UAlbany Men’s Lacrosse Ranked #10 in USILA DI Coaches Poll, #11 in Warrior DI Media Poll

USILA Coaches Poll (1/27) | Warrior DI Media Poll (1/27)

BALTIMORE – UAlbany men’s lacrosse will start the 2014 season ranked #10 in the USILA DI Coaches Poll and #11 in the Warrior DI Media Poll.

Along with its #10-ranking in the Lacrosse Magazine preseason rankings, UAlbany will start the year in the top-10 in that and the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division I Coaches Polls, also starting #11 in the Warrior Division I Media Poll, run by Inside Lacrosse.

The Great Danes are already making headlines this season after winning the America East in 2013 with the top scoring offense in Division I, with all three All-Americans, Lyle Thompson, Miles Thompson and Ty Thompson, returning for 2014.  UAlbany is gracing the covers of both Inside Lacrosse and Lacrosse Magazine this month.

In each poll, UAlbany is the lone America East team in the rankings.  The team got 145 points in the USILA Poll (13 voters) for #10 and 192 points in the Media Poll (19 voters).  Last season, UAlbany received votes in both polls, going as high as #10 until finishing the season at #12.

The team’s first opponent, Syracuse, is #1 in the USILA Poll and #2 in the Media Poll to reigning NCAA champion Duke.  Future UAlbany opponents that are ranked include Penn State (#9 USILA/#7 Media) and Johns Hopkins (#11/13), while Stony Brook, Harvard, Drexel, UMass and Bryant received points in both polls.