WCLO National Rankings - March 20th, 2024
More minor shuffling this week in the rankings as we finish out spring breaks amongst the MAWLL and NEWLL teams.
High Point University moves up one into 4th, dropping Grand Valley State to 5th this week. GVSU picked up a win against Mount Vernon Nazarene University on Saturday. University of St. Thomas continues to pick up momentum, moving up to #8 after defeating WCLA Division 1 University of Minnesota last Wednesday and beating Minnesota-Duluth 14-2 on Saturday. #6 Fairfield University picked up a 13-7 win against #9 WPI on Sunday.
Check out the full Top 20 listed below!
Week 5 Top 20:
1. Loyola Maryland (prev. 1)
2. Wake Forest (prev. 2)
3. US Naval Academy (prev. 3)
4. High Point University (prev. 5)
5. Grand Valley State (prev. 4)
6. Fairfield University (prev. 6)
7. West Virginia University (prev. 7)
8. University of St. Thomas (prev. 9)
9. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (prev. 8)
10. William and Mary (prev. 10)
11. Binghamton University (prev. 11)
T12. St. Josephs University (prev. 12)
T12. Towson University (prev. T13)
14. SUNY Cortland (prev. T13)
15. Coastal Carolina (prev. 15)
16. Georgetown (prev. T17)
17. Syracuse University (prev. T17)
18. Elon (prev. 16)
19. Lafayette College (prev. 20)
20. Tufts University (prev. NR)
Others receiving votes: Fordham University, Duquesne University, University of Dayton, Marist College, Salisbury University
There are 56 games slated to take place across the WCLO this coming weekend including five Top 20 match-ups. Here are some noteable games to keep an eye on over the weekend.
Friday:
#11 Binghamton vs. RIT
#9 WPI vs. Merrimack
Saturday:
#1 Loyola Maryland vs. #3 US Naval Academy
#4 High Point vs. UNC Wilmington
#10 William and Mary vs. #16 Georgetown
Sunday:
#5 Grand Valley State vs. #7 West Virginia University
#4 High Point vs. WCLA D1 UNC-Charlotte
#2 Wake Forest vs. #15 Coastal Carolina
#17 Syracuse vs. WCLA D1 Rhode Island
#6 Fairfield vs. Central Connecticut
#11 Binghamton vs. Stony Brook
#14 Cortland vs. Ithaca
#17 Syracuse vs. Stony Brook
#17 Syracuse vs. #11 Binghamton