Two out of the three top teams on the National Field Hockey Coaches final poll remain undefeated on the 2023 season.
Middlebury and Christopher Newport have pristine records heading into the NCAA Division III tournament.
The NFHCA poll, sponsored by Penn Monto, is not the same as the selection of the teams participating in the DIII tournament. Coaches vote on teams weekly throughout the college field hockey season.
Endicott College, an unranked team, made it onto the final list.
Here are the Division III college teams that were listed in week nine:
25. Endicott College, 16-4, previously not ranked
24. Ithaca, 14-6, previous No. 25
23. Trinity College, 9-7, no change
22. The College of New Jersey, 11-8, no change
21. Franklin & Marshall College, 11-8, no change
20. Swarthmore College, 13-6, previous No. 18
19. MIT, 14-5, previous No. 20
18. Wesleyan, 9-7, previous No. 19
17. Shenandoah, 16-3, previous No. 16
16. Rowan, 11-7, previous No. 17
15. Bowdoin College, 10-6, no change
14. Kean, 11-5, previous No. 13
13. SUNY Cortland, 17-1, previous No. 14
12. Amherst College, 10-7, no change
11. Lynchburg, 19-2, no change
10. Tufts, 11-5, no change
9. York College (PA), 15-4, previous No. 8
8. Williams College, 11-7, previous No. 9
7. Bates College, 12-5, no change
6. Salisbury College, 13-4, no change
5. Messiah, 17-1, no change
4. Johns Hopkins, 18-1, no change
3. Chris. Newport, 17-0, no change
2. Babson College, 20-1, no change
1. Middlebury, 18-0, no change
Photo: Salisbury at York College, (Bob Benscoter, October 2023)
