Women's lacrosse has best-ever final ranking

WATERVILLE, Maine --- The Colby College women's lacrosse team finished sixth in the final Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Division III poll, the highest final ranking for the team in program history.

The 2008 and 2009 teams each finished with a final ranking of eight in the IWLCA poll. Colby started the 2010 season at 10^th in the opening poll of the year.

Colby finished the 2010 season at 15-5 and advanced to an NCAA Division III Tournament quarterfinal game for the first time in school history.

Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Division III Final Poll

(June 11, 2010)

                                               Record           Votes  (1st pl) Last Ranking

1. Salisbury                               21-1                400    (20)            2

2. Hamilton                               21-1                380                       1

3. Franklin & Marshall              16-4                355                       3

4. Gettysburg                            18-4                337                       4

5. TCNJ                                    15-4                313                       6

6. Colby                                    15-5                289                       9

7. Cortland                                17-3                273                       5

8. Trinity (CT)                          15-4                256                       8

9. Stevens                                 17-3                226                       7

10. Babson                               15-4                205                      11

11. Williams                             12-7                195                      10

12. Mary Washington               14-6                143                      19

13. Union                                 11-7                124                      13

14. Amherst                              11-5                122                      12

15. Catholic                              13-7                104                      17

16t. Tufts                                  11-4                102                      15

16t. Washington and Lee          14-5                102                      14

18. Elizabethtown                     16-5                  78                      RV

19. Middlebury                          8-7                   64                      16

20. Bowdoin                             10-6                  51                      18   

Also receiving votes: Brockport, Claremont McKenna