Washington and Lee's men's lacrosse team has been ranked 11th in the Face-Off magazine preseason Division III poll. Defending national champion Nazareth was voted No. 1 in the survey of 67 Division III head coaches.

W&L is coming off of an 11-3 season in which it suffered two one-goal losses to finish ranked 13th in the final USILA poll of the season. The top returnee for the Generals is senior midfielder Ed Dougherty who earned honorable mention All-America honors last year after scoring 27 goals.

The Generals open their 15-game slate on February 25 at Guilford College. Ten of W&L's 15 games are against teams ranked in the Top 30 by Face-Off, highlighted by matchups against fifth-ranked Gettysburg (March 15 in Lexington) and sixth-ranked Roanoke (March 28th in Salem).

The complete poll follows:

RK  Team		Points
 1. Nazareth		1,306
 2. Washington College	1,265
 3. Salisbury State	1,180
 4. Ohio Wesleyan	1,087
 5. Gettysburg		1,048
 6. Roanoke		  905
 7. Denison		  824
 8. Middlebury 		  730
 9. Alfred		  706
10. Hartwick		  640
11. Washington and Lee	  610
12. Ithaca		  512
13. Williams		  415
14. Hampden-Sydney	  410
15. Western Maryland	  364
16. R.I.T.		  361
17. Cortland State	  213
18. Springfield		  192
19. Franklin & Marshall	  174
20. Amherst		  169
21. Bowdoin		  145
22. Connecticut College	  104
23. R.P.I.		   89
24. Greensboro		   74
25. St. Lawrence	   49
26. Whittier		   47
27. Randolph-Macon	   40
28. St. Mary's, Md.	   35
29. Marymount		   25
30. Lynchburg		   24


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