Men's Lacrosse Ranked Fifth in Preseason Poll

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Dec. 18, 2001

Charlottesville, Va. – The University of Virginia men’s lacrosse team is ranked fifth in the Face-Off Yearbook preseason Top 25 coaches poll. Among the Cavaliers’ 11 regular-season games are nine against teams ranked in the top-25 and another against a team receiving votes but not ranked in the top-25.

Three Cavaliers were named first-team Face-Off yearbook preseason All-Americans-attack Conor Gill, defenseman Mark Koontz and midfielder Chris Rotelli. Goalie Tillman Johnson, the ACC’s Rookie of the Year last spring, was named to the preseason second-team, while defenseman Brett Hughes was named honorable mention.

The Cavaliers finished last season ranked 11th in the STX/USILA coaches poll with a 7-7 overall record.

The complete 2002 Face-Off Yearbook Men’s Lacrosse Division I Preseason Coaches Poll is shown below.

1. Princeton (32) 917

2. Syracuse (12) 893

3. Johns Hopkins (1) 754

4. Towson (1) 751

5. Virginia 678

6. Maryland 652

7. Georgetown 621

8. Loyola 587

9. Duke 572

10. Hofstra 471

11. Notre Dame 456

12. Massachusetts 455

13. North Carolina 385

14. Navy 341

15. Cornell 209

16. Penn State 161

17. Brown 150

18. UMBC 145

19. Bucknell 133

20. Army 92

21. Delaware 87

22. Ohio State 52

23. Hobart 46

24. Rutgers 44

25. Harvard 30

First place votes in ()

Others receiving votes: Penn 23, Denver 20, Butler 15, Yale 14, Fairfield 11, Villanova 9, Stony Brook 7, Hartford 5, Quinnipiac 1.

UVa’s 2002 opponents are listed in bold.