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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Picked Fifth in National Preseason Poll
January 08, 2009 | Women's Lacrosse
BALTIMORE, Md. (1/8/09) ? The Princeton University women's lacrosse team has been selected No. 5 in the Lacrosse Magazine annual preseason college rankings in its January issue. The team is the highest ranked team in the Ivy League with defending champion Penn trailing Princeton in the poll.
The rankings, compiled by Lacrosse Magazine staff after consultations with coaches, predict Northwestern to win its fifth straight championship. Syracuse, Duke and Virginia picked second, third and fourth, respectively.
Eight of the 20 teams ranked in the preseason poll are on the Tigers' 2009 schedule. Princeton kicks off the season hosting No. 20 Johns Hopkins and travels to No. 3 Duke in early March. They will take on No. 15 James Madison and No. 4 Virginia on a swing through Virginia. The final game of the season will be at No. 8 Maryland. Three other Ivy League schools were also selected, they include: No. 6 Penn, No. 14 Dartmouth and No. 16 Cornell.
Lacrosse Magazine is the flagship publication of US Lacrosse, a 250,000-member, non-profit organization that serves as the sport's national governing body. The print version of the magazine is published monthly, while the online version is updated daily at www.laxmagazine.com.
NCAA Division I Women
1. Northwestern
2. Syracuse
3. Duke
4. Virginia
5. Princeton
6. Penn
7. Georgetown
8. Maryland
9. Boston University
10. North Carolina
11. Notre Dame
12. Vanderbilt
13. New Hampshire
14. Dartmouth
15. James Madison
16. Cornell
17. Towson
18. Denver
19. Stanford
20. Johns Hopkins
The rankings, compiled by Lacrosse Magazine staff after consultations with coaches, predict Northwestern to win its fifth straight championship. Syracuse, Duke and Virginia picked second, third and fourth, respectively.
Eight of the 20 teams ranked in the preseason poll are on the Tigers' 2009 schedule. Princeton kicks off the season hosting No. 20 Johns Hopkins and travels to No. 3 Duke in early March. They will take on No. 15 James Madison and No. 4 Virginia on a swing through Virginia. The final game of the season will be at No. 8 Maryland. Three other Ivy League schools were also selected, they include: No. 6 Penn, No. 14 Dartmouth and No. 16 Cornell.
Lacrosse Magazine is the flagship publication of US Lacrosse, a 250,000-member, non-profit organization that serves as the sport's national governing body. The print version of the magazine is published monthly, while the online version is updated daily at www.laxmagazine.com.
NCAA Division I Women
1. Northwestern
2. Syracuse
3. Duke
4. Virginia
5. Princeton
6. Penn
7. Georgetown
8. Maryland
9. Boston University
10. North Carolina
11. Notre Dame
12. Vanderbilt
13. New Hampshire
14. Dartmouth
15. James Madison
16. Cornell
17. Towson
18. Denver
19. Stanford
20. Johns Hopkins
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