GREENVILLE, S.C. – The men’s lacrosse coaches have picked Belmont Abbey College as champions in the 2025 Conference Carolinas Men’s Lacrosse Preseason Poll, the conference office announced on Thursday.
The Crusaders won back-to-back regular season titles in 2022 and 2023 and consecutive tournament titles in 2021 and 2022 and are picked to return to the top in 2025. Belmont Abbey collected 61 points and five first place votes to outpace defending regular season and tournament champion, the University of Mount Olive and North Greenville University. Both earned 55 points with Mount Olive taking three first place votes and the Trailblazers earning the final first place vote.
Barton College received 43 points in the fourth spot while Young Harris College received 36 points. Chowan University (25), Emmanuel University (21), Lees-McRae College (16) and Shorter University (12) rounded out the poll.
The 2025 Conference Carolinas Men’s Lacrosse Championship starts with quarterfinal games on campus sites on Tuesday, April 22. The semifinals will take place at the Ray McDonald Sr. Sports Complex at the University of Mount Olive in Mount Olive, North Carolina on Friday, April 25. The championship game will be on Sunday, April 27 in Mount Olive.
The preseason poll was voted on by the league's head coaches and they can't vote for their own school.
2025 Conference Carolinas
Men’s Lacrosse Preseason Poll
|
School |
Total (First Place) |
| 1 |
Belmont Abbey |
61 (5) |
| T2 |
Mount Olive |
55 (3) |
| T2 |
North Greenville |
55 (1) |
| 4 |
Barton |
43 |
| 5 |
Young Harris |
36 |
| 6 |
Chowan |
25 |
| 7 |
Emmanuel |
21 |
| 8 |
Lees-McRae |
16 |
| 9 |
Shorter |
12 |
2025 Conference Carolinas Men’s Lacrosse
Players to Watch
Barton
- Nick Nelson, Jr. ATT, Wilmington, North Carolina
- Zach Kashubara, Jr., D, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Bryce Washington, Sr., M, Humble, Texas (2024 second team All-Conference Carolinas)
Belmont Abbey
- Christian Tomei, So., GK, Jupter, Florida
- Mike Sweigart, Jr., ATT, Havre De Grace, Maryland
- Ben Johnson, Jr., D, Eagle, Idaho (2024 second team All-Conference Carolinas)
Chowan
- Jacob Malia, So., ATT, Fuquay Varina, North Carolina
- Reagan Corley, So., D, Humble, Texas
- Justin Hill, So., M, Ontario, Canada
Emmanuel
- Ryland Laturell, Jr., M, Athens, Georgia
- Kaden Flett, So., D, Alberta, Canada
- Luke Hildebrandt, Sr., ATTT, Alberta Canada
Lees-McRae
- Spence Combs, Sr., ATT, Magnolia, Texas
- Eddie Patterson, Jr., GK, Central Valley, New York
Mount Olive
- Alan Usher, Sr., D, Crofton, Maryland (2024 USILA All-America honorable mention, USILA third team All-Region, Conference Carolinas Defensive Player of the Year, 2024 first team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Kurtis Lensing, Jr., GK, Wake Forest, North Carolina (2024 first team All-Conference Carolinas, All-Tournament team)
- Josh Mauer, r-Sr., FO, Hillsborough, North Carolina (2024 second team All-Conference Carolinas)
North Greenville
- Hayden Moffat, Sr., ATT, Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
- Gabe Nelson, Sr., GK, Littleton, Colorado
- Tristan Stephenson, Sr., SSDM, Acworth, Georgia
Shorter
- Ethan Johnson, Sr., D, Murietta, California
- Carter Kelly, Jr., FO/M, McDonough, Georgia
- Michael Glueck, So., LSM, Franklin, Tennessee
Young Harris
- Ben Soenen, Sr., D, New Westminster, British Columbia (2024 first team All-Conference Carolinas 2024)
- Kieran Isbister, Sr., D, New Westminster, British Columbia (2024 first team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Tommy Chriszt, Sr., ATT, Kennesaw, Georgia