WILLIAMSTOWN, MA -- Erika DeSanty’s Williams women’s golf team has moved a notch higher in the national poll this week with a current ranking of 9th. The Ephs were ranked 11th in the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) pre-season poll and previous to this week had been tied for 10th with George Fox University (OR).
“Our team continues to improve with every playing opportunity and because of this we are more confident and more determined going into this weekend and potentially earning a spot in the NCAA tournament,” stated DeSanty. “We have a special group of seniors who all lead in their own way. They set the tone during practice and have helped to foster a team who supports and believes in each other.”
Next up for the Ephs is their lone home event and final regular season competition of the spring season. Nine teams from the northeast will join with the Ephs at the Williams Invitational Saturday and Sunday at Taconic Golf Club in a 36-hole tourney.
GOLF WORLD ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF FOURTH
WOMEN’S COLLEGE COACHES’ POLL OF THE SPRING
SEASON
Methodist Retains Top Spot in D-III Poll
NEW YORK, NY — The fourth Golf World/NGCA
Division III Coaches’ Poll of the spring season has been
released, combining the resources of Golf World magazine and the
National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA). The complete results,
including results from Divisions I and II, will appear in the April
26 issue of Golf World and can be viewed online:
http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/blogs/college-golf/womens-coaches-polls-1/
Methodist remains the top school in the poll, earning 14 of the 15
first-place votes. The Monarchs won their third tournament of the
spring and their fourth of the 2009-10 season with a victory at the
Agnes McAmis Memorial.
Gustavus Adolphus is No. 2, receiving the one remaining
first-place vote. Rounding out the top-five are Wisconsin-Eau
Claire (No. 3), Amherst (No. 4) and DePauw (No. 5).
No new schools entered the top-10 while two joined the top-25:
Wellesley (No. 24) and Vassar (No. 25).
Visit Golf World Senior Writer Ryan Herrington’s
“Campus Insider” blog to find out the latest on
collegiate golf:
http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/blogs/campusinsider.
GOLF WORLD/NGCA GOLF COACHES’ POLL
-- Women’s Division III
Rank - Team - Points -
Last
1. Methodist (14) - 374 -
1
2. Gustavus Adolphus (1) -
351 - 2
3. Wisconsin-Eau Claire
- 329 - 3
4. Amherst - 310 -
7
5. DePauw - 307 -
6
6. George Fox -
279 - T-10
7. Illinois Wesleyan -
273 - 4
8. St. Mary’s
(Ind.) - 261 - 5
9. Williams -
251 - T-10
10. Olivet - 233 -
9
11. Southwestern - 227 -
8
12. Allegheny -
208 - 12
13. St. Lawrence -
206 - 14
14. Washington (St. Louis) -
167 - 13
15. Centre - 161 -
17
16. Hope - 146
- 16
17. Wartburg -
142 - 15
18. Birmingham Southern
- 115 - 18
19. St. Benedict -
76 - 19
20. Wheaton - 68 -
21
21. SUNY Cortland -
59 - 22
22. Carleton -
50 - 20
Franklin - 50
- 23
24. Wellesley -
46 - NR
25. Vassar - 45 -
NR
Also receiving votes: Saint Thomas, 28;
Piedmont, 27; St. Olaf, 21; McMurry, 20; Whitworth, 13;
Benedictine, 9; UT-Tyler, 9; Mary Hardin-Baylor, 5; Cornell
College, 3; Rhodes, 3; Wittenberg, 3.
