Men's Lacrosse Ranked No. 9 in Three of Four Major Preseason Polls
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Jan. 31, 2013
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia men’s lacrosse team is ranked No. 9 in three of the four major preseason polls, entering the 2013 season. The USILA coaches and Nike/Inside Lacrosse media polls were released earlier this week. The Face-Off Yearbook preseason poll was previously released this winter and Lacrosse Magazine‘s preseason poll in its entirety was posted today after the publication released each spot over a 20-day period.
The USILA coaches and Nike/Inside Lacrosse media polls will conduct a weekly poll through the season.
Head coach Dom Starsia’s squad features 24 returning lettermen from 2012, including five starters, from last year’s NCAA quarterfinal team. The Cavaliers went 12-4 and failed to reach the NCAA semifinal round for the first time since the 2007 season.
UVa opens its season on Feb. 16 at Drexel. Faceoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.
A composite grid of the preseason rankings is below. Virginia’s 2013 opponents are in bold.
| Rank | School | Face-Off Year Book | Nike/Inside Lacrosse | USILA | Lacrosse Magazine | Average Rank |
| 1 | Loyola (Md.) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 2 | Maryland | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3.25 |
| 4 | Duke | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4.25 |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| 7 | Cornell | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Denver | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8.25 |
| 9 | Virginia | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8.5 |
| 10 | Lehigh | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9.75 |
| 11 | Colgate | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10.75 |
| 12 | Umass | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12.5 |
| 13 | Syracuse | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12.75 |
| 14 | Princeton | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14.25 |
| 15 | Penn State | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14.5 |
| 16 | Fairfield | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16.5 |
| 17 | Yale | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 18.0 |
| 18 | Hofstra | 17 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 18.25 |
| 19 | Bucknell | 18 | 18 | 18 | NR | 18.75 |
| 20 | Villanova | NR | NR | NR | 17 | 20 |