Broncos Ranked 4th in Pre-Season Poll and Shaw Nominated Pre-Season Player of the Year
Dec. 28, 2009 Lacrosse Magazine released its annual pre-season rankings for 2010 this past week. Virginia Tech, the defending 2009 WDIA Champion received the top spot on this year's pre-season poll followed by UC Santa Barbara, Colorado and then Santa Clara as the #4 slotted team. The Broncos return 8 starters from last year's squad including 7 seniors. They will open up their regular season play on the road versus WWLL Division II opponent UC Berkeley Club on Friday January 29th.
Also released with the pre-season rankings last week was Lacrosse Magazine's nomination for WDIA Pre-Season Player of the Year. Santa Clara's senior midfielder, Krista Shaw, was this year's nominee for the award. Shaw, in her fourth year with the Broncos, is a two-time first team WDIA All-American and two-time WDIA Midfielder of the Year. Shaw has led the team in scoring the past two seasons after accounting for 65g/11a in 2009 and 77g/9a in 2008.
LM: WDIA Pre-Season Poll
- Virginia Tech
- UC Santa Barbara
- Colorado
- Santa Clara
- Michigan
- Florida
- Cal Poly
- Colorado State
- Lindenwood
- UCLA
- Georgia
- Texas
- Central Florida
- UC Davis
- Michigan State
- BYU
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Pittsburgh
- Boston College and Virginia (tied)
Check out the soon to be released January issue of Lacrosse Magazine for a full article.
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