University of Massachusets Athletics
UMass Men's Lacrosse Ranked No. 9 In Preseason Polls
December 22, 2005 | Men's Lacrosse
Dec. 22, 2005
AMHERST, Mass. - In the men's lacrosse preseason polls released, the UMass Minutemen are ranked ninth by Lacrosse Magazine and Inside Lacrosse. UMass comes off a 13-3 season in which they captured the ECAC and New England Championships on the way to the NCAA Quarterfinals.
UMass opens its regular season against Hofstra on Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. at Garber Field. Of the Lacrosse Magazine preseason Top 20, UMass faces No. 5 Syracuse, No. 8 Georgetown, No. 11 Penn State, No. 16 Hofstra and No. 20 Fairfield.
Lacrosse Magazine NCAA Division I Men Preseason Top 20
1. Duke
2. Johns Hopkins
3. Virginia
4. Maryland
5. Syracuse
6. Cornell
7. Navy
8. Georgetown
9. Massachusetts
10. Notre Dame
11. Penn State
12. Towson
13. Army
14. Princeton
15. Denver
16. Hofstra
17. Delaware
18. North Carolina
19. UMBC
20t. Fairfield
20t. Stony Brook
Inside Lacrosse NCAA Division I Preseason Top 25
1. Johns Hopkins- 1369 (36)
2. Duke- 1354 (17)
3. Virginia- 1223
4. Maryland- 1221 (1)
5. Syracuse- 1150 (1)
6. Georgetown- 1060
7. Navy- 1026
8. Cornell- 996
9. Massachusetts- 894
10. Princeton- 823
11. Towson- 783
12. Notre Dame- 633
13. Penn State- 607
14. North Carolina- 578
15. Army- 472
16. Delaware- 430
17. Dartmouth- 369
18. Albany- 339
19. Hofstra- 316
20. Fairfield- 299
21. Ohio State- 288
22. Denver- 284
23. Loyola- 231
24. Rutgers- 192
25. Bucknell- 174
Others Receiving Votes: Hobart 127; UMBC 113; Brown 100; Stony Brook 78; Villanova 57; Yale 46; Harvard 41; Wagner 20; Binghamton 17; Vermont 17; Pennsylvania 14; Providence 6; Colgate 5; Drexel 5; Lehigh 5; Air Force 4; Manhattan 3; Quinnipiac 1.
