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ATLANTA — After rolling to a pair of top-10 wins this weekend in Denver, St. Thomas is comfortably atop the first weekly edition of the New Balance MCLA Division II Coaches Poll.

The Tommies hauled in 17 of the first-place votes to sit 56 points clear of the closest competition, which is Kennesaw State. The Owls held off Montana, which sits in third. The Grizzlies lost to St. Thomas but hung 17 goals on Minn.-Duluth in Denver to rocket up the polls.

Dayton is at No. 4, bolstered by a first-place vote, while fellow Upper Midwest Lacrosse Conference (UMLC) rival Grand Valley State is at No. 5, strengthened by a pair of first-place votes.

Rhode Island was a big mover this week, aided by two first-place votes. The Rams were slotted No. 13 in the preseason poll, but after rolling to a 3-0 record at the Battle by the Bay, sit at No. 7 in week one.

Florida Gulf Coast, another beneficiary of a 3-0 weekend in Foley, Ala., cracked the top 10. Utah, which has returned to the MCLA in Division II, enters the poll this week at No. 1.

NEW BALANCE MCLA
DIVISION II COACHES POLL

Rank
Team [FPV]
Points

1

St. Thomas [17]

530

2

Kennesaw State

474

3

Montana

457

4

Dayton [1]

448

5

Grand Valley State [2]

426

6

Minn.-Duluth

400

7

Rhode Island [2]

368

8

North Dakota State

365

9

College of Idaho

359

10

Florida Gulf Coast

311

11

Montana State

300

12

St. John's

294

13

Florida Atlantic

265

14

Northern Arizona

243

15

UC Davis

228

16

Utah State

198

17

Missouri State

191

18

Loyola Marymount

182

19

Utah

125

20

Bridgewater State

120

21

UC San Diego

95

22

UNC-Charlotte

92

23

Cal State San Marcos

90

24

MSU Denver

82

25

Wake Forest

70

Also receiving votes: Coastal Carolina (43), Central Conn. State (43), Northwest Nazarene (40), Baylor (39), North Florida (38), Rice (31), San Diego (29), Sierra Nevada (29), UT-San Antonio (24), North Texas (22), Claremont (13), Saint Mary’s (12), Miami (12), Elon (9), Maine (9), Georgia Southern (9), Western Oregon (9), Air Force Academy (6), UNC-Wilmington (5), UC Irvine (3), UC Santa Cruz (3), Wyoming (2), Stonehill (2), Tulane (2), Western Washington (2), Washington-Mo. (1).