Carnegie Mellon takes over top spot in WGCA Division III Coaches Poll
The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) has announced the results of the most recent WGCA Coaches Poll. This is the second poll of the 2021 fall season.
In Division III, Carnegie Mellon claims the No. 1 spot with four first-place votes, while Methodist trails closely behind after also receiving four-first place votes. George Fox received one first-place vote to remain at No. 3, while Emory jumped three spots to No. 4 with two-first place votes. Williams College remains at No. 5 after receiving one first-place vote.
Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points |
1 | Carnegie Mellon (4) | 337 |
2 | Methodist (4) | 323 |
3 | George Fox (1) | 314 |
4 | Emory (2) | 288 |
5 | Williams College (1) | 266 |
6 | University of Redlands | 264 |
7 | Centre College | 235 |
8 | St. Catherine | 213 |
9 | Washington and Lee | 185 |
10 | New York University (2) | 183 |
11 | Illinois Wesleyan | 168 |
12 | Pomona-Pitzer | 165 |
13 | Berry College | 162 |
14 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 148 |
15 | Amherst College | 131 |
16 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 128 |
17 | Christopher Newport | 90 |
18 | Carthage College | 87 |
19 | Chapman | 76 |
20 | Carleton College | 74 |
21 | Rhodes College | 73 |
22 | California-Santa Cruz | 72 |
23 | Bethel | 70 |
24 | Washington University in St. Louis | 65 |
25 | Texas at Dallas | 61 |
Others Receiving Votes: York College of Pennsylvania (52); Gustavus Adolphus College (44); Grinnell College (40); Trinity (33); Hamilton College (31); Denison (27); Middlebury College (27); Rose Hulman Institute of Technology (21); Southwestern (19); Wisconsin-Whitewater (15); Sewanee: The University of the South (13); DePauw (11); California Lutheran (10); Saint Mary’s College (10); Oglethorpe (6); Hope College (5); Central College (3); Wisconsin-Stout (2); Whitman College (2); Wittenberg (1) | ||
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.
