January 29, 2025 | composed by STEVE ULRICH

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Headlines
🐘 IWLCA Has Lone DIII Poll in 2025
🟣 Royals Shoot for 3rd Title in 4 Years
🦁 TCNJ Looks for 14th Straight Crown
🏆️ Centre, Rhodes Top SAA Polls
🥤 No Pepsi, Coke

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TOP STORY
1. IWLCA Has Lone DIII Poll in 2025

Effective immediately, the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) will produce the only weekly poll for NCAA Division III women’s lacrosse.

Inside Lacrosse will “revert back” to a media poll only, while the IWLCA will revive the weekly coaches poll beginning February 10.

» Situational Awareness. Inside Lacrosse and KANE Footwear announced a multi-year partnership, the cornerstone of which is KANE’s sponsorship of the Men’s Division I Media Poll and the Women’s Division I Media Polls.

» What’s Next. The Division III poll will be published each Monday at 10 a.m. ET.

» Between The Lines. There will be no preseason women’s poll from the IWLCA, rather the first poll of the regular season will be Monday, February 10. The final poll will be May 5 and a final poll will be released on May 27.

PREVIEW (M)
2. Royals Shoot For 3rd Title in 4 Years

Scranton knocked off the top two seeds to capture their second consecutive Landmark Conference championship.

The Royals ended the regular season in a three-way tie for first place along with Elizabethtown and Susquehanna and drew the No. 3 position for the six-team tourney.

Scranton took down #6 Drew, 19-10, before defeating the #2 River Hawks, 14-4, and the top-seeded Blue Jays, 17-6. The Royals went on to win their first-ever NCAA game with a 10-9 triumph over John Carroll before having its season ended by Dickinson, 10-3.

Returning Statistical Leaders

Catholic (10-9, 5-4) | Victor Rosado (Sr, 42-28-70), Steven Dezelic (Jr, 41-10-51)
Goalie: Tyler Merchant (So, 10.43 / 52.6%)
Drew (10-8, 5-4) | Charlie Collins (Sr, 28-28-56), Mike Demayo (Sr, 25-25-50)
Goalie: Joe Barnish (So, 12.54 / 50.7%)
Elizabethtown (11-7, 8-1) | Tristan Coleman (So, 18-19-37), Reese Levinson (19-6-25)
Goalie: Brayden Franey (Grad, 10.64 / 55.9%)
Goucher (9-8, 3-6) | Jacob Morgan (Jr, 34-27-61), Tyer May (Sr, 34-11-45)
Goalie: Jack Smith (So, 10.64 / 53.3%)
Juniata (2-15, 0-9) | Charlie Newman (Sr, 19-2-21), Vincent Bechler (Sr, 6-9-15)
Goalie: Ryan Madison (Sr, 16.50 / 49.9%)
Lycoming (5-9, 2-7) | Joey Hoover (Sr, 30-7-37), Sean Farrell (Sr, 13-22-35)
Goalie: Ben Franco (Sr, 13.38 / 57.1%)
Moravian (9-9, 5-4) | Aaron Judge (Sr, 35-6-41), Dan Kelly (Sr, 22-10-32)
Goalie: Liam Kelly (So, 9.87 / 52.8%)
Scranton (14-8, 8-1) | Kyle Holmes (Jr, 52-5-57), Myles McCutcheon (So, 46-10-56)
Goalie: Declan Allen (9.56 / 53.3%)
Susquehanna (14-4, 8-1) | Brennan Lorance (Sr, 57-6-63), Jack Gaillard (Sr, 22-39-61)
Goalie: N/A
Wilkes (4-12, 1-8) | Tim Hartka (Jr, 19-10-29), Austin Sosnovik (So, 18-9-27)
Goalie: Caleb Miller (Jr, 22.80 / 43.7%)

🥍 D3Lacrosse’s Preseason All-Landmark
A-Brennan Lorence (Susquehanna), Victor Rosado (Catholic), Jacob Morgan (Goucher). M-Aaron Judge (Moravian), Kieran Thomas (Susquehanna), Charlie Collins (Drew).
D-Joel Maragoto (Elizabethtown), Aidan Kennedy (Susquehanna), D-Mike Tayloe, Catholic. LSM-Ben Clark (Elizabethtown). SSDM-Aden Moskovitz: Moravian.
FO-Ryan Macksoud (Catholic). GK-Brayden Franey (Elizabethtown)

PREVIEW (W)
3. TCNJ Looks for 14th Straight Crown

TCNJ won its 13th consecutive New Jersey Athletic Conference women’s lacrosse title with an 11-8 triumph against Rowan.

The Lions received a first-round bye in the NCAA tournament to advance to the next round where they were ousted by Colby, 15-11.

The NJAC has one new coach in 2025 as Kelsie Stefkovich takes over the helm at Ramapo.

Kean (9-8, 1-4) | Shannon Palen (Jr, 10-27-37), Skyler Ray (So, 27-4-31)
Goalie: Nicole Peters (13.85 / 41.9%)
Montclair State (8-6, 2-3) | Chelsea Stack (Sr, 29-43-72), Kaeley Sek (So, 33-8-41)
Goalie: Joey Grotkopf (11.55 / 46.3%)
Ramapo (3-10, 0-5) | Erin Smeilus (Jr, 35-3-38), Esme Espinosa (Sr, 14-16-30)
Goalie: Alyssa Curto (Sr, 15.61 / 35.4%)
Rowan (8-11, 4-1) | Elaina Corson (Jr, 61-9-70), Molly Green (Sr, 55-13-68)
Goalie: N/A
Stockton (14-3, 3-2) | Brianna Robinson (Jr, 25-4-29), Anissa Serafine (Jr, 18-6-24)
Goalie: N/A
TCNJ (14-5, 5-0) | Ally Tobler (Grad, 66-23-89), Marissa Lucca (Jr, 61-20-81)
Goalie: Hailey Wexler (Sr, 6.30 / 48.3%)

🥍 D3Lacrosse Preseason All-NJAC
A-Elaina Corson (Rowan), Marissa Lucca (TCNJ), Amra Lukovic (Montclair), Chelsea Stack (Montclair), Erin Smeilus (Ramapo), Ally Tobler (TCNJ). M-Molly Green (Rowan), Kira Sides (TCNJ), Hannah Lombardo (Rowan), Grace Michielli (Kean). D-Katie Montenaro (Rowan), Savannah Olsson (Kean), Sophia Schiavo (Rowan), Jenn Koval (Kean). GK-Julia Charest (TCNJ).

CONFERENCES
4. Centre, Rhodes Top SAA Polls

“Coming off a fourth-straight season of either sharing or winning the conference title outright, Centre was voted the favorite heading into 2025, topping the SAA men’s lacrosse preseason poll.”

Riding a streak of eight-straight conference titles, Rhodes was the overwhelming favorite to add to its total this season, finishing atop the 2025 SAA women’s lacrosse preseason poll.

NEWS YOU CAN USE
5. Lightning Round ⚡️ 

💰️ Fundraising. “Chris Dax, a veteran fundraising professional with nearly 25 years of experience in the field, has been named VP, Philanthropy for USA Lacrosse, the governing body for the sport in the United States.

🔈️ Podcast. The Inside Lacrosse DIII Podcast kicks off its 2025 slate with a season preview edition. Kap and Caleb dust off the podcast gear and dive in to DIII 2025 predictions, a breakdown of the Top 20 teams and a fantasy draft that highlights some of the nation’s top returners.

TRANSACTIONS
6. Comings and Goings

RANDOLPH-MACON - Cammie Mann named assistant women’s coach

1 THING
7. No Pepsi, Coke

“Everyone’s favorite place to buy 100 rolls of toilet paper can now be everyone’s favorite place to get an ice-cold fountain Coke. Costco’s CEO confirmed last week that it’s switching from selling Pepsi products to Coca-Cola at its food courts, adding to soda shake-ups happening at chains across the country.

Not long ago… Costco used to sell Coca-Cola products. But it changed to Pepsi in 2013 to be able to keep the price of its renowned $1.50 hot dog combo. CEO Ron Vachris didn’t explain why the big box store is reverting to its old carbonated ways, but the switchover is expected to happen this summer.”

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