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MLAX and WLAX end up 13th and 16th,respectively

All-State Team 2022
G – Matthew Nunes, Virginia
A – Payton Cormier, Virginia
A – Ryan Lanchbury, Richmond
A – Connor Shellenberger, Virginia
M – Luke Frankeny, Richmond
M – Xander Dickson, Virginia
M – Jeff Conner, Virginia
D – Jake Saunders, Richmond
D – Ray Baran, Richmond

D – Cole Kastner, Virginia
LSM – Scott Bower, Virginia
Face-off – Petey LaSalla, Virginia
 
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19. RICHMOND​

2022 record: 11-5 (4-1 Southern)

Last seen: Nearly breaking through for the program’s first NCAA tournament victory before Penn rallied to force overtime and then promptly scored the winning goal in an 11-10 triumph to bounce the Spiders from the postseason.

Initial forecast: The door finally closed on Ryan Lanchbury’s college career, but not before an 81-point season that helped him finish his time at Richmond with 162 goals and 131 assists. The Spiders surrounded him with plenty, too, and the return of Dalton Young after a 39-goal, 23-assist season means Richmond’s offense will be on solid ground. The more intriguing development here is the establishment of Atlantic 10 men’s lacrosse, with full league members Richmond, UMass, St. Bonaventure and Saint Joseph’s joining with Hobart and High Point to create a six-team circuit. In aggregate, it’s a more rigorous one than the disintegrated Southern Conference, but Richmond’s willingness to take on all comers early in the season should make this transition a bit smoother. There will be some work to do to overcome some losses at the defensive end this season, so the Spiders aren’t a far-and-away favorite to get back to the NCAA tournament. Still, they’ve established themselves as a rock-solid top-20 type of program, which makes this initial placement apropos heading into 2023.
 
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