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U.S. Lacrosse Magazine Has Tar Heels Ranked At #12
January 3, 2019 | Men's Lacrosse
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Defending NCAA champion Yale is the top-ranked team in the Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Men's Preseason Top 20, as published in the January edition of US Lacrosse Magazine. Head coach Joe Breschi's Univerity of North Carolina men's lacrosse team, after missing the NCAA Tournament in 2018, checks in at No. 12 in the preseason Nike poll. The Tar Heels return a veteran team from last year's 7-7 season while adding one of the nation's top recruiting classes.
All five Atlantic Coast Conference teams are ranked between second and 12th in the preseason poll. UNC will play games this season against teams ranked #2, #3, #5, #7, #8, #9 and #10 teams during the 2019 campaign.
Despite graduating a transformative senior class that included Tewaaraton Award winner Ben Reeves and five other players drafted by Major League Lacrosse teams, the Bulldogs reloaded, most notably landing All-American faceoff ace TD Ierlan as a transfer from Albany.
Duke, which lost to Yale in the 2018 NCAA championship game, starts 2019 in the No. 2 spot. Maryland, which has advanced to the final four in seven of the last eight seasons, is No. 3. Cornell and Virginia, both coming off big-time bounce-back campaigns, round out the top five.
Rankings are compiled by US Lacrosse Magazine staff and contributors, with input from college coaches. The full list of teams appears below.
Preseason Poll/Record/Season Opener
Also considered (alphabetical order): Army, Brown, Bucknell, Boston University, Navy, Penn, Robert Morris, Towson, Villanova
All five Atlantic Coast Conference teams are ranked between second and 12th in the preseason poll. UNC will play games this season against teams ranked #2, #3, #5, #7, #8, #9 and #10 teams during the 2019 campaign.
Despite graduating a transformative senior class that included Tewaaraton Award winner Ben Reeves and five other players drafted by Major League Lacrosse teams, the Bulldogs reloaded, most notably landing All-American faceoff ace TD Ierlan as a transfer from Albany.
Duke, which lost to Yale in the 2018 NCAA championship game, starts 2019 in the No. 2 spot. Maryland, which has advanced to the final four in seven of the last eight seasons, is No. 3. Cornell and Virginia, both coming off big-time bounce-back campaigns, round out the top five.
Rankings are compiled by US Lacrosse Magazine staff and contributors, with input from college coaches. The full list of teams appears below.
Preseason Poll/Record/Season Opener
| 1 | Yale | 0-0 | N/A | 2/16 vs. Villanova |
| 2 | Duke | 0-0 | N/A | 2/2 at Furman |
| 3 | Maryland | 0-0 | N/A | N/A |
| 4 | Cornell | 0-0 | N/A | 2/22 at Hobart |
| 5 | Virginia | 0-0 | N/A | 2/9 at No. 6 Loyola |
| 6 | Loyola | 0/0 | N/A | 2/9 vs. No. 5 Virginia |
| 7 | Johns Hopkins | 0-0 | N/A | 2/9 at Towson |
| 8 | Notre Dame | 0-0 | N/A | N/A |
| 9 | Denver | 0-0 | N/A | 2/9 vs. Air Force |
| 10 | Syracuse | 0-0 | N/A | 2/8 vs. Colgate |
| 11 | Penn State | 0-0 | N/A | 2/2 vs. Villanova |
| 12 | North Carolina | 0-0 | N/A | 2/2 at Mercer |
| 13 | Lehigh | 0-0 | N/A | 2/2 at NJIT |
| 14 | Rutgers | 0-0 | N/A | 2/2 vs. Lafayette |
| 15 | Ohio State | 0-0 | N/A | 2/2 vs. Cleveland State |
| 16 | UMass | 0-0 | N/A | 2/9 vs. Army |
| 17 | Albany | 0-0 | N/A | 2/16 at No. 10 Syracuse |
| 18 | Georgetown | 0-0 | N/A | 2/9 vs. Sacred Heart |
| 19 | Princeton | 0-0 | N/A | 2/17 at Monmouth |
| 20 | Marquette | 0-0 | N/A | 2/9 vs. Bellarmine |
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