WASHINGTON – For the fourth season in a row, the Richmond Spiders have been chosen as the A-10 Women’s Lacrosse Preseason Favorites by the league’s coaches, unveiled in the Preseason Poll on Friday. Additionally, 12 student-athletes were selected to the Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference Team.
 
Racking up 97 points and eight first-place votes, Richmond took the top spot in the preseason poll after another strong 2025 campaign. The Spiders produced an 11-8 overall record, going 7-3 in league play, highlighted by a season-opening victory against No. 18 Penn State. As the No. 4 seed in the A-10 Women’s Lacrosse Championship, Richmond took down No. 5 seed St. Bonaventure 11-8 in the quarterfinals before falling to the top-seed and eventual champion Massachusetts.
 
Richmond landed three student-athletes on the Preseason All-Conference Team: attacker Alexis Morton, midfielder Bridget Lonsinger, and defender Reagan Quinn. Morton started all 19 games for the Spiders last year, ranking second on the team with 76 total points, scoring 39 goals and dishing 37 assists.  Lonsinger looks to build off a strong freshman campaign, earning A-10 All-Rookie Team honors after totaling 21 points on 14 goals and seven assists. Quinn played a crucial role for the Spiders as a freshman as well, collecting four groundballs, causing nine turnovers, and recording one draw control.
 
Saint Joseph’s nabbed the No. 2 ranking in the Preseason Poll with 89 points and one first-place vote. The Hawks went 11-8 in 2025 with a 9-1 mark in conference play, earning the No. 2 seed in A-10 Championship. Saint Joseph’s returns All-Conference Second Team selections Alexa Capozzoli and Emma Yoder – the former earning a Preseason All-Conference nod as well. Capozzoli tallied 18 goals and a league-leading 57 assists last year (eighth nationally), posting 4.67 points per game. She is joined on the Preseason All-Conference Team by Claire Fowler, a sophomore defender who started all 19 games of her freshman season and collected 18 ground balls while forcing 11 turnovers.
 
Davidson enters the 2026 campaign ranked third in the Preseason Poll with 78 points. The Wildcats received the No. 3 seed in the A-10 Women’s Lacrosse Championship, finishing the season with a 12-5 overall record, 8-2 in league play. The Wildcats bring back plenty of talent, including three All-Conference First Team selections: attacker Jenna Skibbe, midfielder Allie Hartnett, and 2025 A-10 Goalkeeper of the Year Kayla Joyce – all three earning spots on the Preseason All-Conference Team. Joyce led the A-10 in both goals-against average (9.10) and save percentage (0.493) last year, ranking in the nation’s top 10 in both categories. Skibbe set Davidson’s school record for goals in a season with 59, highlighted by a seven-goal game against Niagara. A three-time A-10 first team selection, Harnett assisted or scored in 12 consecutive games for the Wildcats last year, recording 34 draw controls, 23 ground balls, and 17 forced turnovers.
Coming off a 10-8 season, St. Bonaventure earned the fourth ranking in the Preseason Poll with 65 points and one first-place vote. The Bonnies landed two student-athletes on the Preseason All-Conference Team: Seniors Brooke Piper and Brit Colangelo – both 2025 A-10 First Team selections. VCU tied for fourth with St. Bonaventure at 65 points, while Rhode Island (53) and George Mason (35) earned sixth and seventh, respectively.
George Washington ranks eighth in the poll with 29 points, returning All-Conference Second Team defender Stella Ray who tallied preseason accolades as well. Duquesne (27) and La Salle (12) rounded out the list in ninth and 10^th, respectively.
 
2026 Women’s Lacrosse Preseason All-Conference Team
Attack
Jenna Skibbe, Davidson
Caralie Basuel, Rhode Island
Alexis Morton, Richmond
Alexa Capozzoli, Saint Joseph’s
 
Midfielder
Allie Hartnett, Davidson
Bridget Lonsinger, Richmond
Brooke Piper, St. Bonaventure
 
Defender
Stella Ray, George Washington
Reagan Quinn, Richmond
Brit Colangelo, St. Bonaventure
Claire Fowler, Saint Joseph’s
 
Goalkeeper
Kayla Joyce, Davidson
 
2026 Atlantic 10 Women’s Lacrosse Preseason Poll

1. Richmond – 97 (8)
2. Saint Joseph’s – 89 (1)
3. Davidson – 78
4. St. Bonaventure – 65
   VCU – 65
6. Rhode Island – 53
7. George Mason – 35
8. George Washington – 29
9. Duquesne – 27
10. La Salle – 12