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.
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
Roster
Standings
2022 Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Standings Conference record Overall record 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 13Championship: 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 14–13512 February 19 1:00 p.m. at No. 6 Rutgers* No. 10 SHI Stadium · Piscataway, NJ BTN+ L 10–131,247 February 23 3:00 p.m. Siena* No. 15 Michie Stadium · West Point, NY ESPN+ W 20–10413 February 26 12:00 p.m. NJIT* No. 15 Michie Stadium · West Point, NY ESPN+ W 18–4145 March 2 4:30 p.m. at No. 14 Syracuse* No. 12 Carrier Dome · Syracuse, NY ACCN W 17–132,342 March 6 12:00 p.m. Holy Cross No. 12 Michie Stadium · West Point, NY ESPN+ W 14–8593 March 11 7:00 p.m. at Lafayette No. 12 Fisher Stadium · Easton, PA ESPN+ W 18–12499 March 19 12:00 p.m. Lehigh No. 9 Michie Stadium · West Point, NY ESPN+ L 10–11763 March 26 1:00 p.m. at Loyola No. 16 Ridley Athletic Complex · Baltimore, MD ESPN+ W 14–121,742 April 2 1:00 p.m. at Bucknell No. 13 Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium · Lewisburg, PA ESPN+ W 10–9325 April 9 3:30 p.m. Colgate No. 12 Michie Stadium · West Point, NY CBSSN W 13–111,341 April 16 3:00 p.m. at No. 5 Cornell* No. 12 Schoellkopf Field · Ithaca, NY ESPN+ W 17–10388 April 23 12:00 p.m. Navy No. 5 Michie Stadium · West Point, NY (rivalry) CBSSN L 11–12OT9,618 April 29 8:00 p.m. at No. 15 Boston University No. 16 Nickerson Field · Boston, MA ESPN+ W 15–14958 Patriot League Tournament May 6 7:00 p.m. vs. (3) Loyola (2) No. 14 Nickerson Field · Boston, MA (Semifinals) CBSSN W 14–13925 May 8 12:00 p.m. at (1) No. 16 Boston University (2) No. 14 Nickerson Field · Boston, MA (Championship) CBSSN L 10–14857*Non-conference game · Rankings from Inside Lacrosse Media Poll released prior to game · All times are in Eastern time
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Rankings
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