{"id":23523,"date":"1998-09-12T20:41:59","date_gmt":"1998-09-13T01:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/1998\/09\/12\/middlebury-tops-the-ecac-division-iii-womens-poll\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:54:06","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:54:06","slug":"middlebury-tops-the-ecac-division-iii-womens-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/1998\/09\/12\/middlebury-tops-the-ecac-division-iii-womens-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Middlebury Tops the ECAC Division III Women&#8217;s Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first ever Division III Women&#8217;s Poll has the Panthers of Middlebury atop the rankings.<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers have won the first three ECAC Division III Championships, and has never lost a conference game. They have won 48 straight conference games, and a total of 54 straight games. They earned 15 of the 16 first place votes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are very excited about the upcoming season. We have a lot of experienced players returning and a number of first-year players that should contribute right away,&#8221; said Middlebury head coach Bill Mandigo. &#8220;This promises to be an exciting season as we move into a new rink in January.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wesleyan was selected second in the poll after advancing to the Championship game last season. The Cardinals return 14 letterwinners from last season&#8217;s 17-8-1 team.<\/p>\n<p>Four points separate the third through fifth place teams. RIT, Rensselaer, and Bowdoin are ranked in that order. RIT and Bowdoin were the other two teams in last season&#8217;s playoffs. The other first place vote went to Vermont who is playing its first varsity season.<\/p>\n<p>The league has been renamed from the ECAC Alliance to the Division III Women&#8217;s League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first ever Division III Women&#8217;s Poll has the Panthers of Middlebury atop the rankings. 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