Things are starting to heat up this season with over 35 games played this past week! The Top 5 have remained steady thus far with both Navy and Loyola Maryland receveing first place votes this week. University of Vermont sits tight at number 3 this week and St. Josephs and St. Thomas round out the Top 5. 

There are two newcomers to the poll this week: Syracuse, who pulled out two wins this past weekend over previous national tournament attendees, Sacred Heart and WCLA D2 West Chester and Duquesne University out of the WCLL who had a close loss to #4 St. Josephs over the weekend. Check out the full Top 20 below.

This coming week we will see 68 competitions across the WCLO that are bound to shake up the Top 20. The biggest playday of the weekend will include reigning National Champs, Loyola-Maryland and newcomers University of New Hampshire traveling to National Runner-ups Fairfield Unviersity for a round robin on Sunday. Noteable upcoming games between Top 20 teams are listed below!

Week 6 Top 20
Rank       Team          Points
1     Loyola - Maryland    159
2     US Naval Academy    153
3     Vermont    134
4     St. Joseph    128
5     St. Thomas    126
6     Fairfield    119
7     Grand Valley State    109
8     Georgetown    102
9     University of New Hampshire    98
10     Wake Forest    96
11     High Point    77
12     West Virginia    66
13     Binghamton    46
14     Air Force    44
15     American    38
16     University of Kentucky    37
17     Syracuse    31
18     Marist    30
19     George Washington    28
20     Duquesne    19

Wednesday 3/26
#6 Fairfield vs. Central Connecticut

Saturday 3/29
#16 Kentucky vs. Dayton
#20 Duquesne vs. University at Buffalo
#2 Navy vs. #8 Georgetown
#11 High Point vs. #10 Wake Forest
#7 Grand Valley vs. #12 West Virginia
#18 Marist vs. #13 Binghamton
#15 American vs. #19 George Washington

Sunday 3/30
#3 Vermont vs. Bryant & Maine
#4 St. Josephs vs. Johns Hopkins
#13 Binghamton vs. Cortland
#1 Loyola- Maryland vs. #9 New Hampshire
#1 Loyola- Maryland vs. #6 Fairfield
#6 Fairfield vs. #9 New Hampshire

After a light week of games this past week, the WCLO will see the biggest weekend of the 2025 season thus far with three Friday night faceoffs, fourteen games on Saturday and eighteen matchups on Sunday. The rankings continue to remain pretty stagnant through the break, but are bound to shake up over the next three weeks. On Tuesday, #5 St. Thomas will square off against WCLA D1 Minnesota. The Tommies look to repeat as they defeated Minnesota in the regular season in 2024. #6 Fairfield will also be pairing up with a WCLA D1 team are set to play Rhode Island at home Sunday evening. Also seeing out of league competition this coming week are 2024 National tournament attendees, Sacred Heart; they will face WCLA D2 Quinnipiac at home Saturday, then play host to 2023 National tournament attendees, WPI, and Syracuse University. 

We also look forward to some Top 20 matchups this weekend within the WCLO. #2 Navy will take on #T16 American at home on Saturday, and then will head to George Washington University to face VCU and #13 George Washington. #4 St. Joseph will play Duquesne University for a MAWLL/WCLL matchup. The Hawks will also play WCLA D2 West Chester.  #T8 Grand Valley will continue their season after a long hiatus and will see three games against Illinois State, Michigan State ‘B’ and Oakland. 

#1 Loyola Maryland will not see action again until Week 6 where they will play two statement matchups against newcomers New Hampshire, as well as, a National Championship rematch against Fairfield University.

Take a look at the full Week 5 Top 20 below and head over to our Schedule Tab to check out all of the games being played this weekend!

Week 5 Top 20:
1. Loyola- Maryland (4-1) 
2. US Naval Academy (4-1)
3. University of Vermont (6-0) 
4. St. Joseph (1-2) ↑2
5. St. Thomas (5-0) ↓1
6. Fairfield (3-0) ↓1
7. Georgetown (2-1) 
T8. University of New Hampshire (3-1) ↑1  
T8. Grand Valley State (0-1) ↑2
10. Wake Forest (3-0) ↓2
11. High Point University (3-1) 
12. West Virginia (3-1) 
13. George Washington (3-2) ↑1
14.  University of Kentucky (3-1) ↓1
15. Air Force (3-1)
T16. Binghamton (1-0) 
T16. American (4-2) ↑3
18. Marist (3-1) 
19. Tufts (0-2) ↑1 
20. Towson (7-3) ↓3