Area Hockey Ranked eleventh to Open Season

Syracuse, which went 13-7 final 12 months and earned one other berth to the NCAA Tournament, was tied for eleventh with 99 factors, simply 11 factors shy of the highest 10. The Orange have been tied with UConn, which Syracuse beat 2-0 in an exhibition sport earlier this month.

Reigning nationwide champion Northwestern collected 200 factors and all 10 first-place votes to say the highest spot. North Carolina was second with 188 factors whereas Virginia (173), Maryland (155) and Duke (149) rounded out the highest 5.

This season, Syracuse will problem 9 different groups ranked within the prime 20 of the preseason ballot: No. 2 North Carolina, No. 3 Virginia, No. 5 Duke, No. 8 Boston College, No. 10 Princeton, No. 13 Ohio State, No. 16 Rutgers, No. 18 Penn State, and No. 20 Wake Forest.

Syracuse opens the 2025 season on Friday with a 5 p.m. showdown towards Lock Haven, adopted by a 1 p.m. sport on Sunday towards Fairfield. All video games at J.S. Coyne Stadium are complimentary admission and shall be carried stay on ACC Network Extra.