2004 ODAC Spring Preseason Polls Announced

Salem, Va. – The Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) has announced the 2004 Spring Preseason Polls in the league’s nine sports.  Washington and Lee University has been picked to finish first in three sports this season.

            The complete polls with total points and first place votes are listed below:

Baseball

1.  Virginia Wesleyan – 12 (9)

2.  Bridgewater – 22 (1)
3.  Guilford – 38

4.  Washington and Lee – 39

5.  Lynchburg – 40

6.  Hampden-Sydney – 69

7.  Eastern Mennonite – 71

8.  Emory & Henry – 81

9.  Roanoke – 86

10. Randolph-Macon – 92

Softball

1.  Roanoke – 18 (4)

2.  Emory & Henry – 19 (3)

3.  Lynchburg – 27 (1)
4.  Virginia Wesleyan – 38 (1)
5.  Bridgewater – 38

6.  Guilford – 54

7.  Randolph-Macon – 63

8.  Eastern Mennonite – 69

9.  Randolph-Macon Woman’s – 79

Men’s Lacrosse

1.  Lynchburg – 12 (4)

2.  Hampden-Sydney – 15 (1)

3.  Washington and Lee – 21

4.  Roanoke – 22 (2)
5.  Virginia Wesleyan – 37

6.  Randolph-Macon – 42

7.  Guilford – 47

Women’s Lacrosse

1.  Washington and Lee – 8 (8)*

2.  Roanoke – 22

3.  Randolph-Macon – 27

4.  Virginia Wesleyan – 30

5.  Lynchburg – 37

6.  Sweet Briar – 53

7.  Bridgewater – 54

8.  Guilford – 58

9.  Hollins – 71

*one abstention

Men’s Tennis

1.  Washington and Lee – 7 (7)*

2.  Lynchburg – 17

3.  Hampden-Sydney – 29

4.  Emory & Henry – 32

5.  Virginia Wesleyan – 34

6.  Roanoke – 35

7.  Eastern Mennonite – 51

8.  Bridgewater – 52

9.  Randolph-Macon – 58

*two abstentions

Women’s Tennis

1.  Washington and Lee – 11 (11)*

2.  Hollins – 22

3.  Sweet Briar – 37

4.  Bridgewater – 53

5.  Emory & Henry – 65

6.  Randolph-Macon – 75

7.  Roanoke – 76

8.  Virginia Wesleyan – 77

9.  Eastern Mennonite – 96

10.  Guilford – 101

11.  Lynchburg – 114

12.  Randolph-Macon Woman’s – 131

*one abstention

Men’s Outdoor Track & Field

1.  Bridgewater – 6 (2)

2.  Lynchburg – 9 (3)

3.  Eastern Mennonite – 17

4.  Roanoke – 19

5.  Washington and Lee – 24

Women’s Outdoor Track & Field

1.  Roanoke – 8 (2)

2.  Lynchburg – 9 (3)
3.  Eastern Mennonite – 15

4.  Washington and Lee – 19

5.  Bridgewater – 24

Golf

1.  Guilford – 8 (8)*

2.  Bridgewater – 23

3.  Washington and Lee – 24

4.  Randolph-Macon – 40

5.  Hampden-Sydney – 41

6.  Virginia Wesleyan – 44

7.  Roanoke – 46

8.  Lynchburg – 62

9.  Emory & Henry – 72

*one abstention