The NCAA lacrosse rankings are out and the Villanova Wildcats have predictably moved up after their Sunday afternoon win against the Syracuse Orange. The historic win for Villanova, in which they defeated 'Cuse for the first time ever while simultaneously dealing the Orange their first ever Big East conference loss was rewarded with a move up 1o 13th in the Nike Poll and a bump to 12th in the USILA Coaches Poll.
Quint Kessinich also gave a bump to 'Nova, moving them up to 13th in his Top 20 poll.
The 'Cats hold wins over Syracuse, Lehigh, Bucknell, Penn and Drexel.
Thanks for the hard-hitting analysis, Quint.
'Nova is back at it this Saturday when they travel to State College to take on yet another Top-20 opponent in Penn State. First drop is at 1:00 pm ET.