Zack Hochman, left, is a returning asset at the X for a UMass team looking for a bounce-back season. (Thom Kendall/UMass Athletics)
Over the next week, and in the current issue of New England Lacrosse Journal, we will continue to preview every Division 1 men’s and women’s team in New England, by conference, and unveil, team by team, our preseason top 10.
Today's post focuses on the region's teams from the Colonial Athletic Association, Fairfield and UMass, who both performed below standards in conference play a year ago.
Fairfield will need to refresh the top of its attack, while UMass is hoping to get a boost from some impact transfers and players returning from injury, and show that last season was an aberration.
Here is a look at the region’s two teams.
