KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Indiana Tech remains at No. 1 in the final regular-season edition of the 2022 Men's Lacrosse Coaches' Top 10 Poll, released Sunday.
Poll Methodology
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The rating committee is comprised of eight raters — two raters per conference/group.
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Each conference/group produces a conference rating from which raters will use to compile their national ballot. Only teams represented on the conference rating are eligible for the national ballot.
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Each rater will submit a top 15 ballot, which will be used to produce the Top 10 national rating and a list of other teams receiving votes.
2022 NAIA MEN'S LACROSSE
COACHES' TOP 10 POLL
Rank |
Team [FPV] |
Points |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Indiana Tech [6] |
66 |
|
2 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
62 |
|
3 |
St. Ambrose (Iowa) |
58 |
|
4 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
54 |
|
5 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
47 |
|
6 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
45 |
|
7 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
40 |
|
8 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
38 |
|
9 |
Siena Heights (Mich.) |
36 |
|
10 |
Webber International (Fla.) |
33 |
Dropped from the Top 10: None
Others receiving votes: Ottawa (Kan.) 26, William Penn (Iowa) 21, Columbia (Mo.) 17, Madonna (Mich.) 16, Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 10
The NAIA has officially announced the eight qualifiers and bracket for the 2022 NAIA Men's Lacrosse National Invitational. The event will take place in Pensacola, Fla. on May 11-14.
This year's field includes three automatic qualifiers and five at-large bids. The automatic qualifiers were determined by the conference/group tournament winners. The remaining at-large bids were determined by the final regular-season Men's Lacrosse Coaches' Top 10 Poll announced Sunday.
The NAIA Network – the association's official video-streaming home – will broadcast all games live at the 2022 NAIA Men's Lacrosse National Invitational. The video platform, powered by Presto Sports, allows users access to live video, statistics and social interaction on a number of devices, including mobile. Single-day passes and invitational passes are available for purchase.
Qualifier Highlights
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Men's lacrosse is in its sixth year as an invitational sport in the NAIA.
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Reinhardt (Ga.) is the only team that has made an appearance at all of the invitationals including 2022.
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Indiana Tech and Keiser (Fla.) are making their fifth appearance in the national invitational.
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Benedictine (Kan.) and Cumberlands (Ky.) will be making their third appearance in the 2022 national invitational.
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St. Ambrose (Iowa) is making its second appearance in the 2022 field.
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Reinhardt (Ga.) is the only team in the 2021 field that has won an invitational title. The Eagles won a title in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021.
QUALIFIER HIGHLIGHTS
Team |
Qualification |
Titles |
|---|---|---|
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Aquinas |
At-large |
-- |
|
Benedictine |
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference champ |
-- |
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Cumberlands |
At-large |
-- |
|
Indiana Tech |
Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference champ |
-- |
|
Keiser |
At-large |
-- |
|
Reinhardt |
Appalachian Athletic Conference champ |
4 |
|
St. Ambrose |
At-large |
-- |
|
Tennessee Wesleyan |
At-large |
-- |
BRACKET
Quarterfinals, May 11
Game 1: Indiana Tech v. Benedictine, 10 a.m.
Game 2: Cumberlands v. Tennesee Wesleyan, 1 p.m.
Game 3: St. Ambrose v. Aquinas, 4 p.m.
Game 4: Reinhardt v. Keiser, 7 p.m.
Semifinals, May 12
Game 5: Game 1 winner v. Game 2 winner, 4 p.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner v. Game 4 winner, 7 p.m.
Championship, May 14
Game 5 winner v. Game 6 winner, 1 p.m.