ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Emory & Henry University Men's Lacrosse Team has been picked to finish 11th in the South Atlantic Conference this year by the league's head coaches. The poll was released by the SAC office on Thursday.
RELATED – SAC Preseason Poll & Preseason All-Conference Teams
The 2025 season is the inaugural campaign in program history as the Wasps embark on their first foray in a SAC that is full of perennial national championship contenders.
Lenoir-Rhyne University, the reigning SAC Tournament Champion and National Runner-Up is first in the poll with seven of 11 first-place votes. Defending SAC Regular Season Champion Limestone University sits in second with the other four first-place nods while Wingate University is in third. Newberry College is fourth and Anderson (S.C.) University rounds out the top five.
Catawba College has been selected to finish sixth while Coker University is seventh and Lincoln Memorial University sits in eighth. Mars Hill University, Tusculum University and Emory & Henry round out the voting in ninth, 10th and 11th respectively.
Additionally the SAC has named its Preseason All-Conference Teams and Players to Watch List with freshman midfielder David Mewes (Greenville, S.C.) and freshman defenseman Kyle Dyott (Easton, Md.) making the list for the Wasps.
Emory & Henry gets the season underway Saturday, February 1 on the road at Virginia State University.
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2025 SAC Men's Lacrosse Preseason Coaches' Poll
| Rank | School (FPV) | Points |
| 1. | Lenoir-Rhyne (7) | 96 |
| 2. | Limestone (4) | 94 |
| 3. | Wingate | 83 |
| 4. | Newberry | 71 |
| 5. | Anderson (S.C.) | 64 |
| 6. | Catawba | 55 |
| 7. | Coker | 43 |
| 8. | Lincoln Memorial | 37 |
| 9. | Mars Hill | 31 |
| 10. | Tusculum | 21 |
| 11. | Emory & Henry | 10 |
2025 SAC Men's Lacrosse All-Conference
All-SAC First Team
A – Sean Clark, Wingate
A – Evan Voss, Lenoir-Rhyne
A – Zachary Terry, Limestone
MF – Austin Lamoureux, Limestone
MF – Jaxon Grant, Wingate
MF – Kyle Spence, Wingate
D – Jaiden Terry, Limestone
D – Peyton Farley, Wingate
D – Lennon Connolly, Coker
LP – Chris Czulada, Anderson
Short-Stick Defensive MF – Jack Butler, Catawba
Face-off Spec. – Aiden Dixon, Anderson
GK – Brenden Pecora, Tusculum
All-SAC Second Team
A – Frank Cetrone, Catawba
A – Rhodes Conroy, Lincoln Memorial
A – Justin Beighey, Coker
MF – Michael McGarry, Limestone
MF – Jarrett Huff, Lenoir-Rhyne
MF – Zyaire Marshall, Coker
D – Jack Travassos, Newberry
D – Nick Arnold, Wingate
D – Dylan Witt, Limestone
LP – Brian Lake, Newberry
Short-Stick Defensive MF - Ashton Wilson, Lincoln Memorial
Face-off Spec. – Matthew Mancini, Lenoir-Rhyne
GK – KJ Seymour, Coker
Players to Watch:
Austin Stroud, Mars Hill
Jake Lynch, Mars Hill
David Mewes, Emory & Henry
Kyle Dyott, Emory & Henry