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Henry Ontiveros

South Carolina tops the preseason rankings at #1 on the heels of their National Championship.

Who is going to dethrone them?

Still a shame SEC does not have D1 lax.
Same goes to Acc with GaTech Clemson BC they could all join and start being competitive, let's not forget NC St. or the 'Noles who have a shot at dethroning The Cocks.
What about expanding the SoCon with Elon East Carolina South
Out west has been booming, maybe PAC 12 breaks it open with Arizona UCLA Cal Zona St USCetc (technically the best sports conference)
Big East could use UConn?

MCLA Opens Tonight: Arkansas vs. LSU

Any links to see the games live?

Is Arkansas any good?

Also Texas needs a D1 team. SMU has a lacrosse stadium they’d seem most appropriate

Colorado State should go D1. The football team isn’t Anything to get excited about.

Stanford not having D1 lacrosse is ridiculous

Surfs_Up wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:17 pm Is Arkansas any good?

D1 (as opposed to D2) which is pretty good and, among the D1s, basically a little bit lower than the middle of the pack. Arkansas 2019 Schedule and Results

Purdue's unis are pretty cool.

2020 New Balance MCLA Division I Preseason Poll

RANK TEAM POINTS 1st VOTES
1. South Carolina 591 19
2. California 577 5
3. Chapman 549
4. Georgia Tech 531
5. Liberty 489
6. Colorado 487
7. Arizona State 424
8. Florida State 418
9. New Hampshire 412
10. Cal Poly 388
11. Concordia-Irvine 362
12. Michigan State 338
13. Brigham Young 281
14. Virginia Tech 269
15. Connecticut 266
16. Utah Valley 206
17. Santa Clara 190
18. Clemson 163
19. Arizona 151
20. Minnesota 150
21. Grand Canyon 113
22. Boston College 86
23. Oregon 76
24. Stanford 59
25. LSU 47

Others receiving votes: Washington (43), USC (32), UC Santa Barbara (30), Texas A&M (21), Colorado State (17), Northeastern (16), Texas (8), Sonoma State (4), Florida (3), Simon Fraser (2), Indiana (1).

2020 New Balance MCLA Division II Preseason Poll

RANK TEAM POINTS 1st VOTES
1. St. Thomas 572 21
2. Dayton 545 2
3. Minn.-Duluth 511
4. North Dakota State 508
5. College of Idaho 491
6. Grand Valley State 450
7. St. John’s 419
8. Kennesaw State 400
9. North Florida 396
10. Montana 322
11. Northern Arizona 317
12. UC Davis 309
13. Utah State 287
14. Montana State 268
15. Florida Gulf Coast 262
16. Bridgewater State 186
17. UC San Diego 175
18. Loyola Marymount 165
19. Missouri State 163
20. UNC-Charlotte 133
21. San Diego 109
22. Rhode Island 93
23. Central Conn. State 89
24. Wake Forest 58
25. Western Oregon 39

Also receiving votes: Sierra Nevada (34), Rice (27), Cal State San Marcos (26), Baylor (14), Claremont (13), MSU Denver (12), Oklahoma State (12), Stonehill (12), Central Washington (10), Florida Atlantic (9), Appalachian State (8), Colorado Denver (8), UT-San Antonio (7), Saint Mary’s (6), UC Irvine (5), Louisiana (2), Western Washington (2), San Jose State (1).

Surfs_Up wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:17 pm Is Arkansas any good?

IF the transitive property applies in MCLA then the answer is likely no.

Arkansas lost to LSU.
LSU lost to Texas A&M 9-8
Texas A&M lost to South Caorlina 15-10 (according to my sister, the game was NOT as close as the score indicates)
LSU lost to South Carolina 21-7

Plenty of season left to be played, of course.

Saturday's contest between @dominicanlax and @UofAMensLax will be streamed live on the Official MCLA YouTube account at 1 p.m. MST.

old man wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:23 am

Surfs_Up wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:17 pm Is Arkansas any good?

IF the transitive property applies in MCLA then the answer is likely no.

Arkansas lost to LSU.
LSU lost to Texas A&M 9-8
Texas A&M lost to South Caorlina 15-10 (according to my sister, the game was NOT as close as the score indicates)
LSU lost to South Carolina 21-7

Plenty of season left to be played, of course.

It's early in the season so the rankings aren't rock solid yet but... The rankings concur.

MCLA: Weekend Schedule
http://fanlax.com/fanlax/2020/02/07/mcl ... -schedule/