TCNJ WOMEN’S LACROSSE TEAM RANKED THIRD IN DIVISION III POLL
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Ewing, NJ…The
College of New Jersey women’s lacrosse team will open the 2008 campaign ranked
third in the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Division III
Pre-season Poll. The Lions received 348 votes with one of them being a
first-place vote.
The defending national champion Diplomats of Franklin
& Marshall College are ranked in the top spot with 397 points with 17
first-place votes. Salisbury University is second with 361 votes followed by the
Lions. Gettysburg College and Middlebury College round out the top
five.
The Lions open the season on Saturday, March 8 heading to in-state
opponent Fairleigh Dickinson University – Florham in a 1 p.m. start. TCNJ’s home
opener is set for Tuesday, March 25 hosting Eastern University at 7
p.m.
Over the course of the 2008 season, the Lions will face five teams
ranked in the pre-season poll, including Salisbury, Gettysburg, SUNY Cortland
(eighth), University of Mary Washington (16th) and Montclair State University
(20th).
TCNJ is coming off of a 12-3 season a year ago advancing to the
NCAA Division III quarterfinals. Overall, the Lions have earned 13 national
championships and have appeared in every NCAA Tournament since the field began
in 1985.
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