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Jul 19
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – SCAD Savannah (Ga.) opens the season at No. 1 in the preseason edition of the 2020 NAIA Women’s Lacrosse Coaches’ Top 10 Poll.
Top 10 Highlights
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The Bees boast 33 all-time No. 1 rankings, which is the most all-time in NAIA women’s lacrosse.
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Tennessee Wesleyan made the move into the Top 10 after receiving votes in the postseason poll last year
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SCAD Savannah, Indiana Tech and Georgetown (Ky.) hold a consecutive active streak in the poll with 34 appearances.
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SCAD Savannah is the only team to spend an entire season ranked No. 1
Poll Methodology
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The rating committee is comprised of eight raters — two rates per conference/group.
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Each conference/group produces a conference rating from which raters will use to compile their national ballot. Only teams represented on the conference rating are eligible for the national ballot.
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Each rater will submit a top 15 ballot, which will be used to produce the Top 10 national rating and a list of other teams receiving votes.
2020 NAIA Women's Lacrosse Coaches' Preseason Top 10 Poll
Rank |
Team (FPV) |
Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCAD Savannah (8) | 98 |
| 2 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 92 |
| 3 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 86 |
| 4 | Keiser (Fla.) | 80 |
| 5 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 74 |
| 6 | Lawrence Tech (Mich.) | 68 |
| 7 | Indiana Tech | 62 |
| 8 | Marian (Ind.) | 56 |
| 9 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 50 |
| 10 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 40 |
Others receiving votes: Cleary (Mich.) 39, Siena Heights (Mich.) 29, Life (Ga.) 22, Concordia (Mich.) 15, Ottawa (Kan.) 13, Point (Ga.) 6, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 4.