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Lacrosse Magazine ranks St. Andrews preseason No. 9 nationally
January 3, 2007 BALTIMORE, Md.—The St. Andrews Presbyterian College has been picked No. 9 in the NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse preseason national poll released by Lacrosse Magazine on Wednesday. The Knights, who finished the 2006 season with an 8-7 overall and 7-2 Deep South Conference record, will be participating in the newly formed Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference in 2007. St. Andrews will compete against five other CVAC schools including preseason nationally ranked No. 6 Limestone College. St. Andrews has received a lot of attention during the off-season including having three Knights being named a preseason All-Americans (John Osterritter, Zach Mryncza, and Dan Hartzell) by Inside Lacrosse. SAPC was also picked to finish second in this years CVAC standings by Inside Lacrosse with four Knights being selected as preseason All-CVAC (Osterritter, Mryncza, Hartzell, and Tony Ferreira). St. Andrews also returns the ’06 Deep South Conference Freshman of the Year, goalkeeper Nate Hull. The Knights return 82-percent of their goals scorers from last season while adding 12 newcomers to this year’s squad. 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). NCAA Division II Men |