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Emory is the top-ranked team in 2022-23 Mizuno WGCA Div. III preseason coaches poll

Emory women’s golf ended last season on top of Div. III.

The Eagles will start the new season in that same spot.

Emory is the unanimous No. 1 team to open the new season in the 2022-23 Mizuno WGCA Div. III preseason coaches poll. The Eagles collected all 11 first-place votes.

George Fox check in at No. 2 with Methodist coming in at No. 3.

Carnegie Mellon and Williams College will start at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively, the poll.

Rank

University (First-place votes)

Points

1

Emory (11)

275

2

George Fox

250

3

Methodist

245

4

Carnegie Mellon

236

5

Williams College

226

6

Pomona-Pitzer

208

7

University of Redlands

207

8

New York University

193

9

Centre College

177

10

Washington University in St. Louis

169

11

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

157

12

Amherst College

154

13

Washington and Lee

139

14

Illinois Wesleyan

126

15

Denison

106

16

Rhodes College

102

17

St. Catherine

93

18

Mary Hardin-Baylor

88

19

Trinity (Texas)

66

20

Texas at Dallas

51

21

Berry College

48

T22

Gustavus Adolphus College

32

T22

Middlebury College

32

T22

Sewanee: The University of the South

32

25

UC-Santa Cruz

23

Others receiving votes: Carthage College (22); Wellesley College (18); Bethel (17); Chapman  (15); Carleton College (10); California Lutheran (8); Wisconsin-Whitewater (8); College of Saint Benedict (7); Christopher Newport (6); Grinnell College (6); Hamilton College (6); York College of Pennsylvania (6); Oglethorpe (5); Randolph-Macon College (3); DePauw (2); Hope College (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.

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Story originally appeared on GolfWeek