{"id":7867,"date":"2014-12-16T22:55:10","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T03:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=7867"},"modified":"2014-12-16T22:55:10","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T03:55:10","slug":"heels-devils-dominate-preseason-all-acc-lacrosse-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=7867","title":{"rendered":"Heels, Devils dominate preseason All-ACC lacrosse team"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"unclacrosse\"<\/a>Reigning ACC Champion Notre Dame has been selected as the preseason favorite in the 2015 ACC Men\u2019s Lacrosse Preseason Poll. The announcement comes in conjunction with Inside Lacrosse\u2019s release of its annual Face-Off Yearbook.<\/p>\n

Head coach Kevin Corrigan\u2019s Fighting Irish received 23 points in balloting among the ACC\u2019s five head coaches. Syracuse followed with 22 points and was selected second. North Carolina (13), back-to-back NCAA Champion Duke (10) and Virginia (7) were selected fourth and fifth, respectively.<\/p>\n

The Preseason All-ACC Team features 11 returning United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) All-Americans from all five member schools, with five selections from North Carolina, three honorees from Duke and two from Syracuse. Notre Dame and Virginia each had one student-athlete selected to the team.<\/p>\n

Twelve of the 13 student-athletes on the Preseason All-ACC Team were also named to Inside Lacrosse\u2019s Face-Off Yearbook Division I All-America Team. The First Team included Duke senior midfielder Deemer Class and junior midfielder Myles Jones, Notre Dame senior attackman Matt Kavanagh, Syracuse senior attackman Kevin Rice and red-shirt junior defenseman Brandon Mullins and Virginia junior defenseman Tanner Scales. North Carolina sophomore defenseman Austin Pifani, senior attackman Joey Sankey and senior midfielder Chad Tutton were named to the second team. Duke senior shortstick midfielder Will Haus was tabbed to the third team, while North Carolina senior longstick midfielder Ryan Kilpatrick and junior goalkeeper Kieran Burke earned honorable mention honors.<\/p>\n

All five ACC teams are ranked in the top 10 in Inside Lacrosse\u2019s Face-Off Yearbook Top 20 poll. Notre Dame led the way at No. 2 followed by Duke (No. 3), Syracuse (No. 4), North Carolina (No. 6) and Virginia (No. 10).<\/p>\n

The 2015 men\u2019s lacrosse season gets underway in early February. The ACC Men\u2019s Lacrosse Championship will be played April 24-26 at PPL Park in Philadelphia, Pa. The semifinals are set for Friday, April 24 and the championship for Sunday, April 26. The fifth-place ACC team that does not qualify for the championship will play Penn at PPL Park on Saturday, April 25.<\/p>\n

ACC Men\u2019s Lacrosse Preseason Coaches Poll and All-ACC Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coaches Poll<\/em><\/p>\n

1. Notre Dame (3 first place votes, 23 points)<\/p>\n

2. Syracuse (2 first place votes, 22 points)<\/p>\n

3. North Carolina (13 points)<\/p>\n

4. Duke (10 points)<\/p>\n

5. Virginia (7 points)<\/p>\n

Preseason All-ACC Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

Attack<\/em><\/p>\n

Matt Kavanagh, Jr., A, Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Kevin Rice, Sr., A, Syracuse<\/p>\n

Joey Sankey, Sr., A, North Carolina<\/p>\n

Midfield<\/em><\/p>\n

Deemer Class, Jr., M, Duke<\/p>\n

Myles Jones, Jr., M, Duke<\/p>\n

Chad Tutton, Sr., M, North Carolina<\/p>\n

Defense<\/em><\/p>\n

Brandon Mullins, R-Jr., D, Syracuse<\/p>\n

Austin Pifani, So., D, North Carolina<\/p>\n

Tanner Scales, Jr., D, Virginia<\/p>\n

Faceoff Specialist<\/em><\/p>\n

Stephen Kelly, So., M, North Carolina<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper<\/em><\/p>\n

Kieran Burke, Jr., GK, North Carolina<\/p>\n

Longstick Midfielder<\/em><\/p>\n

Ryan Kilpatrick, Sr., LSM, North Carolina<\/p>\n

Shortstick Midfielder<\/em><\/p>\n

Will Haus, Sr., SSM, Duke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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