Lacrosse Magazine Releases Pre-season College Rankings for 2008

BALTIMORE — Eight of the 11 teams that won college lacrosse national championships in 2007 have been picked to repeat as title-winners in 2008 in Lacrosse magazine’s annual preseason college rankings, released last week.

 

The rankings, compiled by Lacrosse magazine staff after consultations with coaches, predict Northwestern to win its fourth straight NCAA Division I women’s championship. Duke has been tabbed as the preseason favorite to capture the NCAA Division I men’s championship.

 

Other champions from 2007 selected to repeat: Le Moyne (NCAA Division II men), Salisbury (NCAA Division III men), Franklin and Marshall (NCAA Division III women), Onondaga (National Junior College Athletic Association men), Anne Arundel (NJCAA women), Cal Poly (US Lacrosse Women’s Division Intercollegiate Associates) and BYU (Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association Division I).

 

West Chester has been picked to win the NCAA Division II women’s championship, while Westminster (Utah) was selected to capture the MCLA Division II crown.

 

Lacrosse magazine is the flagship publication of US Lacrosse, a 225,000-member, non-profit organization that serves as the sport’s national governing body. The magazine is a monthly publication, and subscriptions are available via membership in US Lacrosse (visit www.uslacrosse.org to join or for more information).

 

The rankings appear below and in the January issue of Lacrosse magazine. Expanded college previews will run in both the February and March issues. Join US Lacrosse prior to Dec. 28 to start a subscription with the February issue.

 

US Lacrosse also maintains an Internet component of the magazine, Lacrosse Magazine Online (LMO), at www.laxmagazine.com. Like the print publication, LMO covers all levels of the sport. It is updated constantly throughout the season.

 

NCAA Division I Men

1. Duke

2. Virginia

3. Johns Hopkins

4. Georgetown

5. Notre Dame

6. Princeton

7. Cornell

8. Maryland

9. Syracuse

10. North Carolina

11. Towson

12. Albany

13. Delaware

14. Massachusetts

15. Colgate

16. Bucknell

17. Navy

18. Ohio State

19. Yale

20. Drexel

 

NCAA Division I Women

1. Northwestern

2. Virginia

3. Duke

4. Maryland

5. Syracuse

6. Penn

7. Princeton

8. North Carolina

9. Johns Hopkins

10. Yale

11. Georgetown

12. Notre Dame

13. Vanderbilt

14. James Madison

15. Penn State

16. Denver

17. Boston University

18. Dartmouth

19. Rutgers

20. Richmond

 

NCAA Division II Men

1. Le Moyne

2. Mercyhurst

3. NYIT

4. Limestone

5. Bryant

6. C.W. Post

7. Dowling

8. St. Andrew’s

9. St. Michael’s

10. Molloy

 

NCAA Division II Women

1. West Chester

2. C.W. Post

3. Stonehill

4. Adelphi

5. Lock Haven

6. Limestone

7. Pfeiffer

8. Gannon

9. Queens

10. Philadelphia

 

NCAA Division III Men

1. Salisbury

2. Gettysburg

3. Cortland

4. Nazareth

5. Wesleyan

6. Roanoke

7. Ithaca

8. Lynchburg

9. WNEC

10. RIT

11. Tufts

12. St. Lawrence

13. Haverford

14. Middlebury

15. Washington College

16. Cabrini

17. Stevens

18. Geneseo

19. Washington and Lee

20. Villa Julie

 

NCAA Division III Women

1. Franklin and Marshall

2. College of New Jersey

3. Salisbury

4. Gettysburg

5. Hamilton

6. Middlebury

7. Babson

8. Bowdoin

9. Trinity

10. Amherst

11. Union

12. Williams

13. Washington and Lee

14. Cortland

15. Tufts

16. Colby

17. William Smith

18. Mary Washington

19. Wesleyan

20. Roanoke

 

NJCAA Men

1. Onondaga

2. Nassau

3. Essex

4. Howard

5. Herkimer

6. Monroe

7. Suffolk

8. Hudson Valley

9. Anne Arundel

10. Catonsville

 

NJCAA Women

1. Anne Arundel

2. Catonsville

3. Monroe

4. Herkimer

5. Nassau

6. Cayuga

7. Harford

8. Jefferson

9. Howard

10. Finger Lakes

 

USL WDIA

1. Cal Poly

2. Colorado State

3. UCSB

4. BYU

5. Colorado

6. UCLA

7. Georgia

8. Pitt

9. Michigan

10. Michigan State

11. Florida

12. Santa Clara

13. UC-Davis (club)

14. USC

15. San Diego State

16. Lindenwood

17. Chico State

18. UCSD

19. Central Florida

20. Pepperdine

 

MCLA Division I

1. BYU

2. Minnesota-Duluth

3. Colorado State

4. UCSB

5. Arizona State

6. Boston College

7. Michigan

8. Oregon

9. Northeastern

10. Lindenwood

11. Colorado

12. Arizona

13. Chapman

14. Sonoma State

15. Georgia

16. Illinois

17. Texas A&M

18. Florida State

19. Virginia Tech

20. Florida

 

MCLA Division II

1. Westminster

2. St. John’s

3. Utah Valley State

4. Northern Colorado

5. St. Thomas

6. Emory

7. Ft. Lewis

8. Dayton

9. Western Washington

10. Harding

11. Southwestern

12. Montana State

13. UNC-Charlotte

14. Salem State

15. Calvin

16. Carnegie Mellon

17. Savannah Art and Design

18. Augustana

19. Northern Arizona

20. Southern Oregon