ACC women’s lacrosse once again positions itself to dominate the conversation as the 2023 season gets underway. The top team in the nation, North Carolina, rolled to a decisive 14-9 victory over No. 12 James Madison for their first notch in the win column for the season.
Conference teams have gotten off to a good start thus far with just one loss overall that was close to a dominant opponent.
- Boston College 14 No. 20 USC 3
- Syracuse 16 No. 20 USC 15
- Duke 15 Navy 10
- Virginia 14 No. 15 Stanford 11 Virginia 16 UC Davis 12
- Notre Dame 18 San Diego St 2
- No. 10 Denver 5 Louisville 4 Louisville 12 Colorado 5
Dominate
IWLCA – ACC
| IWLCA | TEAM |
| #1 | NORTH CAROLINA |
| #2 | MARYLAND |
| #3 | BOSTON COLLEGE |
| #4 | SYRACUSE |
| #5 | NORTHWESTERN |
| #11 | DUKE |
| #13 | VIRGINIA |
| #14 | NOTRE DAME |
| #24 | LOUISVILLE |
North Carolina holds their preseason first-place spot in the Top 25 and dominate the voting with 21 of 24 first-place votes. Boston College maintains their place at No. 3. Syracuse moves up a spot to No. 4. Duke and Virginia maintain their current ranking while Notre Dame is up two places. Louisville’s performance against Denver helped push them into the Top 25 from the Receiving Votes category.
What Can You Expect From ACC Softball This Season?
There are some amazing non-conference matchups the rest of the month before the battle begins within the conference to determine which team will dominate the ACC.
