DURHAM, N.C. –With the 2017 lacrosse season just five days away, the Blue Devils were selected to finish fourth in the ACC in a preseason vote of the league’s five coaches. Junior attackman Justin Guterding represented the Blue Devils on the Preseason All-ACC Team.
North Carolina was voted as the preseason favorite with 23 points, including four first-place votes. Notre Dame came in second with 21 points and Syracuse took the third spot. Duke earned nine points in the voting for fourth and Virginia rounded out the poll at No. 5. All five teams are ranked in the top 15 in the preseason USILA coaches’ poll.