Lacrosse - Next three games critical to national standings.

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3/11/2016
Next three opponents:
1) at #10 UNC, Sat. Mar. 19 @ 7:00 p.m. (ESPN3)
2) #23 High Point, Sun. Mar. 27 @ 1:00 p.m. (Spider TV)
3) #17 Virginia, Sat. April 2 @ 1:00 p.m. (Spider TV)
(Rankings are based upon NCAA D1 Men's Lacrosse rankings as of Mar. 9th or the date of the competition,
and include the first five receiving votes in ranking numbers 20-25.)

Of our next three opponents, none have lost to anyone other than a nationally ranked opponent except for UNC today which lost to UMass 9-14 @ UMass. They will all be exceptionally tough opponents.

UNC: Record: 3-3. No common opponents; 2 losses at home: to #2 Denver (12-13), to #13 Hofstra (5-11) and one on the road today @ UMass (9-14).

High Point: Record 4-3. Now riding a 4 game winning streak. Losses are are all to nationally ranked opponents: to #10 Virginia in C'ville 11-12 in OT, to #3 Duke (6-17) @ Duke, to #18 Boston University (10-13) @ home and to #4 Maryland (10-15) @ Maryland.

Virginia: Record: 3-3. Losses are all to ranked opponents in C'ville, # 8 Loyola (MD), #3 Syracuse and #23 High Point (#3 in votes rec'd for top 20).

Of Interest:
UNC beats #14 Johns Hopkins on Feb 28th, but loses today to an unranked UMass team @ UMass.
Duke hammers #8 Loyola (Md) today 15-6.
#7 Harvard (4-2) has lost 2 in a row, both on the road: on Mar. 8th to Bryant (record 4-3, score 9-12) and today to Penn State (record 5-2, score 12-13), since beating Duke on Mar. 8th 14-9 (@ Hofstra).
High Point to play Air Force (record 4-2) Mar. 19th. Air Force lost at home to #2 Denver (9-10) and @ Navy (6-10) on Feb. 6th.

2016 Men’s Lacrosse Preseason Coaches Poll
School (First-Place Votes) Total
1. High Point (4) 46
2. Richmond (4) 45
3. Air Force 38
4. Mercer 31
5. Bellarmine 23
6. Furman 18
7. Jacksonville 16
8. VMI 7


NCAA D1 College Lacrosse Standings
Nike/Lacrosse Magazine Div1 Standings
Lacrosse Magazine D1 Scoreboard
Southern Conference Lacrosse

 

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3/13/2016
6-1 Richmond ranked 18th by Nike/Lacrosse Magazine's Division I Men's Top 20.
As to our next three opponents, UNC is ranked 14th, High Point 19th and Virginia falls to "Also Considered" after losing to Cornell 9-14.
Duke remains ranked at 9th after pasting #8 Loyola (Md).

Also ranked 18th by NCAA Div1 Men's Lacrosse Poll. UNC ranked 17th, High Point and Virginia not ranked, but 4th and 9th at "Also Receiving Votes."

Whoever thought that we would beat Duke at #9 and be ranked ahead of perennial lacrosse powerhouse Virginia in just our 3rd year of Div1? I realize that there is a long way to go with this season, but Chemotti and crew have done one heck of a job.
I am sure that we are all hoping that we can maintain our ranking or rise higher.
Next three games will collectively be large indicator of whether we are a true Top 20 team this year.

 

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Inside Lacrosse Poll (Cascade/Maverik Division 1 Men’s Media Top 20) also shows Richmond ranked 18th.

 

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19th in coaches poll

http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=47036

 

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3/14/2016
Our next opponent, UNC,[Sat. Mar. 19 @ 7:00 p.m. (ESPN3)], batters struggling Manhattan 18-2.
Manhattan (1-7) has allowed all but one opponent (Delaware, 3-5) to score 15 plus goals.