Last year’s CHA tournament champion and NCAA tournament participant, Mercyhurst, collected five of six first-place votes to sit atop the league’s preseason coaches’ poll that was announced Thursday.
Mercyhurst garnered 25 total points, with Robert Morris getting the other first-place nod and finishing third.
2013 CHA PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL
| Team (First-Place Votes) | Total Points |
|---|---|
| 1. Mercyhurst (5) | 25 |
| 2. Syracuse | 19 |
| 3. Robert Morris (1) | 18 |
| 4. Rochester Institute of Technology | 13 |
| 5. Lindenwood | 9 |
| 6. Penn State | 6 |
