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The Division 1 Men's Lacrosse Preseason Coaches' Poll was released today and although Villanova did not make the rankings, they did receive votes on the periphery of the list. The defending champion Loyola Greyhounds enter the year as the #1 team. The ranked Big East teams include Notre Dame at #3 and Syracuse at #13. Villanova opens the season on February 16th at home versus Lehigh.
Rank Team Pts (1st)
1 Loyola 232 (10)
2 Maryland 221 (1)
3 Notre Dame 198
4t Johns Hopkins 186 (1)
4t North Carolina 186
6 Duke 185
7 Virginia 170
8 Cornell 168
9 Denver 150
10 Colgate 122
11 Lehigh 113
12 Massachusetts 104
13 Syracuse 103
14 Princeton 88
15 Penn State 68
16 Fairfield 40
17 Yale 36
18 Bucknell 32
19 Ohio State 23
20 Hofstra 18
Also receiving votes: Villanova, Drexel, Harvard, Bryant, Georgetown, Army, Delaware, Albany, Brown