Defending CAC champion Salisbury is ranked sixth and Mary Washington is 17th in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) 2012 Division III preseason national rankings.
Salisbury finished the 2011 season with a 19-3 overall record, including an 8-0 mark in CAC play. The Sea Gulls defeated UMW 18-6 in the CAC title game for their ninth-straight CAC crown and 11th in the last 12 years.
Mary Washington is coming off a 13-8 season a year ago,
return All-Americans Catherine
Kennedy and Allie
Kimmelman for 2012. UMW tied Stevenson for
second place in the CAC regular-season standings, each with
6-2 records.
IWLCA Division III Preseason Poll (2 February 2012)
2011 Record Votes (1st pl) Final 2011
1. Gettysburg 19-4 396 (17) 1
2. TCNJ 20-1 365 (3) 3
3. Cortland 21-2 337 4
4. Bowdoin 18-4 333 2
5. Franklin & Marshall 19-3 299 7
6. Salisbury 19-3 298 6
7. Hamilton 18-2 274 9
8. Trinity (CT) 18-1 254 5
9. Middlebury 11-6 226 12
10. Colby 15-5 213 8
11. Catholic 15-4 177 10
12. Stevens 16-4 160 11
13. Messiah 18-2 155 13
14. Washington & Lee 15-5 145 14
15. Tufts 12-7 139 15
16. Amherst 9-6 92 17
17. Mary Washington 13-8 51 20
18. Bates 9-7 50 19
19. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 16-3 47 16
20. Elizabethtown 16-4 44 18
Also receiving votes: Ithaca, Skidmore, Union, Williams
