The Le Moyne College men's lacrosse team is ranked second in a pair of recently released preseason rankings. Inside Lacrosse/Face-Off Yearbook and Nike/US Lacrosse each placed the Dolphins second in their rankings.

Five Dolphins also were named to the Inside Lacrosse/Face-Off Yearbook Division II preseason All-America teams. Seniors Dan Entenmann (Auburn, N.Y./Auburn) and Zac Prattson (Tolland, Conn./Springfield Cathedral (Mass.)) were named to the first team, sophomore defenseman Connor Haims (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Mendon) was tabbed to the second team and seniors Andrew French (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) and Jack Sweeney (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill/Onondaga C.C.) were selected to the third team.

The Dolphins, who won their 16th Northeast-10 Conference regular season championship last season and appeared in the NCAA Championships for the seventh straight year and for the 16th time in the last 17 years, are one of five Northeast-10 Conference members recognized in one or both of the rankings.
 
Merrimack College, which won its first NCAA Championship last year and has appeared in the title game the last two years, leads off both of the rankings. In the Inside Lacrosse/Face-Off Yearbook rankings, Seton Hill University, which fell to the Warriors in the NCAA semifinals after defeating the Dolphins in the first round, is third. Lenoir-Rhyne University, which was the top seed in the South Region last season and advanced to the NCAA semifinals, followed in fourth, while Adelphi University concluded the top-five. Following Merrimack and the Dolphins in the Nike/US Lacrosse rankings, Lenoir-Rhyne is third, Adelphi is fourth and the University of Tampa, the third seed in the South last year, is fifth.

Entenmann, who earned his first USILA All-America honor last year by being selected to the First Team, was the co-recipient of the Lt. Raymond J. Enners award as the most outstanding player in Division II and the recipient of the Lt. j.g.  Donald MacLaughlin, Jr. Award as the nation's most outstanding midfielder. Entenmann was the fourth Dolphin to win the Enners Award and the sixth Dolphin in the last 15 years to receive the MacLaughlin Jr. Award. A Northeast-10 Conference All-Conference First Team selection for the first time, Entenmann had 31 points on 14 goals and a career high-tying 17 assists as a starter in all 16 games played on the first midfield line, while adding a career-high 23 ground balls. He ranked third on the team in assists and tied for third in points. He recorded multiple points in nine games, including a career-high six points at Saint Rose, and has dished multiple assists in five contests. In conference action, he had 20 points on 10 goals and 10 assists. His point and assist totals both ranked third on the team.
 
Prattson, who also earned his first USILA recognition, was the sixth Dolphin in the last 14 years to be chosen as the recipient of the William C. Schmeisser Award as the nation's most outstanding defensive player. The Northeast-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year and NE10 First Team selection, Prattson started all 17 games for the nation's second-best defense. The anchor for a defense that allowed just 6.59 goals per game, he led the team in caused turnovers with 23 and picked up 47 ground balls, the second-most on the team. His 23 caused turnovers were the second-most in the NE10, while his 47 ground balls were the third-most amongst non-faceoff specialists. He registered at least three ground balls in eight games, including six at Franklin Pierce on April 3, while causing a pair of turnovers in eight games, including three games with a career-high three caused turnovers. In conference action, he posted 30 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers. He tied for fifth in the league in caused turnovers and tied for fifth in ground balls among non-faceoff specialists.

Haims, who was named to the NE10 All-Conference Second Team and All-Rookie Team, became the eighth Dolphin true freshman to earn all-conference honors and the first to do so since Jeff White '13 in 2010. A starter in all 17 games, he had 25 ground balls and 20 caused turnovers, the third-most on the team. He tallied multiple ground balls in nine games, including four against Mercy on February, and caused multiple turnovers in eight games, including a season-high three at Saint Michael's on April 21. In conference action, he had a team-high 14 caused turnovers and 14 ground balls. His 14 caused turnovers were the fifth-most in the conference.

French became the first Dolphin short-stick defensive midfielder to receive USILA accolades when he was selected to the All-America Second Team. A starter in all 17 games at defensive midfielder and on the wing on faceoffs, he had 20 ground balls, eight caused turnovers and one assist. He had seven games with multiple ground balls, including a career high-tying three at Bentley on March 17, and eight games with a caused turnover. In the 11 conference games, he posted 13 ground balls and four caused turnovers.

Sweeney started 13 of the 14 games he appeared between the pipes. He went 11-2 and registered a 6.04 goals against average with 99 saves and a .615 save percentage over 616:15. He yielded four or fewer goals in nine games and had at least five saves in nine contests.
 
The Dolphins open the 2019 season on Sunday, February 17th at Mercy College, which is 14th in the Nike/US Lacrosse rankings.

 
 

2019 Face-Off Yearbook | DII Preseason Rankings
Rank	School	'18 Record
1	Merrimack	18-1
2	Le Moyne	15-2
3	Seton Hill	17-2
4	Lenoir-Rhyne	17-3
5	Adelphi	11-4
6	Limestone	11-8
7	NYIT	13-5
8	Tampa	15-5
9	LIU Post	10-5
10	Belmont Abbey	14-4
11	Saint Anselm	11-5
12	Mercyhurst	11-5
13	Saint Leo	16-3
14	Colorado Mesa	17-3
15	Mount Olive	11-5

 

2019 Nike/US Lacrosse | DII Preseason Rankings
Rank	School	'18 Record
1	Merrimack	18-1
2	Le Moyne	15-2
3	Lenoir-Rhyne	17-3
4	Adelphi	11-4
5	Tampa	15-5
6	Seton Hill	17-2
7	NYIT	13-5
8	LIU Post	10-5
9	Mount Olive	11-5
10	Saint Leo	16-3
11	Belmont Abbey	14-4
12	Saint Anselm	11-5
13	Mercyhurst	11-5
14	Mercy	10-5
15	Wingate	11-5
16	Limestone	11-8
17	Colorado Mesa	17-3
18	Pace	7-7
19	Lynn	5-6
20	Indianapolis	10-5