Terps Ranked No. 1 in Nike/Lacrosse Magazine Poll
1/5/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The defending national champion Maryland women's lacrosse team enters the 2015 campaign ranked No. 1 in the Nike/Lacrosse Magazine Preseason Top 20, as announced by the publication Monday.
The Terrapins return 11 starters from last year when the team tied a program record with 23 wins en route to a sixth-straight ACC Championship and the 11th NCAA Championship in Maryland program history. Five of the Terps' returning starters were named IWLCA All-Americans last year. Junior Taylor Cummings became the youngest winner of the prestigious Tewaaraton Award as just a sophomore, and was joined by senior Megan Douty as a finalist.
The Terps open the 2015 season Feb. 15 at William & Mary. Maryland embarks on a new challenge in the first year of Big Ten lacrosse and will face 10 opponents also ranked in the Nike/LM preseason poll. Four Big Ten squads, including the Terps, are listed in the rankings.
Nike/Lacrosse Magazine Preseason Rankings
1. Maryland
2. North Carolina
3. Syracuse
4. Florida
5. Northwestern
6. Virginia
7. Boston College
8. Duke
9. Loyola (Md.)
10. Notre Dame
11. Penn State
12. Louisville
13. Ohio State
14. Johns Hopkins
15. Princeton
16. Stony Brook
17. Penn
18. Georgetown
19. Stanford
20. Denver
2015 opponents in italics
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