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LADY CHARGERS PICKED FIRST IN THE 2025 CACC WOMEN'S LACROSSE PRESEASON COACHES POLL
January 31, 2025

LADY CHARGERS PICKED FIRST IN THE 2025 CACC WOMEN'S LACROSSE PRESEASON COACHES POLL

Courtesy of CACC Athletics

 

New Haven, Conn. (1/31/25) Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Commissioner Dan Mara has announced the results of the balloting of the 2025 CACC Women's Lacrosse Preseason Coaches' Poll. Dominican University New York has been chosen for first place.

Dominican (16-3, 9-0 CACC in 2024) claimed the CACC regular-season and tournament championship a year ago. The Chargers, who also won the 2023 conference crown, are 25-3 in CACC play over the last three years.

DUNY received nine of 10 first-place votes and 81 total points in the poll. The Chargers were followed by Wilmington University, in second place with 68 points, and third-place Georgian Court University, which collected 66 points. Thomas Jefferson University garnered the other first-place voted and finished fourth in the balloting with 61 points.

The final two projected playoff spots went to the University of Bridgeport and Holy Family University. Bridgeport was picked to finish fifth, gaining 47 points, followed by Holy Family in sixth with 42. Rounding out the coaches' choices were Post University (7th, 31 points), Chestnut Hill College (8th, 19), Caldwell University (9th, 18) and Felician University (10th, 17),

The regular season begins on February 15, when Georgian Court hosts Molloy University. All league teams are scheduled to open their season by March 9, the same day conference action is slated to begin.

At season's end, the top six teams in the standings will qualify for the CACC Championship tournament. The opening round and the semifinals will take place on April 26 and April 29, respectively, at campus sites. Georgian Court will host the championship final on Sunday, May 4, on its Lakewood, N.J., campus. For the first time, the CACC champion will automatically qualify for the NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship tournament.


2025 CACC WOMEN'S LACROSSE PRESEASON COACHES' POLL
(First-place votes in parentheses)

1. Dominican University New York 81 pts. (9)
2. Wilmington University 68
3. Georgian Court University 66
4. Thomas Jefferson University 61 (1)
5. University of Bridgeport 47
6. Holy Family University 42
7. Post University 31
8. Chestnut Hill College 19
9. Caldwell University 18
10. Felician University 17

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.