LOUISVILLE, Ky. The Gettysburg College men’s lacrosse team seized the No. 17 position in the preseason coaches’ poll conducted by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) and released on Monday, Jan. 31.
Gettysburg totaled 96 points in the poll to finish just behind SUNY Cortland and Wesleyan University. RIT grabbed the top spot with 389 points and 12 first-place votes, finishing just one point ahead of No. 2 Salisbury University, which tallied the remaining eight first-place votes. Tufts University, York (Pa.) College, and Christopher Newport University rounded out the top five.
The Bullets will tangle with six teams ranked among the top 20 this season, including three of the top five. Gettysburg meets Salisbury on Feb. 26, Christopher Newport on March 18, and York on April 16. The Orange and Blue also face off with No. 8 Franklin & Marshall College in a matchup of two of the top teams in the Centennial Conference on March 30. The Bullets meet No. 13 Stevenson University and No. 20 Amherst College on March 5 and March 19, respectively.
Gettysburg went 4-2 in the shortened 2021 campaign, which marked the final season for long-time Head Coach Hank Janczyk. Peter Toner enters his first season at the Bullets’ helm after spending the last 11 years as part of the coaching staff at Penn State University.
The Bullets open the season at home against Eastern University on Saturday, Feb. 19, at 1 p.m.
USILA Division III Preason Coaches’ Poll (Jan. 31, 2022) | ||||
Rank | Division 3. | Total | Record | Last Week |
1 | RIT (12) | 389 | 0-0 | |
2 | Salisbury (8) | 388 | 0-0 | |
3 | Tufts | 354 | 0-0 | |
4 | York | 320 | 0-0 | |
5 | Christopher Newport | 300 | 0-0 | |
6 | Lynchburg | 262 | 0-0 | |
7 | Cabrini | 230 | 0-0 | |
8 | Franklin and Marshall | 229 | 0-0 | |
9 | Saint John Fisher | 227 | 0-0 | |
10 | Williams | 162 | 0-0 | |
11 | Stevens | 141 | 0-0 | |
12 | Colorado College | 137 | 0-0 | |
13 | Stevenson | 135 | 0-0 | |
14 | St. Lawrence | 122 | 0-0 | |
15 | Cortland | 100 | 0-0 | |
16 | Wesleyan | 97 | 0-0 | |
17 | Gettysburg | 96 | 0-0 | |
18 | Union | 94 | 0-0 | |
19 | Denison | 84 | 0-0 | |
20 | Amherst | 46 | 0-0 |
This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.