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BREVARD, N.C. – The USA South Conference men's lacrosse coaches recently released their annual preseason poll ahead of the 2023 men's lacrosse season. Brevard College was selected to finish ninth in the conference.

Pfeiffer University was placed atop the rankings thanks to receiving 59 total points and five of the possible nine first-place votes. The Falcons finished last season with a 7-2 regular season Conference record and reached the finals of the USA South tournament as the third-seeded team. Southern Virginia University, last year's regular season and tournament champions are second in the poll, grabbing 58 total points and three first-place votes, while Piedmont University rounded out the top three with 53 points and the final first-place vote.

Pfeiffer is picked to capture the USA South title for the second time in the short history of the sport within the USA South. Since the first Conference men's lacrosse preseason poll in 2018, the team chosen first in the poll's history has won the Conference championship two out of the four years. In each of the preseason polls, the team selected first has at worst reached the finals of the Conference tournament.

Greensboro College was selected fourth with 40 points, followed by Methodist University in fifth place with 38 points. LaGrange College (6th, 27 points), Huntingdon College (7^th, 21 points), William Peace (8^th, 18 points), and Brevard (9^th, 10 points) rounded out the poll.

The 2023 USA South Men's Lacrosse Tournament will once again be conducted exclusively on campus sites. The top-six seeded teams will advance to the tournament which will begin with first-round action on Tuesday, May 2, hosted by the higher-seeded teams in those contests. The semifinals and finals will be hosted by the top-seeded team and take place Friday and Saturday, May 5-6.

The Tornados return a large portion of their 2022 squad while adding a total of 15 newcomers to the team. Junior attacker Andrew McDonald led the 2022 team with 25 goals and 15 assists offensively while returning sophomore Finnegan McCormack logged 88 ground balls and 123 faceoff wins to lead the squad.

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