Women's Lacrosse Selected to Finish Fourth in SSC Preseason Poll

MELBOURNE, Fla. - The University of Tampa women's lacrosse team was selected to finish No. 4 in the Sunshine State Conference Women's Lacrosse Preseason Coaches' Poll as announced Tuesday by the conference office.

Sunshine State Conference women's lacrosse coaches pick Florida Southern College to win a fourth-consecutive conference title. The 2017 NCAA Division II national runner-up received 34 total votes and five first-place votes in the preseason coaches ranking.

Florida Tech finished second in the poll with 31 votes and one first-place vote. Rollins College lands in third after garnering 29 votes and the final first-place vote. The University of Tampa holds a three-vote edge over Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for fourth place in the ranking, while Saint Leo University and Palm Beach Atlantic University round out the poll in sixth and seventh positions, respectively.

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SSC women's lacrosse begins on February 9th with Florida Tech hosting Molloy College and league play gets underway the next day as Rollins heads to Tampa. The 2018 SSC Championship will take place on April 27th and April 29th and will be hosted by the top seed. The NCAA Division II postseason for women's lacrosse starts on Saturday, May 12th at non-predetermined sites and concludes Sunday, May 20th at Naimoli Family Athletic and Intramural Complex on the campus of the University of Tampa.

Below are the full results of the 2018 SSC preseason coaches' poll. Coaches are not allowed to vote for their teams (votes: 7-6-5-4-3-2-1, first-place votes in parentheses).

2018 SSC WOMEN'S LACROSSE PRESEASON COACHES POLL

Tampa opens the season on Feb. 10 at home, battling Rollins College for a  12 p.m. contest. Live stats and video links will be made available through www.tampaspartans.com. 

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