Denver Women's Lacrosse Picked to Win MPSF
DENVER – The University of Denver women's lacrosse team was chosen to win the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in the 2008 preseason coaches' poll, the MPSF released today.
The Pioneers received 24 points, including four of the six votes for first place. Last year's MPSF Tournament champion Stanford was second with 20 points, including one first place vote. Oregon was third with 17 points and one first-place vote. California (15 points), UC Davis (9) and Saint Mary's (5) rounded out the poll.
The Pioneers return 10 starters and 19 letterwinners from last year's squad, including 2007 MPSF Freshman of the Year Ali Flury (Arnold, Md.) and fellow 2007 All-MPSF representatives juniors Steph Coyne (Baltimore, Md.), Natasha Davies (Annapolis, Md.) and Karen Morton (Adelaide, Australia), and senior Kelly O'Connell (Baltimore, Md.). Denver went 16-3 overall in 2007 and won the regular season MPSF championship after going 5-0 in conference games.
Denver, which is ranked No. 16 in Lacrosse magazine's 2008 preseason poll, opens its season on Feb. 15 at Duke and Feb. 17 at North Carolina before playing their home opener against Stony Brook on Feb. 22.
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Denver Women's Lacrosse Picked to Win MPSF
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