Orange Rank Fifth in Preseason Poll

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vs Colgate1

Oct 3|Final

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at Stanford1

Oct 10|Final

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at California1

Oct 12|Final

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vs #2 North Carolina4

Oct 17|Final

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at Boston College1

Oct 24|Final

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at Louisville3

Nov 1|Final

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vs Three-Seed #6 Wake Forest1

Nov 5|Final

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vs Two-Seed #4 Virginia3

Nov 6|Final

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vs #6 Liberty2

Nov 14|Final

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at #3 Princeton2

Nov 16|Final

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

8/22/2017 10:06:00 PM | Field Hockey

The Syracuse field hockey team will enter the 2017 season No. 5 in the NFHCA Poll.

The Orange collected 978 points in the poll, with North Carolina (1,173 points, 14 first-place votes) projected as the preseason favorite. Duke (1,081 points, 15 first-place votes), Delaware (1,003 points, seven first-place votes) and UConn (993 points, four first-place votes), round out the top five between Carolina and 'Cuse.

Syracuse was picked to finish fifth in the NFHCA Preseason Poll pic.twitter.com/S4Tijlv7pN
— Orange Field Hockey (@CuseFH) August 22, 2017

All-seven ACC teams rank in the top-15, with Syracuse set to face off against eight of the top-25 teams represented in the poll in 2017.

The Orange open the 2017 season on Friday at Cal.