Shenandoah University saw the biggest gains in the latest Penn Monto and National Field Hockey Coaches Association poll.
The Hornets are 5-1. The team’s one loss on the season was to Johns Hopkins, which won the 2022 NCAA Division III National Championship.
“The Penn Monto/NFHCA Division III National Coaches Poll is a composite ranking of the top-25 teams with a .500 or better record in the nation each week. Each Division III team with an NFHCA member coach is permitted one vote for the ranking each week,” according to the association.
Additionally, the poll has no bearing on selection to the 2023 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship.
Here are the top 25 NCAA Division III teams in week two:
25. Lynchburg, previously 24
24. Rochester, previously 21
23. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, previously 19
22. Shenandoah, previously 25
21. SUNY Cortland, unranked
20. The Catholic University of America, previously 22
19. Ursinus College, previously 20
18. The College of New Jersey, previously 13
17. Bryn Mawr College, previously 18
16. Bowdoin College, no change
15. Hamilton College, previously 17
14. Trinity College, previously 12
13. Bates College, previously 15
12. Kean, previously 14
11. Amherst, previously 10
10. Rowan, previously 8
9. Christopher Newport, previously 11
8. Williams College, previously 7
7. York College, previously 9
6. Salisbury, previously 4
5. Tufts, previously 6
4. Messiah, previously 5
3. Johns Hopkins, previously 2
2. Babson College, previously 3
1.Middlebury College, no change
