Florida set to start the season Feb. 12 against Kennesaw State
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida lacrosse team will begin its 2022 campaign ranked No. 7 in the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association/Inside Lacrosse Women’s poll, as announced on Monday.
The 2022 season marks the 12th time in the program’s 13 seasons that the Gators have been ranked in the IWLCA poll.
This preseason poll marks the first ILWomen/IWLCA poll of the year. Both Inside Lacrosse and the IWLCA made the decision to join forces in the 2022 season’s weekly polls, which was announced last week<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.iwlca.org_news-5Farticle_show_1205784&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=yM1mbGow0-f-KjpURQ4f6VyBFS-9CKlFhuS-dcZe1nz45aH2EN3lo8NAPoEKqVpC&s=_dgt9e38MIaZrs5IKrisSoUnIt6TipkTnaaw_LAB-EU&e= >.
Florida is set to face seven ranked opponents during the 2022 campaign. Florida takes on second-ranked North Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 19 in Gainesville, Fla., then follows that up with a road trip to No. 9 Maryland on Feb. 26.
The Gators then return home to face No. 6 Stony Brook on March 5 before back-to-back contests against No. 10 Loyola and No. 3 Syracuse. The final two ranked teams Florida is set to take on are No. 22 Temple (April 23) and No. 18 Jacksonville (April 27) – both in Gainesville, Fla.
Florida is coming off a stellar 18-3 record during the 2021 campaign, finishing with an appearance in the NCAA Quarterfinals. During the year, Florida went a perfect 10-0 in conference play, winning its 10th-straight conference title. The Gators also clinched the AAC Tournament Championship – their seventh-straight tournament championship.
2022 ILWomen/IWLCA Preseason Poll
Rank
Institution
Points (FPV)
Last Poll
1
Boston College (0 – 0)
648 (24)
1
2
North Carolina (0 – 0)
620 (2)
3
3
Syracuse (0 – 0)
602
2
4
Northwestern (0 – 0)
569
4
5
Notre Dame (0 – 0)
519
6
6
Stony Brook (0 – 0)
509
5
7
Florida (0 – 0)
450
7
8
Duke (0 – 0)
441
8
9
Maryland (0 – 0)
440
10
10
Loyola (0 – 0)
434
9
11
Virginia (0 – 0)
371
11
12
James Madison (0 – 0)
341
12
13
Stanford (0 – 0)
314
16
14
Denver (0 – 0)
285
13
15
Princeton (0 – 0)
265
NR
16
Drexel (0 – 0)
221
15
17
Rutgers (0 – 0)
210
14
18
Jacksonville (0 – 0)
183
18
19
Penn (0 – 0)
163
NR
20
Johns Hopkins (0 – 0)
136
17
21
UConn (0 – 0)
107
21
22
Temple (0 – 0)
88
19
23
Michigan (0 – 0)
83
NR
24
UMass (0 – 0)
78
NR
25
Penn State (0 – 0)
63
T-23
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