Middlebury completed a perfect season by capturing the Division III women’s national championship, and the Panthers ran the table in the Nike/USA Lacrosse Top 20, too, finishing 2023 at No. 1.
The Panthers have won each of the last three NCAA tournament they’ve competed in. Salisbury won the 2021 title while Middlebury did not compete because of COVID-19 restrictions. There was no tournament in 2020 because of the pandemic.
Denison, which made a surprising run in the postseason, moved into the Top 20 at No. 18 despite a rough regular season that led an 11-11 finish, and Kenyon also returned at No. 19. Amherst, which did not make the tournament field after ending its season in the first round of the NESCAC tournament, and Geneseo, both dropped out of the Top 20.
Nike/USA Lacrosse Rankings
Division I Men | Division I Women
Division II Men | Division II Women
Division III Men | Division III Women
NIKE/USA LACROSSE
DIVISION III WOMEN’S TOP 20
|
|
Final |
W/L |
Prev |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Middlebury |
23-0 |
1 |
|
2 |
Gettysburg |
19-5 |
9 |
|
3 |
William Smith |
21-1 |
2 |
|
4 |
Franklin & Marshall |
18-5 |
8 |
|
5 |
Washington and Lee |
19-2 |
3 |
|
6 |
Tufts |
16-5 |
5 |
|
7 |
York |
18-4 |
10 |
|
8 |
Salisbury |
15-4 |
4 |
|
9 |
Colby |
14-6 |
12 |
|
10 |
TCNJ |
16-4 |
6 |
|
11 |
Waesleyan |
15-4 |
7 |
|
12 |
Messiah |
16-4 |
11 |
|
13 |
St. John Fisher |
17-3 |
13 |
|
14 |
Trinity (Conn.) |
13-6 |
14 |
|
15 |
Roanoke |
16-4 |
15 |
|
16 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
21-2 |
17 |
|
17 |
Stevens |
18-3 |
19 |
|
18 |
Denison |
11-11 |
NR |
|
19 |
Kenyon |
18-2 |
NR |
|
20 |
Chicago |
16-3 |
18 |