The reigning NCAA National Champions, Boston College, top the IL Women/IWLCA Division Preseason Poll. With 24 first place votes the Eagles start the season off with an almost unanimous nod as the team to beat as the season approaches. ACC rival North Carolina pulls two first place votes and joins Boston College, Syracuse and Notre Dame in the initial top tier of the five best teams in the nation.
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Duke and Virginia hold spots upper echelon as well. The Blue Devils find themselves in the top 10 while the Cavaliers are in the top 15.
Syracuse takes on a top 15 Stanford to open the season on Friday, February 11. The highlight of the weekend is Boston College facing off with a top 5 Northwestern.
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IL Women/IWLCA Preseason Poll – ACC
| RANK | TEAM |
| #1 | BOSTON COLLEGE |
| #2 | NORTH CAROLINA |
| #3 | SYRACUSE |
| #4 | NORTHWESTERN |
| #5 | NOTRE DAME |
| #8 | DUKE |
| #11 | VIRGINIA |
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The ACC and Big Ten conferences both have 6 women’s lacrosse teams in the preseason Top 25.
ACC Women’s Lacrosse Opening Weekend Schedule
- Friday, February 11
- #13 Stanford at #3 Syracuse
- #11 Virginia at Elon
- Duquesne at Pittsburgh
- Louisville at Colorado
- Gardner-Webb at #8 Duke
- Central Michigan at #5 Notre Dame
- Saturday, February 12
- Virginia Tech at #18 Jacksonville
- #4 Northwestern at #1 Boston College
- #2 North Carolina at #12 James Madison
- Sunday, February 13
- California at #11 Virginia
- #8 Duke at Elon
- Louisville at #14 Denver
- #23 Michigan at #5 Notre Dame
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