NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Four-time defending champion Georgian Court University was picked first in the 2022 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Lacrosse Preseason Coaches Poll, as announced on Tuesday by Commissioner Dan Mara. GCU earned 85 points in the voting, including six first-place votes, as the voting in the poll was conducted by the league's 10 head coaches in the sport.

GCU has won the CACC Championship in the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 seasons. The 2020 championship was not conducted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lions have defeated Thomas Jefferson University in each of the last two conference championship finals.

Jefferson was second in the voting with 84 points and three-first place nods. Wilmington University rounded out the top three with 75 points and one first-place vote.

The 2022 season gets underway the weekend of Feb. 19-20, with several teams in action. The regular season will be a buildup to the 2022 CACC Championship tournament, which will be held April 26, 29-30, with the semifinals and final being staged at Georgian Court in Lakewood, N.J.

2022 CACC WOMEN'S LACROSSE PRESEASON COACHES POLL
1. Georgian Court University 85 (6)
2. Thomas Jefferson University 84 (3)
3. Wilmington University 75 (1)
4. Post University 58
5. Holy Family University 51
6. Caldwell University 50
7. Dominican College 42
8. Chestnut Hill College 36
9. Nyack College 31
10. Felician University 28

() - First-Place Votes in Parenthesis