Jan. 3, 2007

BALTIMORE--Five defending national champions have been picked to repeat as title-winners in 2007 in Lacrosse magazine's annual preseason college rankings, released Wednesday.

The rankings, compiled by Lacrosse magazine staff with consultations from coaches, predict Virginia's men and Northwestern's women to successfully defend their 2006 NCAA Division I championships. Le Moyne was selected to repeat in NCAA men's Division II, while Onondaga (men) and Anne Arundel (women) were tabbed the favorites to win National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) championships, as they did last season.

The women's team at C.W. Post, which lost to eventual champion Adelphi in the 2006 NCAA Division II semifinals, was picked to win this season. Division III will see new title-winners in Salisbury (men) and Middlebury (women). The Sea Gulls had their run of three straight national titles and a 69-game winning streak snapped by Cortland, 13-12 in overtime, in last year's championship game. The Panthers reached the national semifinals a year ago before falling to eventual champion College of New Jersey, picked to finish as runner-up this season.

Lacrosse magazine is the flagship publication of US Lacrosse, a 200,000-member, non-profit organization that serves as the sport's national governing body. The magazine, the first feature publication devoted to lacrosse, celebrates its 30th year of production in 2007. It is now a monthly magazine, and subscriptions are available via membership in US Lacrosse (visit www.uslacrosse.org to join or for more information).

The rankings appear below and in the January issue of Lacrosse magazine. Expanded college previews will run in both the February and March issues. Join US Lacrosse prior to Jan. 9 to start a subscription with the February issue.

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NCAA Division I Women
1. Northwestern
2. Virginia
3. Duke
4. Princeton
5. Notre Dame
6. Dartmouth
7. Maryland
8. Georgetown
9. Johns Hopkins
10. North Carolina
11. Cornell
12. James Madison
13. Hofstra
14. Penn State
15. Boston University
16. Stanford
17. Syracuse
18. Towson
19. Denver
20. Richmond

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Junior goalie Miles Kass leads No. 6-ranked Georgetown.

NCAA Division I Men
1. Virginia
2. Johns Hopkins
3. Princeton
4. Duke
5. Syracuse
6. Georgetown
7. Maryland
8. Cornell
9. Navy
10. Denver
11. Massachusetts
12. Notre Dame
13. Delaware
14. Loyola
15. Towson
16. UMBC
17. Fairfield
18. Penn
19. Albany
20. Penn State

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NCAA Division II Women
1. C.W. Post
2. Adelphi
3. Stonehill
4. West Chester
5. Limestone
6. Lock Haven
7. Gannon
8. Queens
9. Bloomsburg
10. Merrimack

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NCAA Division II Men
1. Le Moyne
2. Dowling
3. NYIT
4. Mercyhurst
5. C.W. Post
6. Limestone
7. Adelphi
8. Bryant
9. St. Andrew's
10. Merrimack

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Junior Katie Ceglarski had 43 goals and 25 assists last year for Gettysburg, which comes in at No. 4 in LM's preseason rankings.

NCAA Division III Women
1. Middlebury
2. TCNJ
3. Salisbury
4. Gettysburg
5. Cortland
6. Amherst
7. Bowdoin
8. Colby
9. Union
10. Franklin and Marshall
11. Williams
12. Mary Washington
13. Washington and Lee
14. St. Mary's
15. Dickinson
16. William Smith
17. Colorado College
18. Rowan
19. Hamilton
20. Nazareth

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NCAA Division III Men
1. Salisbury
2. Gettysburg
3. Cortland
4. Wesleyan
5. RIT
6. Washington College
7. Roanoke
8. Stevens Tech
9. Middlebury
10. Geneseo
11. Lynchburg
12. Springfield
13. Ithaca
14. Hampden-Sydney
15. Tufts
16. St. Mary's
17. Ohio Wesleyan
18. Washington and Lee
19. Cabrini
20. Williams

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Can anyone stop defending champion Onondaga in NJCAA men's lacrosse? Unlikely, according to LM's preseason rankings.

NJCAA Women
1. Anne Arundel
2. Catonsville
3. Herkimer
4. Cayuga
5. Jefferson
6. SUNY Morrisville
7. Harford
8. Nassau
9. Essex
10. Finger Lakes

NJCAA Men
1. Onondaga
2. Nassau
3. Herkimer
4. Essex
5. Howard
6. Monroe
7. Suffolk
8. Anne Arundel
9. Broome
10. Alfred State