Concordia-Irvine Tops SLC 2017 MCLA Division II Pre-Season Coaches Poll

Coaches from the twelve teams in the Southwestern Lacrosse Conference announced their 2017 pre-season rankings. Concordia-Irvine, which has held the SLC division II trophy for the past 4 years, received the unanimous nod at the top of the coaches poll.

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Cal-State Fullerton, which finished at 10-4 last season, came in at number two. University of San Diego came in a close third in the poll to Northern Arizona which finished 9-5 last season compared to San Diego at 7-9. San Diego also played four dvision I teams last spring while they made the transition to division II.

SLC Division II Preseason Coaches Poll

Rank	Team	Points	1st votes
1.	Concordia-Irvine	8	8
2.	Cal State Fullerton	16
3.	San Diego	28
4.	Northern Arizona	31
5.	Cal State San Marcos	40
6t.	Cal State Long Beach	52
6t.	UC San Diego	52
8.	UC Irvine	63
9.	Biola	71
10.	Occidental	79
11.	Marymount	91
12	Cal State Channel Islands	93

Concordia went 14-1 last season and 20-1 in 2015, winning the SLC division II title but losing in the MCLA national tournament. Concordia remains at the top of the pre-season rankings despite losing three All-Americans from last years squad.

Jake Pense (Concordia-Irvine)

They have 18 returning players including five starters from last seasons team, Brandon Mayo (Tesoro), attack, second team All-SLC; Jake Pense (De La Salle-Concord), defense, second team All-American; Cade Christensen (Salem Academy, Ore.), defense, SLC All-Freshman; Max Satossky (San Clemente), attack, third team All-American, and Winston Robertson (St. Margaret's), defense, third team All-American.

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Cal-State Fullerton features returning first team All-American attackman Micah Willis (Huntington beach) and second team All-American midfielder Alex Kowalski (Huntington Beach). Concordia beat Fullerton last year 14-10 in a live streamed SLC game of the week.