# 2022 Army Black Knights men's lacrosse team

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.

## 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.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Loyola Maryland | 126 (14) |
| 2 | Lehigh | 109 (2) |
| 3 | Army | 105 (2) |
| 4 | Navy | 87 |
| 5 | Boston University | 69 |
| 6 | Colgate | 53 |
| 7 | Bucknell | 49 |
| 8 | Lafayette | 26 |
| 9 | Holy Cross | 16 |

### 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.
* Bobby Abshire, Senior, Midfielder
* Marcus Hudgins, Senior, Defense
* Brendan Nichtern, Senior, Attack
* Wyatt Schupler, Senior, Goalie

## Standings

2022 Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Standings :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | W | L | W | L |
| No. 12 Boston University † * | 7 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
| No. 17 Army | 6 | 2 | 12 | 4 |
| Loyola | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| Lehigh | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| Navy | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| Bucknell | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
| Colgate | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Lafayette | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Holy Cross | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| Championship: May 8, 2022 † conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: Inside Lacrosse Top 20 Poll; Source:; Updated May 14, 2022 |||||

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| Regular Season ||||||||
| February 12 | 12:00 p.m. | UMass* | No. 10 | Michie Stadium · West Point, NY | ESPN+ | W 14–13 | 512 |
| February 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 6 Rutgers* | No. 10 | SHI Stadium · Piscataway, NJ | BTN+ | L 10–13 | 1,247 |
| February 23 | 3:00 p.m. | Siena* | No. 15 | Michie Stadium · West Point, NY | ESPN+ | W 20–10 | 413 |
| February 26 | 12:00 p.m. | NJIT* | No. 15 | Michie Stadium · West Point, NY | ESPN+ | W 18–4 | 145 |
| March 2 | 4:30 p.m. | at No. 14 Syracuse* | No. 12 | Carrier Dome · Syracuse, NY | ACCN | W 17–13 | 2,342 |
| March 6 | 12:00 p.m. | Holy Cross | No. 12 | Michie Stadium · West Point, NY | ESPN+ | W 14–8 | 593 |
| March 11 | 7:00 p.m. | at Lafayette | No. 12 | Fisher Stadium · Easton, PA | ESPN+ | W 18–12 | 499 |
| March 19 | 12:00 p.m. | Lehigh | No. 9 | Michie Stadium · West Point, NY | ESPN+ | L 10–11 | 763 |
| March 26 | 1:00 p.m. | at Loyola | No. 16 | Ridley Athletic Complex · Baltimore, MD | ESPN+ | W 14–12 | 1,742 |
| April 2 | 1:00 p.m. | at Bucknell | No. 13 | Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium · Lewisburg, PA | ESPN+ | W 10–9 | 325 |
| April 9 | 3:30 p.m. | Colgate | No. 12 | Michie Stadium · West Point, NY | CBSSN | W 13–11 | 1,341 |
| April 16 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 5 Cornell* | No. 12 | Schoellkopf Field · Ithaca, NY | ESPN+ | W 17–10 | 388 |
| April 23 | 12:00 p.m. | Navy | No. 5 | Michie Stadium · West Point, NY (rivalry) | CBSSN | L 11–12$^{OT}$ | 9,618 |
| April 29 | 8:00 p.m. | at No. 15 Boston University | No. 16 | Nickerson Field · Boston, MA | ESPN+ | W 15–14 | 958 |
| Patriot League Tournament ||||||||
| May 6 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. (3) Loyola | (2) No. 14 | Nickerson Field · Boston, MA (Semifinals) | CBSSN | W 14–13 | 925 |
| May 8 | 12:00 p.m. | at (1) No. 16 Boston University | (2) No. 14 | Nickerson Field · Boston, MA (Championship) | CBSSN | L 10–14 | 857 |
| *Non-conference game · Rankings from Inside Lacrosse Media Poll released prior to game · All times are in Eastern time ||||||||
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## Rankings

| Poll | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 (Final) |
| Inside Lacrosse | 10 | – | 10 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 17 | |
| USILA Coaches | 13 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 15 | |
| Nike/US Lacrosse | 13 | – | 13 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 16 | |