Coming Off Historic Season, UAlbany Again Chosen #AEMLAX Favorite
BOSTON – Coming off of its first-ever trip to NCAA Championship Weekend, UAlbany’s men’s lacrosse program is again the America East preseason favorite in 2018. It’s the seventh-straight year UAlbany has been tabbed the preseason choice by the conference’s head coaches, who were not permitted to vote for their own team.
The Great Danes, who became the second #AEMLAX program to reach championship weekend last year, received three first-place votes and 33 points to barely edge out second-place Stony Brook, which also earned three first-place tallies and 32 points. Vermont, which reached its second league title game in three years a season ago was third with 25 points while UMBC was fourth with 23 points and earned the final first-place vote.
Here is the full poll:
2019 America East Men’s Lacrosse Preseason Poll
No. School Points (1st Place Votes)
1. UAlbany 33 (3)
2. Stony Brook 32 (3)
3. Vermont 25
4. UMBC 23 (1)
5. UMass Lowell 16
T6. Binghamton 9
Hartford 9
Preseason All-Americans Tehoka Nanticoke (UAlbany), Sean Eccles (UAlbany) and Nick Washuta (Vermont) headline the top returnees in the conference.
The 2019 campaign begins the weekend of Feb. 1 with Vermont and UMass Lowell opening play while other five teams start between Feb. 9-16. The top four teams in the conference standings will qualify for the America East Men’s Lacrosse Championship, which will be held at tournament's No. 1 seed for the fourth-straight year. The semifinals take place on May 2 and the championship tilt on May 4, a game that will be nationally televised on ESPNU.
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