BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Cal Lutheran Women's Water Polo retains its preseason and Week 1 ranking at No. 1 in the Week 2/March 31 Women's Varsity Division III Top 5 Poll.
The Division III rankings are unique for 2021 as Cal Lutheran, Chapman University and the University of Redlands of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) elected to compete, while the California Institute of Technology, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges, Occidental College, the University of La Verne, Pomona-Pitzer Collegesand Whittier College are taking off the season due to the pandemic.
In the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), Connecticut College, Macalester College, Utica College and Washington & Jefferson College are competing in minimal schedules and Monmouth Collegeis taking off the season prior to eliminating women's water polo following the 2020-21 academic year. Austin College, Carthage College, Grove City College, Penn State Behrend and Wittenberg University will contest full CWPA Division III league seasons.
Due to the number of teams competing, the normally Division III Top 10 poll was cut down to five teams to maintain proportionality between the number of competing programs and national ranking size.
Cal Lutheran (99 points) and Redlands (94 points) stay at No. 1 and 2, while Chapman (92 points) takes over sole possession of No. 3 after tying with Austin (88 points) last week.
Wittenberg (81 points) completes the Top 5 as the Tigers break into the rankings after receiving votes last week.
The Regals open the season this Saturday and travel to Chapman with the game set for 11 a.m.
Release: CWPA Weekly Rankings
CLU Instagram: CLUSports
Sport IG: regals_water_polo
CLU Twitter: CLUSports
Sport Twitter: CLUwWaterPolo
CLU Facebook: CLUSports
Hashtags: #clusports #ownthethrone #goregals #gokingsmen #theSCIAC #ncaad3
Release by Ryan Jorgenson, Sports Information Director
