Special report on the Florida Gators lacrosse team:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 8 Florida lacrosse team was tabbed to win the American Athletic Conference championship in the 2021 Preseason Coaches’ Poll, as the league announced Tuesday.
The league – in its third season – shakes out in the preseason poll as follows: Florida (5), Vanderbilt, Temple (1), Cincinnati, East Carolina and Old Dominion.
Florida received five of the six first-place votes and led the conference with six preseason All-AAC players, including four unanimous selections. No other school had more than four All-AAC nods in the poll.