Cortland Women Third in Lacrosse Magazine Preseason Poll
The SUNY Cortland women’s lacrosse team is ranked third nationally in Division III in the preseason poll conducted by Lacrosse Magazine.
The Cortland women finished 21-2 last season and advanced to the NCAA Division III “final four” before losing 13-11 to eventual national champion Gettysburg (Pa.). The Red Dragons have won State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) title and have played in the NCAA tournament each of the last 13 years.
Fourth-year head coach Kathy Taylor’s squad will open the season at Union College on March 1, followed by matchups with ranked teams in four of the next five games. The Red Dragons travel to sixth-ranked Salisbury (Md.) on March 7 and fifth-ranked Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) on March 10. Cortland will host second-ranked The College of New Jersey March 17 and 20th-ranked Ithaca March 24.
2012 Lacrosse Magazine
Women’s Div. III Preseason Poll
1) Gettysburg (PA)
2) The College of New Jersey
3) CORTLAND
4) Hamilton
5) Franklin & Marshall (PA)
6) Salisbury (MD)
7) Trinity (CT)
8) Middlebury (VT)
9) Bowdoin (ME)
10) Tufts (MA)
11) Colby (ME)
12) Messiah (PA)
13) Amherst (MA)
14) Washington & Lee (VA)
15) Stevens Inst. (NJ)
16) Catholic (DC)
17) Bates (ME)
18) Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CA)
19) Adrian (MI)
20) Ithaca
