On Monday, the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) named two-time defending national champion Virginia the No. 1 team in its preseason top 20 poll. UVA earned 16 first-place votes, and second-place Maryland earned the other.
Virginia, which also checks in at No. 1 in the Nike/USA Lacrosse Division I Men’s Preseason Top 20, brings back a pair of All-American attackmen in Connor Shellenberger (the 2021 NCAA championship MVP) and Matt Moore, plus multi-threat faceoff specialist Petey LaSalla and two-thirds of the rangy close defense Georgetown coach Kevin Warne memorably called “velociraptors” after the Cavaliers eliminated the Hoyas in the NCAA quarterfinals.
Duke and North Carolina are Nos. 3 and 4, respectively, while Notre Dame and Georgetown are tied for No. 5. Check out the rest of the poll below.
USILA PRESEASON TOP 20
Rank |
Team [FPV] |
Points |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Virginia [16] |
320 |
|
2 |
Maryland [1] |
303 |
|
3 |
Duke |
291 |
|
4 |
North Carolina |
254 |
|
T5 |
Notre Dame |
244 |
|
T5 |
Georgetown |
244 |
|
7 |
Yale |
202 |
|
8 |
Penn |
165 |
|
9 |
Loyola |
156 |
|
10 |
Rutgers |
153 |
|
11 |
Syracuse |
137 |
|
12 |
Denver |
134 |
|
13 |
Army |
113 |
|
14 |
Lehigh |
91 |
|
15 |
Cornell |
74 |
|
16 |
Johns Hopkins |
61 |
|
17 |
Drexel |
43 |
|
18 |
Princeton |
40 |
|
19 |
Delaware |
32 |
|
20 |
Penn State |
30 |