By virtue of their three win week, the Oswego Lakers solidified their hold on the top spot in Division III hockey, earning 15 of a possible 20 first place votes.<\/p>\n
The rest of the top tallies were allocated differently, though the order of the elite five teams — Oswego, Plattsburgh, Norwich, Adrian, and St. Norbert — remained unchanged. <\/p>\n
After receiving five first place votes a week ago, the Cardinals were the lone team among the upper tier not to receive any, while the Cadets, still undefeated at 7-0-1 on the season, received two top tallies, as did the unblemished Bulldogs. Rounding out the top five, the Green Knights were rewarded with the final first place vote.<\/p>\n
Positions six, seven, and eight also remained the same from last week.<\/p>\n
Sandwiched between idle Elmira and Middlebury, seventh ranked St. Scholastica registered two impressive victories (6-3, 3-0) over then-No. 12 University of Wisconsin-Superior.<\/p>\n
Beginning at No. 9 is where the poll shakes up. Though both idle last week, undefeated (7-0-1) Curry jumped up two spots while 6-1-2 Hamline ascended three positions to tenth.<\/p>\n
Williams College, too, moved up three rungs after shutting out Salve Regina, 6-0. Continuing the theme of upward mobility, Gustavus Adolphus and Wentworth entered the poll at positions 12 and 13, respectively, mostly due to the struggles of the teams above them.<\/p>\n
To wit: previously ninth ranked UW-River Falls was swept at home by in-state rival Stout, 6-1 and 6-5. No. 10 Bowdoin suffered a similar fate, losing both games in a home-and-home series to unranked Colby. And, as noted above, UW-Superior was swept the No. 7 Saints.<\/p>\n
The Falcons and the Yellowjackets round out the top 15; the Bowdoin Polar Bears and Salem State Vikings fell out of this week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s poll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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