Nov. 28, 2006
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
Coming off its second straight trip to the NCAA Final Four, the Maryland men's lacrosse team is ranked No. 7 in the Preseason Inisde Lacrosse/Face-Off Yearbook Top 25.
Maryland, which went 12-5 last season, was ranked No. 4 in last year's preseason poll and No. 5 in 2005, 2004 and 2003. Nine opponents on the Terps' 2007 schedule are ranked among the Top 25.
The Terrapins will take on five of the top 10 teams: hosting No. 2 Johns Hopkins (April 13), No. 5 Georgetown (February 24), No. 6 Duke (TBA) and visiting No. 1 Virginia (March 31) and No. 9 Navy (April 6).
Maryland returns three All-Americans (defenders Ray Megill and Steve Whittenberg and goalie Harry Alford) among its six returning starters.
Inside Lacrosse/Face-Off Yearbook NCAA Division I Men Preseason Top 25
1. Virginia
2. Johns Hopkins
3. Syracuse
4. Princeton
5. Georgetown
6. Duke
7. Maryland
8. Cornell
9. Navy
10. Massachusetts
11. Towson
12. Loyola
13. Penn
14. Denver
15. Hofstra
16. Notre Dame
17. Penn State
18. UMBC
19. Delaware
20. Albany
21. North Carolina
22. Dartmouth
23. Harvard
24. Army
25. Hobart
2007 Maryland opponents in italics
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Face-Off Yearbook, the most referenced preview guide for men's college lacrosse, will be released next weekend at the IMLCA Clinic in Baltimore.
Face-Off Yearbook features previews of every NCAA and NJCAA men's lacrosse team, spanning all DI, DII, DIII and JuCo squads. The publication contains rankings, pre-season All-Americans, All-Conference selections, strength of schedule analysis, stats and more. Conference rankings and All-America selections will be released in the coming days. For a complete schedule of when information will be released, see below.
In addition to the Top 25 teams released today, this year Face-Off has ranked every men's Division I team, No. 1 to No. 57. Face-Off Yearbook is available for pre-order online and will ship December 11.
