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2022 Army Black Knights men's lacrosse team

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2022 Army Black Knights men's lacrosse
ConferencePatriot League
Record12–4 (6–2 Patriot)
Head coach
  • Joe Alberici (17th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Kyle Georgalas
  • Connor Kubikowski
  • Justin Ward
CaptainBrendan Nichtern
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →

The 2022 Army Black Knights men's lacrosse team represent the United States Military Academy in the 2022 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season. The Black Knights are led by seventeenth-year head coach Joe Alberici and play their home games at Michie Stadium in West Point, New York. Army competes as a member of the Patriot League.

Previous season

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The Black Knights finished the 2021 season 7–4 overall, 5–2 in the Patriot League, losing in the conference semifinal to Loyola and failing to make the NCAA tournament.

Preseason

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Preseason poll

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The Patriot League released their preseason poll on January 31, 2022 (voting was by conference head coaches and sports information directors). The Black Knights were picked to finish in third place and garnered two first-place votes.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Loyola Maryland 126 (14)
2 Lehigh 109 (2)
3 Army 105 (2)
4 Navy 87
5 Boston University 69
6 Colgate 53
7 Bucknell 49
8 Lafayette 26
9 Holy Cross 16

Preseason All-Patriot League team

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The Black Knights had four players picked to the preseason All-Patriot League team, placing the second-most in the conference. Additionally, three Black Knights garnered major award accolades: senior attack Brendan Nichtern was selected as the 2022 Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, senior defender Marcus Hudgins was selected as the 2022 Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Preseason Defensive Player of the Year, and senior goalie Wyatt Schupler was selected as the 2022 Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year.[1]

  • Bobby Abshire, Senior, Midfielder
  • Marcus Hudgins, Senior, Defense
  • Brendan Nichtern, Senior, Attack
  • Wyatt Schupler, Senior, Goalie

Roster

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Standings

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2022 Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Standings
Conference record Overall record
W L W L
No. 12 Boston University † * 7 1 12 5
No. 17 Army 6 2 12 4
Loyola 6 2 8 8
Lehigh 5 3 8 7
Navy 5 3 9 6
Bucknell 3 5 9 6
Colgate 3 5 4 9
Lafayette 1 7 4 11
Holy Cross 0 8 1 13
Championship: May 8, 2022

† conference regular season champion;
* indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: Inside Lacrosse Top 20 Poll; Source:;[2] Updated May 14, 2022

Schedule

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Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance
Regular Season
February 12 12:00 p.m. UMass* No. 10 Michie Stadium · West Point, NY ESPN+ W 14–13 512
February 19 1:00 p.m. at No. 6 Rutgers* No. 10 SHI Stadium · Piscataway, NJ BTN+ L 10–13 1,247
February 23 3:00 p.m. Siena* No. 15 Michie Stadium · West Point, NY ESPN+ W 20–10 413
February 26 12:00 p.m. NJIT* No. 15 Michie Stadium · West Point, NY ESPN+ W 18–4 145
March 2 4:30 p.m. at No. 14 Syracuse* No. 12 Carrier Dome · Syracuse, NY ACCN W 17–13 2,342
March 6 12:00 p.m. Holy Cross No. 12 Michie Stadium · West Point, NY ESPN+ W 14–8 593
March 11 7:00 p.m. at Lafayette No. 12 Fisher Stadium · Easton, PA ESPN+ W 18–12 499
March 19 12:00 p.m. Lehigh No. 9 Michie Stadium · West Point, NY ESPN+ L 10–11 763
March 26 1:00 p.m. at Loyola No. 16 Ridley Athletic Complex · Baltimore, MD ESPN+ W 14–12 1,742
April 2 1:00 p.m. at Bucknell No. 13 Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium · Lewisburg, PA ESPN+ W 10–9 325
April 9 3:30 p.m. Colgate No. 12 Michie Stadium · West Point, NY CBSSN W 13–11 1,341
April 16 3:00 p.m. at No. 5 Cornell* No. 12 Schoellkopf Field · Ithaca, NY ESPN+ W 17–10 388
April 23 12:00 p.m. Navy No. 5 Michie Stadium · West Point, NY (rivalry) CBSSN L 11–12OT 9,618
April 29 8:00 p.m. at No. 15 Boston University No. 16 Nickerson Field · Boston, MA ESPN+ W 15–14 958
Patriot League Tournament
May 6 7:00 p.m. vs. (3) Loyola (2) No. 14 Nickerson Field · Boston, MA (Semifinals) CBSSN W 14–13 925
May 8 12:00 p.m. at (1) No. 16 Boston University (2) No. 14 Nickerson Field · Boston, MA (Championship) CBSSN L 10–14 857
*Non-conference game · Rankings from Inside Lacrosse Media Poll released prior to game · All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source:[3]

Rankings

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Poll Week
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2

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3

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4

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5

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6

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7

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8

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9

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10

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11

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12

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13

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14

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15 (Final)
Inside Lacrosse 10 10 15 12 12 9 16 13 12 12 5 16 14 17
USILA Coaches 13 11 12 14 13 12 10 16 13 14 12 6 14 14 15
Nike/US Lacrosse 13 13 17 16 13 11 16 12 13 13 13 16 15 16

References

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