\tFlorida Southern Claims NCAA Division II Title, Finishes No. 1 in Final DII Coaches Poll<\/p>\n
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass.\u2014 Florida Southern College closes out the 2026 season as the No. 1-ranked team in the final IWLCA Division II Coaches Poll of the season.<\/p>\n
The Mocs (21-1) secured a 9-7 victory over No. 8 Maryville on Saturday to claim the program\u2019s second NCAA Division II National Championship and its first since 2016.<\/p>\n
Florida Southern\u2019s championship run featured several marquee victories throughout the postseason. The Mocs defeated defending national champion Tampa in an overtime thriller to secure the South Region title before earning a 14-9 win over Flagler in the NCAA Division II Quarterfinals. In the national semifinals, FSC powered past Pace to advance to the championship game.<\/p>\n
Maryville finishes the season ranked No. 2 following the program\u2019s first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division II National Championship game. The Saints made history throughout the postseason, including an 11-10 victory over UIndy to secure the program\u2019s first Final Four berth. Maryville mounted a late rally in the title game to pressure Florida Southern in the closing minutes before ultimately finishing as national runner-up. The Saints concluded the year with a 14-5 overall record and a 6-1 mark in GLVC play.<\/p>\n
Flagler moves to No. 3 in the final rankings after advancing to the NCAA Quarterfinals. The Saints wrapped up a stellar season at 20-1 overall, including a perfect 5-0 record in Gulf South Conference competition.<\/p>\n
Tied at No. 4 are East Stroudsburg and UIndy. East Stroudsburg capped an impressive campaign with a Final Four appearance and finished the season 20-2 overall with a perfect 12-0 record in PSAC play. UIndy completed its historic 2026 season with an 18-2 record, the second-best finish in program history, before falling to Maryville in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Final.<\/p>\n
In total, 25 teams are represented in the poll, with voters\u2014college coaches from across the nation\u2014reflecting the latest results across women\u2019s lacrosse. The rankings are based on weekly performances, with this being the final poll of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida Southern Claims NCAA Division II Title, Finishes No. 1 in Final DII Coaches Poll NORTHBOROUGH, Mass.\u2014 Florida…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-284788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}