The South Atlantic Conference Announces 2018 Women's Lacrosse Preseason Poll & All-Conference Teams

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The Queens University of Charlotte Royals have been selected as the 2018 South Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse preseason favorite, the league office announced today.  The Royals received eight first place votes from the league's head coaches and a total of 72 points.

Wingate University had one first place vote, and tied with Lenoir Rhyne University for the No. 2 spot with 60 points. Coker College came in fourth with 50 points and Tusculum College was picked to finish in the No. 5 with 44 points. Catawba College placed No. 6 with 40 points and Lincoln Memorial University was voted No. 7 with 30 points. Rounding out the preseason poll were Newberry College and Mars Hill University in the No. 8 and No. 9 spots with 30 and 22 points, respectively.

The South Atlantic Conference also announced its preseason all-conference honors. On the first team at the attack position were Faith Kent and Haley McCusker from Coker, Hanna Scott from Queens and Shannon O'Neal from Wingate.

The first team midfielders were Tusculum's Madison Malone, Lenoir-Rhyne's Alyssa Sack, Catawba's Nicole Hunt and Lincoln Memorial's Casey Kelly.

Cammy Case and Jasmin Singh from Queens were each named as defenders on the first team, while Hannah Scott from Catawba and Emily Kessler from Lenoir-Rhyne were also first team defenders.

Arion Pierre of Wingate finished up the list of preseason first team honorees, as she was named the first team goalie.

The 2018 South Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse season is set to begin on Saturday, Feb. 3.  The 2018 South Atlantic Conference Women's Lacrosse Championship is set for April 24, 27 and 29 with quarterfinals at campus sites and the semifinals and finals at Wingate University.

2018 SAC Women's Lacrosse Preseason Poll

2018 SAC Women's Lacrosse Preseason All-Conference Teams

First Team
A – Faith Kent, Coker
A – Hanna Scott, Queens
A – Shannon O'Neal, Wingate
A – Haley McCusker, Coker
MF – Madison Malone, Tusculum
MF – Alyssa Sack, Lenoir-Rhyne
MF – Nicole Hunt, Catawba
MF – Casey Kelly, Lincoln Memorial
D – Cammy Case, Queens
D – Hannah Scott, Catawba
D – Jasmin Singh, Queens
D – Emily Kessler, Lenoir-Rhyne
GK – Arion Pierre, Wingate

Second Team
A – Gianna Pezzulo, Catawba
A – Savannah Elliott, Tusculum
A – Gabby Sousa, Lenoir-Rhyne
A – Ally Blood, Queens
MF – Rachel Elmore, Lenoir-Rhyne
MF – Emily Ketron, Wingate
MF – Jasmin Click, Lincoln Memorial
MF – Katie Simpson, Queens
D – Becky Frost, Catawba
D – Juliette Cusano, Tusculum
D – Rachel Dillon, Newberry
D – Zoe Zervos, Lincoln Memorial
GK – Chase Brokaw, Queens

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