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MCLA: Grand Canyon Tops D-I Preseason Poll, FSU at #11

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  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)    

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