
Cortland |
180 |
|
6 |
| 7 |
Ithaca |
174 |
|
4 |
| 8 |
St. Lawrence |
173 |
|
8 |
| 9 |
Franklin & Marshall |
166 |
|
9 |
| 10 |
Washington College |
133 |
|
15 |
| 11 |
Ohio Wesleyan |
126 |
|
10 |
| 12 |
Roanoke |
123 |
|
11 |
| 13 |
Washington & Lee |
118 |
|
14 |
| 14 |
McDaniel |
100 |
|
13 |
| 15 |
Rensselaer |
57 |
|
12 |
| 16 |
Nazareth |
50 |
|
17 |
| 17 |
Lynchburg |
47 |
|
16 |
| 18 |
Clarkson |
39 |
|
19 |
| 19 |
Amherst |
32 |
|
RV |
| 20 |
Eastern Connecticut |
30 |
|
18 |
Received votes: Hartwick (20), RIT (12), Bowdoin
(11), Colby (5), Virginia Wesleyan (4), Geneseo
(3), Springfield (1) |
Number of voters: 13 (beachbum, corkscrew,
D-III, general21111, minkhoo, moty9, Richard,
squash, Stugotz, The Professional, tmj8, valaxfan,
waclaxfan) |
Pollster Comments
Salisbury:
Upcoming showdown with Gettysburg will tell
all. (D-III) — Bullets come to town Saturday.
Big test for the #1 team. (minkhoo) —
Previous rankings keep them ahead of a powerful
Whittier team for the time being. (moty9)
— Only team that can match Whittier?
(The Professional) — Still impressive!
(valaxfan)
Whittier: Their season is effectively
over; now they have the advantage or disadvantage,
depending on how you look at it, of watching
all the action from the sidelines. (D-III)
— Set the snooze alarm for May. (minkhoo)
— No one can say Whittier has not earned
respect. Let's see if they can make a better
run at it this year. (moty9) — Might
be unstoppable this season. (The Professional)
— They are at the door step, with one
foot in; the other foot is ready. Loaded team.
(valaxfan)
Middlebury: Lost on the road by a goal
in a quagmire. Regrouped nicely against Wesleyan.
Biggest game of the season this weekend against
Amherst. (D-III) — Tough loss in the
mud, but still a good shot to four-peat. (minkhoo)
— The mighty have fallen. (moty9) —
Still early. (The Professional) — Tough
loss at Gburg. (valaxfan)
Gettysburg: One thing is for sure,
this team will be battle tested come tournament
time. (D-III) — Got to hand it to the
Bullets, they play the toughest schedule in
D3. Too bad they don't have a quality field
to play on. (minkhoo) — I don't think
Gettysburg has the ability to take it all
the way this year. (moty9) — Up and down.
Not eough "O" when it is said and done. (The
Professional) — They win, they lose;
what a year so far in DIII: parity. (valaxfan)
Hampden-Sydney: Great comeback on the
road against Maroons. (minkhoo) — Big
loss to a strong Whittier team. (moty9) —
Always dangerous. (The Professional) —
Tought loss then big road win. (valaxfan)
Cortland: We will finally learn what
this team is made of as they face Naz, Hartiwck,
Ithaca, and RIT in a row. (D-III) — Dragons
seem to be back on track, but they have a
tough stretch of games over the next 10 days.
(minkhoo) — Tough team. Could be the
playoff sleeper. (The Professional) —
Playing much better now. (valaxfan)
Ithaca: How good are these guys? Undistinguished
early schedule, loss to a top D2 school on
road. Still a question mark to me. (minkhoo)
— Tough loss to NYIT. (valaxfan)
St. Lawrence: They just keep on winning.
(minkhoo) — Not much of a schedule since
the Cortland and Bowdoin games, but still
undefeated! (moty9) — Gaining. (valaxfan)
Franklin & Marshall: Contender in Cenntennial?
WAC at home next week will tell the story.
(minkhoo) — Hmmmm... (The Professional)
— Winning but not the big scores I would
have expected. Tough team. (valaxfan)
Washington College: On a roll after
losing their first two games of the season.
Look to quiet upstart F&M this week. (D-III)
— Shoremen win a much needed biggie.
(minkhoo) — Huge win over Gettysburg.
(moty9) — Play well in Chestertown, but
not going anywhere. (The Professional) —
Big win over Gburg. (valaxfan)
Ohio Wesleyan: Bishops MAY be a great
team, but this is based on one "close loss"
rather than quality wins. Can't prove it until
tourney time. (minkhoo) — Probably not
as good as ranking. (The Professional)
Roanoke: W&L win was nice, but other
close losses really don't help. (minkhoo)
— Nobody wants to play them this year.
Capable of beating anyone on a given day.
Best attackman in D3. (The Professional) —
Tough loss to Poets, played them well for
3 Qtrs, and HSC. (valaxfan)
Washington & Lee: Still not hitting
on all cylinders. (minkhoo) — Solid D,
no offense. (The Professional) — They
are on a streak, two in a row, with big ODAC
games coming and traditional rivalry game
with VMI this week. (valaxfan)
McDaniel: Somewhere along the line
they will play an elite team. Then we will
see if there is reason to fear the Green Terror.
(minkhoo) — Gotta play someone. (The
Professional)
Rensselaer: A stumble against Hartwick;
next three games will be a tough stretch.
(minkhoo)
Nazareth: Inconsistent. Cortland coming
to town Wednesday will be a big test. (minkhoo)
Lynchburg: Tough loss to W&L; had a
lot of wild shots not on goal; still a chance
in the ODAC tourney to make up ground after
they play the remaining conference games.
(valaxfan)
Clarkson: They keep winning. (minkhoo)
— Big win this week over RPI. (moty9)
Amherst: Can the Lord Jeffs challenge
the Panthers? (minkhoo)
Hartwick: Looks like Hawks will be
a serious competitor in E8. (minkhoo)
Virginia Wesleyan: Fairytale start
comes to a halt with the ODAC big four on
the schedule. (D-III) — Nice start for
Marlins. They now must run the gauntlet of
the top 4 in the ODAC. (minkhoo)
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