2022 Army Black Knights men's lacrosse team

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2022 Army Black Knights men's lacrosse
Army West Point logo.svg
Conference Patriot League
Record12–4 (6–2 Patriot)
Head coach
  • Joe Alberici (17th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Kyle Georgalas
  • Connor Kubikowski
  • Justin Ward
CaptainBrendan Nichtern
Home stadium Michie 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.

Contents

Previous season

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

Preseason poll

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 finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Loyola Maryland126 (14)
2Lehigh109 (2)
3Army105 (2)
4Navy87
5Boston University69
6Colgate53
7Bucknell49
8Lafayette26
9Holy Cross16

Preseason All-Patriot League team

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]

Roster

Standings

2022 Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Standings
Conference recordOverall record
WLWL
No. 12 Boston University † *71125
No. 17 Army62124
Loyola 6288
Lehigh 5387
Navy 5396
Bucknell 3596
Colgate 3549
Lafayette 17411
Holy Cross 08113
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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
Regular Season
February 1212:00 p.m. UMass*No. 10 Michie Stadium · West Point, NY ESPN+ W 14–13512
February 191:00 p.m.at No. 6 Rutgers*No. 10 SHI Stadium · Piscataway, NJ BTN+ L 10–131,247
February 233:00 p.m. Siena*No. 15Michie Stadium · West Point, NYESPN+W 20–10413
February 2612:00 p.m. NJIT*No. 15Michie Stadium · West Point, NYESPN+W 18–4145
March 24:30 p.m.at No. 14 Syracuse*No. 12 Carrier Dome · Syracuse, NY ACCN W 17–132,342
March 612:00 p.m. Holy Cross No. 12Michie Stadium · West Point, NYESPN+W 14–8593
March 117:00 p.m.at Lafayette No. 12 Fisher Stadium · Easton, PA ESPN+W 18–12499
March 1912:00 p.m. Lehigh No. 9Michie Stadium · West Point, NYESPN+L 10–11763
March 261:00 p.m.at Loyola No. 16 Ridley Athletic Complex · Baltimore, MD ESPN+W 14–121,742
April 21:00 p.m.at Bucknell No. 13 Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium · Lewisburg, PA ESPN+W 10–9325
April 93:30 p.m. Colgate No. 12Michie Stadium · West Point, NY CBSSN W 13–111,341
April 163:00 p.m.at No. 5 Cornell*No. 12 Schoellkopf Field · Ithaca, NY ESPN+W 17–10388
April 2312:00 p.m. Navy No. 5Michie Stadium · West Point, NY (rivalry)CBSSNL 11–12OT9,618
April 298:00 p.m.at No. 15 Boston University No. 16 Nickerson Field · Boston, MA ESPN+W 15–14958
Patriot League Tournament
May 67:00 p.m.vs. (3) Loyola(2) No. 14Nickerson Field · Boston, MA (Semifinals)CBSSNW 14–13925
May 812:00 p.m.at (1) No. 16 Boston University(2) No. 14Nickerson Field · Boston, MA (Championship)CBSSNL 10–14857
*Non-conference game · Rankings from Inside Lacrosse Media Poll released prior to game · All times are in Eastern time
Schedule source: [3]

Rankings

PollWeek
Pre

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1

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2

[8] [9] [10]

3

[11] [12] [13]

4

[14] [15] [16]

5

[17] [18] [19]

6

[20] [21] [22]

7

[23] [24] [25]

8

[26] [27] [28]

9

[29] [30] [31]

10

[32] [33] [34]

11

[35] [36] [37]

12

[38] [39] [40]

13

[41] [42] [43]

14

[44] [45] [46]

15 (Final)
Inside Lacrosse10101512129161312125161417
USILA Coaches13111214131210161314126141415
Nike/US Lacrosse1313171613111612131313161516

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