D-II Poll: Tourney Time for Ranked Teams

Published: Apr 20, 2016

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Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association
Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference
Lone Star Alliance
Pacific Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse League
Pioneer Collegiate Lacrosse League
Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference
SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference
Southwestern Lacrosse Conference
Upper Midwest Lacrosse Conference
Western Collegiate Lacrosse League
Cal State Fullerton Titans
Concordia Golden Eagles
Grand Valley State Lakers
Grove City Wolverines
Indiana Tech Warriors
Kennesaw State Owls
Lawrence Tech Blue Devils
Lindenwood-Belleville Lynx
Lourdes Gray Wolves
MSU Denver Roadrunners
Missouri Baptist Spartans
Missouri Valley Vikings
Montana State Bobcats
North Dakota State Bison
Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish
Reinhardt University Eagles
Siena Heights Saints
Sierra Nevada Eagles
St. Andrews Knights
St. John's Johnnies
UC Davis Aggies
Dayton Flyers
Minn.-Duluth Bulldogs
San Diego Toreros
St. Thomas Tommies

ATLANTA – Both the UMLC and CCLA tournaments kick off this weekend, and the two conference playoffs boast seven of the Top 10 teams in the Under Armour MCLA Division II Coaches Poll, which was released Wednesday.

The top three seeds in the UMLC playoffs – No. 1 St. Thomas, No. 3 North Dakota State and No. 7 St. John’s – are all in the first 10 while four CCLA title contenders – No. 5 Dayton, No. 6 Grove City, No. 8 Grand Valley State and No. 9 Siena Heights – also share that honor.

In total, 10 of the teams in those two conference championships are ranked.

The teams making up the Top 25 are unchanged from last week.

Under Armour MCLA Division II Coaches Poll

Rank	Team	Points	1st votes
1.	St. Thomas	664	16
2.	Concordia-Irvine	636	10
3.	North Dakota State	631	1
4.	Kennesaw State	588
5.	Dayton	573
6.	Grove City	522
7.	St. John's	479
8.	Grand Valley State	460
9.	Siena Heights	432
10.	Sierra Nevada	401
11.	Lourdes	400
12.	Palm Beach Atlantic	360
13.	Minn.-Duluth	349
14.	Missouri Valley	320
15.	Reinhardt	312
16.	Montana State	287
17.	Cal State Fullerton	257
18.	Metro State	220
19.	St. Andrews	167
20.	Indiana Tech	137
21.	Lindenwood-Belleville	110
22.	UC Davis	109
23.	Missouri Baptist	92
24.	San Diego	55
25.	Lawrence Tech	38

Receiving votes: Southern Oregon (36), SCAD (28), Fort Lewis (22), Northern Arizona (12), UT-Dallas (11), St. Gregory’s (11), Florida Gulf Coast (9), Western Washington (9), Bridgewater State (7), La.-Lafayette (7), Southern Conn. State (3), Wake Forest (3), Cal State San Marcos (3), Central Conn. State (3), Appalachian State (1), Washington-St. Louis (1).

(Photo by Dave Montgomery)