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    Virginia Ranked No. 1 in Preseason Inside Lacrosse Media Poll

    The Cavaliers earned 14 of 26 first-place votes to start the 2023 season as the No. 1-ranked team in college lacrosse
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    Virginia will start the 2023 season as the No. 1-ranked team in college lacrosse. Inside Lacrosse unveiled its Men's Lacrosse Division I Preseason Media Poll on Monday and Virginia was voted No. 1 with 506 total points and 14 of a possible 26 first-place votes.

    Defending champion Maryland was No. 2 with eight first-place votes, followed by No. 3 Georgetown with one first-place vote. Cornell is ranked No. 4 and Notre Dame is No. 5 to round out the top five. The Fighting Irish also received the remaining three first-place votes. 

    Four of the five ACC teams are ranked in the preseason poll, as No. 1 Virginia is joined by No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 8 Duke, and No. 19 North Carolina. Syracuse is listed as the top team in the "receiving votes" category outside of the top 20. Virginia was the only team from the ACC to make the 2022 NCAA Tournament after all five ACC teams made the NCAA Tournament in 2021 and three ACC teams made the Final Four that year. 

    Virginia has a total of nine games against ranked opponents on its 14-game regular season schedule: No. 13 Harvard, No. 11 Ohio State, No. 20 Richmond, No. 2 Maryland, No. 19 North Carolina, and two games each against No. 5 Notre Dame and No. 8 Duke. 

    See the full preseason poll below:

    Inside Lacrosse Preseason Men's Division I Media Poll 

    1. Virginia (14)
    2. Maryland (8)
    3. Georgetown (1)
    4. Cornell
    5. Notre Dame (3)
    6. Princeton
    7. Yale
    8. Duke
    9. Rutgers
    10. Penn
    11. Ohio State
    12. Delaware
    13. Harvard
    14. Boston U
    15. Saint Joseph's
    16. Brown
    17. Denver
    18. Jacksonville
    19. North Carolina
    20. Richmond

    Virginia will begin the 2023 men's lacrosse season on Saturday, February 11th at 12pm when the Cavaliers host Michigan at Klockner Stadium. 

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