After capturing the Patriot League tournament
crown and advancing to the NCAA semifinals in
2016, Loyola Maryland
has gotten the nod to lead the conference in 2017.
The Greyhounds collected 16 of 18
first-place votes and 128 overall points to earn top billing in the league’s
preseason poll, which was released Thursday evening. The No. 5 team in the
preseason Maverik media poll has claimed at least a share of two of the
conference’s past three regular-season titles and won two of the past three
tournament championships.
Navy, which is ranked No. 11 in the nation,
was picked to finish second. The Midshipmen, who split
last year’s regular-season title with Loyola and made an appearance in the NCAA
quarterfinals, earned the last two first-place votes and 112 points.
The rest of the poll was rounded out by Army
(96 points), Bucknell (91), Boston University (63), Lehigh (61), Colgate (46),
Holy Cross (35) and Lafayette (16).
Greyhounds sophomore
attackman Pat Spencer was tabbed the preseason
Offensive Player of the Year. The Davidsonville resident and Boys’ Latin
graduate became the first player in Patriot League history to win both
Offensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors last spring.
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