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UPDATE: Men's Lacrosse Bucks Ranked in Preseason Polls - 2016 Season Preview

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January 12, 2016 at 2:39pm
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Lacrosse season is my second favorite season behind College Football.  It's also a great way to make the football off-season go faster. The 2015 Buckeye Men's Lacrosse team fell short in the NCAA tournament, but they managed to beat all of the Final Four teams at some point in the season. A huge accomplishment for the relatively young Buckeye program.

The 2016 Buckeyes are preseason #13 in the Nike/LM and the Face-off Yearbook Polls, and #11 in the USILA Coaches Poll. With three B1G teams in the Top 15 (#4 Maryland and #5/6 Johns Hopkins, as well as tOSU), and B1G Men's Lacrosse entering its second full season with a conference championship tournament, it should be an exciting year for the Lax Bux.

In addition to facing MD and JHU in conference play, the Buckeyes will travel to #1 Denver to take on the reigning Nation Champion Pioneers and host the #2 ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame in back-to-back games in March. The Lax Bux play their first exhibition game at noon on Jan 23 in Columbus against the 18th ranked Navy Midshipman.  EDIT: Due to the sever winter storm this weekend, the Midshipman are unable to travel to Columbus for tomorrow's scrimmage.  This will be a Scarlet and Gray game instead.  It will be followed by a meet-and-greet with the men's and women's teams and some skills training with interested U-18 players. 
http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/012116aab.html

This year's "Showdown in the Shoe" (played as the 'opening act' to the football Spring Game) features a matchup against TTUN. I highly recommend coming to this event. It has grown in size every year, and never fails to entertain. Plus it's a great way to get the best seats for the Spring Game.

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-lacros/sched/osu-m-lacros-sche...

 

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