University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Check In At No.8 In Inside Lacrosse Preseason Ranking
January 5, 2009 | Men's Lacrosse
Jan. 5, 2009
BALTIMORE, MD. - Inside Lacrosse Magazine, in conjunction with Face-Off Yearbook '09, has issued its 2009 preseason NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Poll with Coach Joe Breschi's initial North Carolina team ranked in the eighth spot. The rankings were released shortly after midnight on Monday morning.
Breschi's Tar Heels will face a host of teams in the preseason Top 20 during the regular season, including No. 1 Virginia, No. 3 Maryland, No. 5 Johns Hopkins, No. 7 Duke, No. 9 Notre Dame, No. 11 Navy, No. 15 Hofstra, No. 16 Denver and No. 17 Colgate.
Nine of Carolina's 14 regular-season games will be played against preseason Top 20 opponents.
Here is the complete preseason Inside Lacrsse/Face-Off Yearbook Poll with the 2008 records of the teams.
1. Virginia, 14-4
2. Syracuse, 15-2
3. Maryland, 11-6
4. Cornell, 11-4
5. Johns Hopkins, 11-6
6. Georgetown, 9-4
7. Duke, 18-2
8. North Carolina, 8-6
9. Notre Dame, 14-3
10. UMBC, 12-4
11. Navy, 10-6
12. Albany, 8-8
13. Brown, 11-3
14. Princeton, 13-6
15. Hofstra, 10-6
16. Denver, 10-7
17. Colgate, 11-6
18. Bucknell, 10-5
19. Loyola, 7-7
20. Delaware, 9-7
