BYU Unanimous No. 1 in MCLA Division I Coaches Poll
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ATLANTA — The final weekend of the regular season is days away, and Brigham Young is the unanimous No. 1 team in the MCLA Division I New Balance Weekly Coaches poll, which was released Wednesday.
The Cougars (13-0) enter this weekend’s RMLC tournament as the top seed and will face No. 12 Utah Valley (7-5) in the semifinals. If it advances, BYU will tangle with either No. 9 Colorado (8-4) or No. 18 Colorado State (8-5).
Texas (13-0) is firmly planted at No. 2. The Longhorns run a three-games-in-three-days gauntlet this weekend at the LSA tourney, starting with Baylor on Friday.
No. 3 Virginia Tech (13-2) advanced out of the first round of the ALC tournament, earning the Hokies a date with No. 6 Liberty (10-4) on Saturday in the semifinals.
San Diego State (13-1) won its showdown with Chapman (11-3) to leap into the No. 4 spot, followed immediately by the Panthers. The two teams will face each other Friday in the SLC tournament semifinals.
No. 7 Georgia Tech (13-3) and No. 25 Michigan State (10-3) won their respective conference tournaments this past weekend, grabbing automatic qualifying bids to the 2024 MCLA National Championships presented by New Balance. The event will take place at the Round Rock (Texas) Multipurpose Complex from May 6-11.
The entire bracket for nationals will be announced on Sunday night, April 28.
MCLA DIVISION I
COACHES POLL
1. Brigham Young, 675 points (27 first-place votes)
2. Texas, 647
3. Virginia Tech, 614
4. San Diego State, 580
5. Chapman, 546
6. Liberty, 544
7. Georgia Tech, 501
8. UC Santa Barbara, 486
9. Colorado, 438
10. Tennessee, 428
11. Arizona State, 384
12. Utah Valley, 382
13. California, 353
14. Florida State, 293
15. South Carolina, 281
16. Northeastern, 266
17. Florida, 244
18. Colorado State, 211
19. Simon Fraser, 202
20. Auburn, 149
21. Oregon, 141
22. Cal Poly, 137
23. James Madison, 104
24. Arizona, 69
25. Michigan State, 39
Others receiving votes: Clemson (18), West Virginia (17), Indiana (10), Boise State (9), Sonoma State (2).
The Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) provides a quality national intercollegiate lacrosse experience. The MCLA consists of nine non-varsity college lacrosse conferences featuring over 150 teams across 42 states and two countries. The association provides a governing structure similar to the NCAA, consisting of eligibility rules, national awards, polls, and championship tournaments.
