via MCLA web site ATLANTA – It has won the national championship in two of the last three years and now Grand Canyon enters the 2018 season as the No. 1 team in the Under Armour MCLA Division I Preseason Coaches Poll.The Lopes snatched 22 of the 24 first place votes for 590 points – 33 ahead of No. 2 Chapman. The Panthers, which grabbed the other two first place votes, lost to GCU in the 2017 title game.After advancing to the national semifinals last spring, California sits at No. 3, well ahead of No. 4 Brigham Young. The Cougars edged out No. 5 Georgia Tech – the other semifinalist from last year – by three points.Both the Southwestern Lacrosse Conference (SLC) and the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference (RMLC) placed three teams in the Top 10, while the SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference (SELC) and Western Collegiate Lacrosse League (WCLL) each had a pair.2018 Under Armour MCLA Division I Preseason Coaches Poll

Rank	Team	Points	1st votes
1.	Grand Canyon	590	22
2.	Chapman	557	2
3.	California	542
4.	Brigham Young	501
5.	Georgia Tech	498
6.	Colorado	495
7.	Arizona State	448
8.	Utah	421
9.	Virginia Tech	413
10.	Cal Poly	387
11.	Florida State	357
12.	Colorado State	343
13.	Michigan State	299
14.	Oregon	291
15.	UC Santa Barbara	220
16.	Northeastern	204
17.	Minnesota	174
18.	Liberty	167
19t.	Southern Methodist	140
19t.	Connecticut	140
21.	Sonoma State	108
22.	Simon Fraser	90
23.	Texas	84
24.	Oregon State	75
25.	Boston College	68

Also receiving votes: Concordia-Irvine (58), Arizona (52), San Diego State (22), Pittsburgh (19), Davenport (10), UNLV (7), Missouri (7), Santa Clara (3), Boise State (2), Oklahoma (2), Texas Christian (2), Georgia (1), Washington (1), South Carolina (1), New Hampshire (1)