Garden City, N.Y. – The Northeast-10 Preseason Coaches Poll has Adelphi ranked #3 in the 12 team poll as announced by the conference office earlier today. The Panthers are coming off of a 2012 season that saw 13 wins with just three losses, and 8-2 mark in conference play, and an NE-10 semi-final appearance.
Le Moyne (17-1, 10-0 NE-10) is coming off a 2012 campaign in which it won 17 straight to begin the year, including a 10-7 victory over Merrimack College in the Northeast-10 Championship game, before falling to Limestone in the national semifinals.
Merrimack (13-3, 8-2 NE-10) finished second in the coaches' preseason poll with 108 points and a pair of first-place votes, narrowly ousting the Panthers which finished with 106 points and one first-place tally.
Merrimack has advanced to the Northeast-10 title game in each of the past four seasons, while Adelphi most recently claimed the conference championship in 2011.
Saint Michael's College (11-5, 6-4 NE-10) finished fourth with 87 points in the poll, while Bentley University (5-9, 5-5 NE-10) was fifth with 76 points and Saint Anselm College (8-7, 5-5 NE-10) was sixth with 69 points.
The College of Saint Rose (7-6), which is coming off the program's inaugural season against intercollegiate competition in 2012, was selected seventh with 60 points. The Golden Knights went 7-6 a year ago and are entering their first season under a full Northeast-10 schedule this spring.
Making up the remainder of the poll was Franklin Pierce University (7-6, 5-5 NE-10) with 46 points, Pace University (5-10, 3-7 NE-10) and Southern New Hampshire University (3-11, 3-7 NE-10) in a tie for ninth with 41 points, Assumption College (3-11, 2-8 NE-10) with 28 points and American International College (0-14, 0-10 NE-10) with 11 points.
For the complete poll results, please see below.
2013 Northeast-10 Men's Lacrosse Coaches' Preseason Poll
1. Le Moyne (9) - 119
2. Merrimack (2) – 108
3. Adelphi (1) – 106
4. Saint Michael's – 87
5. Bentley – 76
6. Saint Anselm – 69
7. Saint Rose – 60
8. Franklin Pierce – 46
T9. Pace – 41
T9. So. New Hampshire – 41
11. Assumption – 28
12. American Int'l - 11
( ) – indicates first-place votes
~Portions of this release courtesy of NE-10 Athletic Communications
