North Attleboro, Mass. - The Adelphi men's lacrosse team, two-time reigning NCAA Champion, has been selected to win the Northeast 10 title for the third consecutive season by the league's coaches in a poll announced Wednesday.

For the full poll results, see below.

The Panthers received 64 votes and all available first-place votes (coaches are not permitted to vote for their own schools).  AU has gone 36-6 (16-1) the last two season, winning the Division II national title at the end of each. The only team to topple Adelphi from the NE10 over that span is then No. 5 Saint Anselm, clipping the Panthers, 9-6, in Manchester before AU delivered a receipt in the NE10 Championship final.

Adelphi embarks on 2026 hunting for a third-straight NCAA title, something never before accomplished by a men's team at the DII level. Last year marked the seventh back-to-back title win in Division II.

AU has a massive hole to fill in goal with the graduation of 2024 National Player of the Year and 2x National Goalkeeper of the Year Dylan Renner, however, the team's offense returns immense firepower with National Attackman and National Midfielder of the Year Braden Donnellan and Kyle Lewis. Ries Bower returns at close defense and is joined by Canadian countryman Carter Linkletter, who transferred in from American International ahead of this season. 

Head Coach Gordon Purdie's slate is littered with nationally ranked competition, including three NE10 foes in Saint Anselm, Bentley and Pace. The month of February alone features a trip south to take on no. 4 Wingate (Feb. 25) and no. 5 Lenoir-Rhyne (Feb. 28) (USA Lacrosse Magazine poll). 

The NE10 season culminates on May 3 with the conference championship final. All NE10 home games can be watched LIVE this season on FloCollege, the official streaming partner of the NE10.
 

Place	Team	Votes	1st Place
1	Adelphi	64	8
2	Saint Anselm	57	1
3	Pace	49
4	Bentley	40
5	Assumption	36
6	SNHU	31
7	Saint Michael's	24
8	Franklin Pierce	15
9	American International	8