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8/27/2013 12:31:00 PM | Field Hockey
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Penn Monto/NFHCA Preseason Poll
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -Â Syracuse field hockey ranks fifth in the country in the 2013 Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Preseason Poll, announced by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association on Tuesday.
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The Orange, coming off a Final Four run in 2012, garnered 737 points, ranking behind only No. 1 North Carolina (978), No. 2 Maryland (903), No. 3 Princeton (883) and No. 4 Connecticut (749). Penn State (686), Virginia (629), Old Dominion (589), Michigan (494) and Duke (486) round out the top 10.
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Syracuse's No. 5 preseason ranking matches where it was in the final poll of 2012, when it garnered 640 points and one first-place vote before NCAA Tournament play began. Head coach Ange Bradley's team was never ranked lower than its preseason ranking of seventh last season and spent three weeks at No. 1 in the country on its way to a 19-3 season and the BIG EAST regular season title in its final year in the conference.
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This preseason poll also runs the Orange's streak of being ranked in the top 10 to five years (54 weeks), dating back to Aug. 28, 2008.
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As SU makes its debut in the ACC this season, all seven of the conference's teams are ranked in the top 20. Behind the Tar Heels, Terrapins and Orange in the top five, No. 7 Virginia and No. 10 Duke give the ACC five top 10 teams. Wake Forest ranks 18th and Boston College is 19th in the voting conducted among the Division I head coaches.
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Nine of the Orange's regular season opponents for this fall are ranked in the top 20, including the top three: North Carolina, Maryland and defending national champion Princeton. Six of those nine games against ranked foes will be played at J.S. Coyne Stadium, beginning with the home opener on Sept. 13 vs. No. 14 Massachusetts. Other highlighted home dates include Sept. 22 against No. 3 Princeton and Nov. 2 vs. No. 1 North Carolina in the regular season finale.
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You can follow Syracuse field hockey via social media: on Facebook at /SUFieldHockey and Twitter @CuseFH.
Penn Monto/NFHCA Preseason Poll
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -Â Syracuse field hockey ranks fifth in the country in the 2013 Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Preseason Poll, announced by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association on Tuesday.
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The Orange, coming off a Final Four run in 2012, garnered 737 points, ranking behind only No. 1 North Carolina (978), No. 2 Maryland (903), No. 3 Princeton (883) and No. 4 Connecticut (749). Penn State (686), Virginia (629), Old Dominion (589), Michigan (494) and Duke (486) round out the top 10.
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Syracuse's No. 5 preseason ranking matches where it was in the final poll of 2012, when it garnered 640 points and one first-place vote before NCAA Tournament play began. Head coach Ange Bradley's team was never ranked lower than its preseason ranking of seventh last season and spent three weeks at No. 1 in the country on its way to a 19-3 season and the BIG EAST regular season title in its final year in the conference.
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This preseason poll also runs the Orange's streak of being ranked in the top 10 to five years (54 weeks), dating back to Aug. 28, 2008.
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As SU makes its debut in the ACC this season, all seven of the conference's teams are ranked in the top 20. Behind the Tar Heels, Terrapins and Orange in the top five, No. 7 Virginia and No. 10 Duke give the ACC five top 10 teams. Wake Forest ranks 18th and Boston College is 19th in the voting conducted among the Division I head coaches.
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Nine of the Orange's regular season opponents for this fall are ranked in the top 20, including the top three: North Carolina, Maryland and defending national champion Princeton. Six of those nine games against ranked foes will be played at J.S. Coyne Stadium, beginning with the home opener on Sept. 13 vs. No. 14 Massachusetts. Other highlighted home dates include Sept. 22 against No. 3 Princeton and Nov. 2 vs. No. 1 North Carolina in the regular season finale.
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You can follow Syracuse field hockey via social media: on Facebook at /SUFieldHockey and Twitter @CuseFH.
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