Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 2/8/22
Princeton received all 18 first place votes in the Ivy League Women’s Lacrosse Preseason Media Poll, slotting in as a unanimous No. 1 selection ahead of the 2022 season.
The Tigers finished with 128 points in the poll, clear of Penn which ranked second with 112.
Princeton is the highest-ranked Ivy team in the ILWomen/IWLCA Preseason Rankings (No. 15) and the Nike/US Lacrosse Preseason Rankings (No. 13).
The Tigers have won 15 Ivy League championships, including six in a row from 2014-19. Princeton has also won the last three Ivy League Tournament championships (2017-19) and have won five of the 10 Ivy Tournaments held since 2010.
Princeton opens its 2022 season on February 20 at No. 11 Virginia. The home opener is set for February 26 against No. 22 Temple at 1 p.m. Penn’s season opens on Saturday, February 19, kicking it off with a four-game homestand. The Quakers start with Delaware in Franklin Field at 3 p.m.
IVY LEAGUE PRESEASON POLL
1. Princeton (18) 128
2. Penn 112
3. Dartmouth 88
4. Cornell 76
T5. Brown 56
T5. Harvard 56
7. Yale 42
8. Columbia 18