FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 11, 2014
Panthers receive seven
first-place votes,
narrowly oust second-place Le Moyne in poll
SOUTH EASTON, Mass. – Adelphi
University garnered seven first-place votes and 137 points to take
the top spot in the 2014 Northeast-10 Conference Women’s
Lacrosse Coaches’ Preseason Poll, as voted upon by the
league’s 13 head coaches, the league office announced on
Tuesday.
The Panthers (18-3, 11-1 NE-10) advanced to the NCAA Championship
Final Four last spring, falling to LIU Post in the national
semifinals. The setback came after an NCAA first-round win over
conference rival Le Moyne College, which finished second in the
poll.
Le Moyne (16-3, 11-1 NE-10), which received four first-place votes
and 134 points in the poll, had previously taken down Adelphi in
the Northeast-10 Championship contest, as both programs earned NCAA
bids a year ago.
Adelphi was ranked No. 2 and Le Moyne No. 5 in the Intercollegiate
Women’s Lacrosse Coaches’ Association (IWLCA) national
preseason poll.
To view the complete poll results, please see below.
The University of New Haven (12-7, 9-3 NE-10) received one
first-place tally and 115 points to take third place in the poll,
just one point ahead of fourth-place Stonehill College (13-7, 10-2
NE-10), while Saint Anselm College (10-7, 7-5 NE-10) garnered 97
points and one first-place vote to take the fifth spot.
Bentley University (11-7, 9-3 NE-10) finished sixth with 91
points, followed by Southern New Hampshire University (7-10, 6-6
NE-10) with 73 points, Merrimack College (5-11, 4-8 NE-10) with 66
points and Assumption College (9-8, 5-7 NE-10) with 65 points,
while Franklin Pierce University (3-12, 2-10 NE-10) rounded out the
top-10 with 49 points.
Making up the remainder of the poll was Saint Michael’s
College (5-10, 3-9 NE-10) with 35 points and American International
College (1-15, 0-12 NE-10) and Southern Connecticut State
University (3-13, 1-11 NE-10) both received 19 points in the
ledger.
The Northeast-10 Conference is an association of 15 NCAA Division
II colleges and universities located in New England and New York
that is committed to supporting balanced academic and athletic
opportunities for more than 6,000 student-athletes. Each year,
4,000 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships
in 23 sports, making the NE-10 the largest DII conference in the
country in terms of sport sponsorship. Leading the way in the
classroom, on the field and within the community, the Northeast-10
is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it
provides student-athletes.
2014
Northeast-10 Women’s Lacrosse Coaches’ Preseason
Poll
1. Adelphi (7)
– 137
2. Le Moyne (4) – 134
3. New Haven (1) – 115
4. Stonehill – 114
5. Saint Anselm (1)– 97
6. Bentley – 91
7. Southern New Hampshire – 73
8. Merrimack – 66
9. Assumption – 65
10. Franklin Pierce – 49
11. Saint Michael’s – 35
T12. American International – 19
T12. Southern Connecticut – 19
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