The Flagler Saints have been named favorites to take home the 2026 Men’s Lacrosse title, as voted by the league’s coaches. The Saints received four first place votes, with Montevallo receiving one.
The Saints closed the 2025 regular season in second place and captured the Peach Belt Division Tournament title in 2025, before falling to Colorado Mesa in the PBC Championship game. Flagler spent ten weeks in the USILA Top 25 national rankings in 2025, reaching as high as #6. The Saints closed their season with a 14-3 record. USILA All-American Trace McDonald returns to the roster for 2026.
Montevallo closed out the regular season in third place. The Falcons fell in the semifinals of the PBC Tournament and closed the 2025 season with a 10-6 record. The Falcons have been tabbed to finish second in the PBC in 2026, as voted by the league’s coaches. 2025 USILA & CSC Academic All-Americans Alex Egorshin and Brandon Shaffner return to the roster for 2026.
Lander secured the PBC Regular Season title in 2025, and advanced to the Peach Belt Division title game, before falling to Flager. The Bearcats closed their season undefeated in conference play, with a 9-7 overall record. The Bearcats have been projected to finish in third place in 2026.
UAH were voted to finish in fourth place, followed by newcomers Virginia State who round out the Preseason Coaches Poll. The coaches' poll is below, followed by the preseason All-Conference team. Coaches were not permitted to rank their own team or vote for their own players.
PBC Men's Lacrosse Preseason Coaches Poll
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
| 1. |
Flagler (4) |
16 |
| 2. |
Montevallo (1) |
12 |
| 3. |
Lander |
11 |
| 4. |
UAH |
7 |
| 5. |
Virginia State |
4 |
PBC Men's Lacrosse Preseason All-Conference
Trace McDonald, Flagler
Senior, Attacker
- Played and started 17 games
- Tallied 29 goals, 38 assists and 25 ground balls
- 2025 PBC First Team All-Conference
- 2025 USILA All-South Region, Third Team
- 2025 USILA and USA Lacrosse All-American, Honorable Mention
Jack Pilla, Flagler
Redshirt Junior, Midfielder
- Played in 16 games
- Tallied 22 goals from 92 shots, adding 23 ground balls
- 2025 PBC First Team All-Conference
- 2025 USILA All-South Region, Honorable Mention
Ben Nyberg, Flagler
Senior, Attacker
- Played and started 17 games
- Tallied 29 goals and 30 ground balls
- 2025 PBC Second Team All-Conference
Griffin Moore, Flagler
Junior, Midfielder
- Played in 17 games
- Tallied 16 goals, eight assists and six ground balls
- PBC All-Academic Team
Gordon Ogden III, Flagler
Senior, Long Stick Midfielder
- Started 14 of 17 games played
- Tallied 1 goal, three assists, picking up 56 ground balls
- 2025 PBC First Team All-Conference
- 2025 USILA All-South Region, Honorable Mention
Michael Mattaliano, Lander
Senior, Attacker
- Started 13 of 16 games played
- Tallied 27 goals, 17 assists, picking up 21 ground balls
- 2025 PBC Second Team All-Conference
Jeremy Wudrick, Lander
Senior, Midfielder/ Attacker
- Played and started 16 games
- Tallied 22 goals, 15 assists, picking up 13 ground balls
- 2025 PBC Second Team All-Conference
Matthew Boas, Montevallo
Senior, Attacker
- Played and started 16 games
- Tallied 54 goals, 18 assists and 27 ground balls
- 2025 PBC Co-Offensive Player of the Year
- 2025 PBC First Team All-Conference
- 2025 USILA All-South Region, Honorable Mention
- 2025 USA Lacrosse All-American, Honorable Mention
Alex Egorshin, Montevallo
Senior, Goalkeeper
- Played and started 16 games
- Led the PBC with 10.97 GAA, .601 save %, 236 total saves and 14.75 saves per game
- 2025 PBC Defensive Player of the Year
- 2025 PBC First Team All-Conference
- 2025 PBC Elite 18 Award
- 2025 USILA All-South Region, Second Team
- 2025 USILA All-American, Second Team
- 2025 USA Lacrosse All-American, Honorable Mention
Brandon Shaffner, Montevallo
Senior, Faceoff
- Played 15 games, starting 14
- Led the PBC with 139 ground balls and 230 faceoff wins
- Led the PBC and ranked 3rd nationally with a .697 faceoff win percentage
- 2025 PBC Second Team All-Conference
- 2025 USILA All-South Region, Honorable Mention
- 2025 USILA All-American, Honorable Mention