PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – With the start of the season less than a month away, the Pace University women's lacrosse team has been ranked 18^th in the IWLCA's Preseason Coaches' Poll released on Monday.

The Setters are coming off an 11-win campaign last spring, and head into the new year with terrific momentum following a strong end to 2019. Pace won its last seven games of last year's regular season to finish as the No. 3 seed in the NE10 Tournament.

The Blue and Gold return 20 players from that 2019 team, including NE10 All-Conference performers, Mary Kate Lonegan (Brewster, N.Y./Brewster) and Kayla Conway (Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh). Lonegan was selected to the league's Second Team, while Conway was named the NE10 Rookie of the Year.

Sophomore goalkeeper Sienna Masullo (Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai School District) will also be back for the Blue and Gold after starting all 18 games in net last season.

For all updates regarding Pace Athletics, log on to www.PaceUAthletics.com and follow Pace Athletics on Facebook (T-Bone, Official Mascot of Pace University Athletics), Twitter (@PaceUAthletics) and Instagram (@PaceAthletics).  

About Pace University Athletics
Pace University is an NCAA Division II member of the Northeast-10 Conference that sponsors 14 intercollegiate sports, along with cheer and dance teams and a Pep Band.  In 2018-19, Pace student-athletes posted a cumulative grade-point average of 3.26. In addition, four Setter teams— baseball, field hockey, and men's and women's swimming and diving —earned NE10 Academic Excellence Awards in recognition of achieving the highest GPA in their respective sports. In competition, Pace teams won over 60 percent of their contests this past year and have made 17 NCAA appearances since 2011. In 2015-16, the department unveiled a multi-million dollar facility upgrade that includes two new turf fields. In addition, the new state-of-the-art 14,010 square foot Ianniello Field House recently opened with new locker rooms, new strength and conditioning facilities and a sports medicine component.