The Women’s Golf Coaches Association has released the latest Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll for Division III.
This is the third poll of the 2022 spring season.
Emory University received all but two first-place votes to remain in the top spot in the Division III rankings, while Carnegie Mellon University holds steady at No. 2. Methodist University received one first-place vote and moves up one spot to No. 3, while the University of Redlands and George Fox University remain in the top five.
Emory finished third out of 12 teams in their last competition, the BSC Panthers Classic in Birmingham, Alabama. They’ll next play in the NCAA Division III Championship in Houston, Texas, from May 10-13.
| Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points |
| 1 | Emory University (11) | 323 |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon University | 302 |
| 3 | Methodist University (1) | 289 |
| 4 | University of Redlands | 280 |
| 5 | George Fox University | 278 |
| 6 | Williams College (1) | 275 |
| 7 | Centre College | 246 |
| 8 | Pomona-Pitzer | 226 |
| 9 | Amherst College | 225 |
| 10 | Washington and Lee University | 193 |
| 11 | Washington University in St. Louis | 186 |
| 12 | New York University | 178 |
| 13 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 174 |
| 14 | Illinois Wesleyan University | 155 |
| 15 | Trinity University (Texas) | 140 |
| T16 | Denison University | 110 |
| T16 | Rhodes College | 110 |
| 18 | St. Catherine University | 109 |
| 19 | Berry College | 86 |
| 20 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 81 |
| 21 | University of Texas at Dallas | 57 |
| 22 | Sewanee: The University of the South | 43 |
| 23 | Carthage College | 34 |
| 24 | Chapman University | 28 |
| 25 | Middlebury College | 24 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Hamilton College (19); University of California, Santa Cruz (15); Gustavus Adolphus College (13); York College of Pennsylvania (9); Southwestern University (7); Bethel University (4); University of Wisconsin, Whitewater (4); Christopher Newport University (2) | ||
About the Women’s Golf Coaches Association
The Women’s Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women’s collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 650 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
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