Garden City, N.Y. – The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association has released the ninth poll of the 2013 regular season earlier this afternoon. With two more wins this week, one of which came over a top-three team, the Panthers advanced back up to the #2 spot and currently boast a 12-1 overall record.
The Brown and Gold hit the road for conference contest against American International on Monday night and came away with the 22-4 victory. They faced the then #3 Merrimack Warriors at home on Saturday and used a late fourth quarter rally to turn away the conference foe by a score of 11-10.
Mercyhurst retained the top spot while Limestone dropped to #3. Le Moyne moved up one spot to #4 while LIU-Post checks in at #5, a two spot advance. Seton Hill remains at #6 while Merrimack slipped four spots to tie with NYIT for the seventh slot. St. Michael's and Dowling hold steady at #9 and #10 respectively while Pfeiffer and Lake Erie round out the bottom two teams in that order.
The ninth USILA Poll will be announced next Monday, April 29, 2013.
Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Mercyhurst 12-0 95(7) 1
2 Adelphi 10-1 84 (1) 4
3 Limestone 13-1 82 2
4 Le Moyne 11-2 60 5
5 LIU-Post 9-2 59 7
6 Seton Hill 12-1 53 6
T7 Merrimack 9-2 49 3
T7 NYIT 10-2 49 8
9 St. Michael's 10-2 34 9
10 Dowling 7-4 21 10
11 Pfeiffer 12-3 17 T11
12 Lake Erie 9-3 14 NR Also receiving votes: Molloy
