Garden City, N.Y. – The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association has released the seventh poll of the 2013 regular season earlier this afternoon. The Panthers continued to roll with two more wins this season, one of which came against a top-five team, and held tight to the #2 position in the 12-team poll. They continue to be the highest ranked team from the Northeast-10 in the poll.
The Brown and Gold extended their win streak to eight as they picked up two more wins this week. The 8-0 record betters the mark for the best start in program history. They dispatched the Golden Knights of St. Rose 11-5 and then defeated #5 Le Moyne in a battle of the top teams in the NE-10 and came out on top, 10-9 in overtime.
As a team, the Panthers are fifth in all of Division II in scoring defense, allowing just 6.13 goals per contest, and fourth in face off win percentage (.652). Individually, Rashad Cureton and Gregory Puskuldjian and rank fourth and fifth in the country in face off win percentage with .667 and .663 respectively.
Mercyhurst retained the top spot while Limestone and Merrimack follow suit in third and fourth respectively. LIU-Post and Le Moyne swapped positions with the Pioneers now sitting at #5. Seton Hill remains at #7 while the bottom five teams all jockeyed into new positions. NYIT, Molloy, Pfeiffer, St. Michael's and Dowling round out the final teams in order.
The seventh USILA Poll will be announced next Monday, April 15, 2013.
Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Mercyhurst 10-0 107 (8) 1
2 Adelphi 8-0 96 (1) 2
3 Limestone 11-1 85 3
4 Merrimack 6-1 82 4
5 LIU Post 8-1 68 6
6 Le Moyne 8-2 63 5
7 Seton Hill 9-1 57 7
8 NYIT 8-2 46 9
9 Molloy 9-0 27 11
10 Pfeiffer 11-1 25 8
11 St. Michael's 6-2 21 12
12 Dowling 5-3 19 9 Also receiving votes: Lake Erie,
