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MEN'S LACROSSE RANKED 18TH IN FACE-OFF YEARBOOK COACHES' POLL; WOJTECH NAMED PRE-SEASON ALL AMERICAN
12/20/2001
The UMBC men's lacrosse team was ranked 18th in the nation in Face-Off Yearbook's Coaches Poll that will hit the newstands in January. Princeton was voted first, with 32 of 46 first place votes, followed by Syracuse, Johns Hopkins and Towson. The Retrievers will play 10 teams ranked in the top 25, including Towson (4), Maryland (6), Georgetown (7), U Mass (12), North Carolina (13), Navy (14), Cornell (15), Penn State (16), Army (20) and Rutgers (24). Moreover, the coaches named junior LSM Greg Wojtech as a pre-season Honorable Mention All American. The Retrievers open the season on Saturday, February 23, when they host Navy (2pm) in an ECAC Lacrosse League game. 2002 Division I Top 25 Preseason Coaches Poll ( ) -First place votes 1. Princeton (32) 917 2. Syracuse (12) 893 3. Johns Hopkins (1) 754 4. Towson (1) 751 5. Virginia 678 6. Maryland 652 7. Georgetown 621 8. Loyola 587 9. Duke 572 10. Hofstra 471 11. Notre Dame 456 12. Umass 455 13. North Carolina 385 14. Navy 341 15. Cornell 209 16. Penn State 161 17. Brown 150 18. UMBC 145 19. Bucknell 133 20. Army 92 21. Delaware 87 22. Ohio State 52 23. Hobart 46 24. Rutgers 44 25. Harvard 30 Others receiving votes: Penn 23; Denver 20; Butler 15; Yale 14; Fairfield 11; Villanova 9; Stony Brook 7; Hartford 5; Quinnipiac 1.