PERRY, N.Y. – For the first time in eight years, the Gettysburg College men's lacrosse team is ranked No. 1 in Division III after earning the top billing in the most recent United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Top-20 Poll, released Monday.

The Bullets (4-0), ranked No. 3 in the USILA preseason and Week 1 polls, moved up two spots after defeating then-No. 1 and defending national champion SUNY Cortland 7-5 on Long Island on Saturday. Gettysburg also defeated Goucher College 16-6 on Wednesday.

Gettysburg received 276 points with 10 of the 14 first-place votes. Stevenson University picked up the other four first-place votes and finished No. 2 with 264 points.

No. 3 Roanoke College (242 pts.), No. 4 Salisbury University (238 pts.), and No. 5 Cortland (232 pts.) rounded out the top-five.

Gettysburg has not received a top ranking by USILA since the end of the 2002 season, when the Bullets were No. 1 for their final eight games. Gettysburg reached the national championship game for the second year in a row that season and lost 14-9 to Middlebury.

The Bullets pick up their schedule on Tuesday, when they host Merchant Marine at 3 p.m. in a non-conference outing.

USILA Division III Men's Lacrosse Top-20 Coaches Poll – Week 2
1. Gettysburg, 276 pts. (10)
2. Stevenson, 264 pts. (4)
3. Roanoke, 242 pts.
4. Salisbury, 238 pts.
5. SUNY Cortland, 232 pts.
6. Denison, 190 pts.
7. Middlebury, 181 pts.
8. Washington & Lee, 164 pts.
9. Tufts, 163 pts.
10. SUNY Geneseo, 155 pts.
11. Wesleyan, 147 pts.
12. St. Lawrence, 124 pts.
13. Stevens Tech, 101 pts.
14. Haverford, 92 pts.
15. Ohio Wesleyan, 78 pts.
16. Nazareth, 59 pts.
17. Western New England, 56 pts.
18. Cabrini, 53 pts.
19. Bowdoin, 27 pts.
20. Skidmore, 25 pts.

Others receiving votes: Ithaca, Scranton, Dickinson, Lycoming, RPI, SUNY Oneonta, Springfield, Widener, Merchant Marine, Endicott, Bates, Washington (Md.)