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Men's Lacrosse Ranked No. 3 in the Nation in Four Preseason Polls
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia men’s lacrosse team is ranked No. 3 in all four of the major preseason polls, entering the 2010 season.
The Cavaliers grace the No. 3 spot in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse, Face-Off Yearbook, Lacrosse Magazine and USILA coaches poll.
Head coach Dom Starsia’s squad features 28 returning lettermen, including six starters, from last year’s team that posted a 15-3 record. The Cavaliers advanced to the national semifinals for the second consecutive season before falling to Cornell, the national runner-up.
UVa opens its season on Feb. 20 against Drexel at Vidas Field in Philadelphia, Pa. Faceoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.
A composite grid of the preseason rankings is below. Virginia’s 2010 opponents are in bold.
| Face-Off Year Book | Nike/Inside Lacrosse | USILA | Lacrosse Magazine | Avg. Rank | ||
| 1. | Syracuse | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 2. | Duke | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 3. | Virginia | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 4. | North Carolina | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 5. | Johns Hopkins | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 6. | Cornell | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5.8 |
| T7. | Maryland | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7.5 |
| T7. | Princeton | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7.5 |
| 9. | Notre Dame | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9.3 |
| 10. | Hofstra | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9.8 |
| T11. | Harvard | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12.0 |
| T11. | Navy | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12.0 |
| 13. | UMBC | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12.8 |
| 14. | Georgetown | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13.3 |
| 15. | Brown | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15.3 |
| 16. | Loyola | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15.8 |
| 17. | UMass | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17.3 |
| 18. | Denver | 17 | 18 | NR | 19 | 18.8 |
| 19. | Bucknell | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19.3 |
| 20. | Albany | 20 | 20 | 18 | NR | 19.8 |