Bear's Drop to 13th in MCLA DII Poll

March 21, 2018

ATLANTA, GA –

For the third consecutive week, North Dakota State is the No. 1 team in the Under Armour MCLA Division II Weekly Coaches Poll.

The Bison (6-0) snatched 20 of the 21 first place votes this week with No. 2 Minn.-Duluth (6-2) grabbing one top nod.

St. Thomas (4-1) remains seated at No. 3 after a 3-0 run at Music City Judgement while St. John’s (5-0) jumps up three spots to No. 4 after a 4-0 mark in Nashville.

Dayton (4-1) picked up its first loss of the season to St. John’s, but stays put at No. 5.

Louisiana (3-4) departs the poll this week, making way for Colorado Denver (3-0). The Lynx are making their first-ever appearance in the weekly poll and are tied at No. 24.

Under Armour MCLA Division II Coaches Poll - Week 4

Rank	Team	Points	1st votes
1.	North Dakota State	523	20
2.	Minn.-Duluth	494	1
3.	St. Thomas	478
4.	St. John's	449
5.	Dayton	431
6.	Grand Valley State	425
7.	Sierra Nevada	414
8.	Kennesaw State	346
9.	Montana State	326
10.	Florida Gulf Coast	314
11.	Montana	310
12.	Cal State Fullerton	298
13.	Bridgewater State	270
14.	Northern Arizona	222
15.	Cal State San Marcos	205
16.	UC Davis	193
17.	Missouri State	191
18.	San Diego	162
19.	Wake Forest	149
20.	College of Idaho	138
21.	Providence	107
22.	North Florida	64
23.	MSU Denver	53
24t.	Central Conn. State	41
24t.	Colorado Denver	41

Also receiving votes: UC Santa Cruz (39), Louisiana (34), Baylor (32), UC San Diego (14), Northern Colorado (10), Rice (10), UT-Dallas (9), Stone (7), Appalachian State (7), Colorado Mines (7), Fort Lewis (5), Columbus State (3), Western Washington (2), Oklahoma State (2).

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