University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Ranked #12 In STX/USILA Poll
March 20, 2001 | Men's Lacrosse
March 20, 2001
BALTIMORE, MD. - The North Carolina Tar Heels are ranked 12th in this week's STX/U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association poll. The Tar Heels were tied for 12th in last week's poll. UNC improved to 4-1 on the season last week with a 12-10 win over Butler at Fetzer Field.
At 3-0 Princeton is the new #1 team in the nation. The Tigers moved up after previous #1 Syracuse was defeated at home last Saturday by Johns Hopkins. The Tigers received all nine first-place votes this week in the poll.
Here is the complete March 19, 2001 STX/USILA pool.
Rank, Team (Record), Total Points, Previous Rank
1. Princeton (3-0), 180, 2
2. Notre Dame (5-0), 159, 6
3. Maryland (5-0), 155, 3
4. Georgetown (5-0), 154, 4
5. Johns Hopkins (2-1), 148, 9
6. Syracuse (3-1), 143, 1
7. Massachusetts (3-0), 125, 7T
8. Loyola (3-1), 116, 5
9. Virginia (2-3), 105, 7T
10. Duke (5-2), 98, 11
11. UMBC (3-1), 85, 10
12. North Carolina (4-1), 78, 12T
13. Hobart (2-0), 72, 15
14. Penn State (3-2), 58, 19
15. Bucknell (4-1), 50, 17
16. Brown (2-1), 48, 12T
17. Towson (3-2), 26, 20
18. Harvard (2-0), 25, nr
19. Cornell (2-2), 19, 16
20T. Navy (1-3), 11, nr
20T. Yale (2-1), 11, nr
Others Receiving Votes: Penn, Hofstra, Ohio State, Rutgers, Dartmouth
