Page 164 - 2019-20 NJCAA Handbook - May, 2020

Section 8. Procedure for Women’s Lacrosse National Poll
A. In order for teams to be considered for weekly national rankings, all scores from the previous week must be entered into the NJCAA
PrestoSports Stats System by 11:59 PM ET on Sunday of each week.
a. All statistics from the previous week must be entered into the NJCAA PrestoSports Stats System by 2:00 PM ET on Monday
of each week.
B. The preseason rankings will be conducted at the discretion of the NJCAA Women’s Lacrosse Committee. Poll will be released the third
Monday of February. The first regular season poll will be voted on the first Monday in March. The last poll will be voted on during the
last Monday in April.
C. The NJCAA Women's Lacrosse Poll will be released Monday of each week unless the Monday is a national holiday where the poll will
be released on Tuesday.
D. Each team’s performance from the previous week will be compiled in a report through the NJCAA PrestoSports Stats System and
disseminated to the NJCAA Women's Lacrosse Committee to be voted on individually by each voter.
a. The voters will consist of the seven members of the NJCAA Women's Lacrosse Committee.
b. A first-place vote receives 10 points and 5th-place vote receives 1 point.
E. Poll Criteria
a. Overall Record
b. Results Against Common Opponents
c. Head-to-head competition
d. Results against ranked opponents
F. The poll voters will submit their top-5 rankings to the NJCAA National Office online system by 1:00 PM ET on Mondays, unless the
Monday prior is a national holiday where votes will be due on Tuesday. The National Office will compile the votes for each team and
release the final rankings Monday afternoon.
G. Poll Dates: Feb. 17^, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, April 6, 13, 20, 27
^Preseason poll
Section 9. Substance Abuse
The use of all tobacco products by any coach, player, official or other individual involved in the conducting of any NJCAA sponsored
regular season or postseason play is prohibited within the confines of the playing area. Any individual not in compliance shall be
disqualified from further participation in that contest.
Section 10. Open Wound Policy
Under circumstances when constant or profuse bleeding occurs, the participant shall be immediately removed from that contest by the
official and cannot return until the bleeding has been stopped.
Section 11. Tournament Lodging
Should the Tournament Host/National Office choose to assign lodging for this event, all participating colleges must honor that assignment
or pay for those rooms.
Section 12. Dress Decorum
A. While competing in the athletic venue, coaches, team staff and managers must be dressed in a mock turtleneck or collared shirt with
casual attire long pants. Dress shorts, tennis shoes or college issued hats are permitted. T-shirts, denim pants, sandals or flip-flops
will not be permitted. For colder weather, college issued sweat suits, jackets or cold gear will be permitted.
B. While in the athletic venue, all student-athletes in the traveling party must be in uniform or college issued team gear and tennis
shoes.
C. While attending the banquet or other required non-game related functions, all members of the team travel party must be dressed in
casual business attire. T-shirts, denim pants, hats, shorts, sandals or flip-flops will not be permitted at these functions.
D. Violators of dress decorum will be asked by either the Tournament Director or NJCAA Representative to alter dress to comply
with the stated dress decorum. If they don't comply, the incident will be referred to the Standards and Ethics Committee for
possible sanctions.
Section 13. Code of Conduct
All coaches, athletes and support personnel are expected to be familiar with and follow the NJCAA Code of Conduct. This code may
be found under Article XVI of the NJCAA bylaws.
Section 14. All-American Nomination Guidelines
See procedure listed in the All-American Awards section of the NJCAA Handbook & Casebook.