Three-Time Champion Women’s Lacrosse Tops MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll

The Hope College women’s lacrosse team will begin a historic quest as the unanimous preseason favorite in the 2026 MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll. The Flying Dutch, winners of the past three MIAA regular-season and tournament titles, received all seven first-place votes and topped the field with 49 points. Coaches could not vote for their own teams. Second-place Calvin University received one first-place vote and finished with 43 points. Trine University was third with 36 points, followed by Adrian College (31), Kalamazoo College (25), Albion College (19), Alma College (13) and Saint Mary’s College (8). Hope is seeking to become the…