Florida set to start season on Feb. 13 at Louisville
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida lacrosse team will begin the 2021 season ranked No. 8 in the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association poll, as announced on Monday.
The 2021 season marks the 11th time the Gators have been ranked in the IWLCA poll.
Last week, Florida checked in at No. 7<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_news_2021_1_25_gators-2Dranked-2Dseventh-2Din-2Dinside-2Dlacrosse-2Dpreseason-2Dpoll.aspx&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=sEF1uJnxVqtDiiEIR5Etc-C1DGTe3U-IWN-Tx9nd9xw&s=-apjomKFeKPtgyB9McBzy9u1aMyGaUzblCSCAeejwhs&e= > in both the Inside Lacrosse Preseason Poll and the Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Women’s Preseason Top-20 poll.
The Gators are set to face two ranked opponents during the 2021 campaign. Florida takes on top-ranked North Carolina on Friday, Feb. 19 in Chapel Hill, N.C., then takes on the fourth-ranked Loyola Greyhounds on Feb. 28 in Baltimore, Md.
Earlier today, four Gators earned Inside Lacrosse Division I Preseason All-American<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_news_2021_2_1_lacrosse-2Dfour-2Dgators-2Dearn-2Dpreseason-2Dall-2Damerica-2Dnods.aspx&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=sEF1uJnxVqtDiiEIR5Etc-C1DGTe3U-IWN-Tx9nd9xw&s=o4vRXUIbA5-d2lCky97HcN6_tpscHqLdlyLANM71B7w&e= > accolades. Cara Trombetta was tabbed to the First Team, Shannon Kavanagh earned Second Team honors, while Brianna Harris and Sarah Reznick each earned a spot on the Honorable Mention squad.
Florida is coming off a 6-2 season in 2020 after the campaign was cut short due to COVID-19. The squad finished ranked eighth in the nation according to the IWLCA poll and knocked off two Top-3 teams in Maryland and Stony Brook.
2021 IWLCA Preseason Poll
Rank
Institution
Points
FPV
2020 Final Poll
1
North Carolina
625
25
1
2
Notre Dame
585
0
2
3
Syracuse
563
0
4
4
Loyola
533
0
3
5
Northwestern
529
0
6
6
Stony Brook
495
0
5
7
Maryland
471
0
11
8
Florida
452
0
8
9
Michigan
395
0
12
10
James Madison
360
0
14
11
Denver
306
0
16
12
Boston College
305
0
20
13
Southern California
295
0
7
14
Richmond
288
0
17
15
Duke
274
0
18
16
Virginia
255
0
15
17
Penn
236
0
9
18
Virginia Tech
179
0
23
19
Dartmouth
160
0
10
20
UMass
140
0
21
T-21
Navy
139
0
19
T-21
Penn State
139
0
22
23
Stanford
135
0
24
24
Colorado
98
0
25
25
Princeton
55
0
13
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