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This Week's Men's Lacrosse Polls
March 26, 2001 | Men's Lacrosse
March 26, 2001
BALTIMORE, MD. - This week's national men's lacrosse polls find the North Carolina Tar Heels ranked 14th, 15th and 16th in the various polls. The Tar Heels are 14th in this week's STX/ U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association coaches poll, 15th in the Brine/360Lacrosse.com media poll and 16th in the Warrior/InsideLacrosse.com media poll.
Maryland is the new #1 team in the USILA poll while Syracuse returned to the top of both the media polls after a week off as the nation's top team.
Here is the STX/USILA coaches poll for March 26, 2001. Maryland received six first place votes in the poll while Syracuse and Georgetown received two first place votes each.
Rank, School (Record), Points, Previous Rank
1. Maryland (6-0), 193, 3
2. Syracuse (4-1), 184, 6
3. Georgetown (6-0), 182, 4
4. Princeton (3-1), 173, 1
5. Johns Hopkins (2-2), 147, 5
6. Massachusetts (6-0), 143, 7
7. Virginia (3-3), 142, 9
7. Notre Dame (5-1), 142, 2
9. Loyola (4-1), 130, 8
10. UMBC (4-1), 108, 11
11. Duke (6-3), 96, 10
12. Hobart (3-0), 83, 13
13. Bucknell (6-1), 69, 15
14. North Carolina (4-3), 60, 12
15. Penn State (3-2), 42, 14
16. Hofstra (1-4), 41, NR
17. Cornell (3-2), 40, 19
18. Towson (4-2), 36, 17
19. Penn (3-2), 33, NR
20. Navy (3-3), 19, 20
Others Receiving Votes (in order): Brown, Harvard, Ohio State, Yale, Villanova.
Here is the Brine/360Lacrosse.com media poll for March 26, 2001. Syracuse received seven first place votes, Maryland two and Princeton one.
Rank, School (Record), Points, Previous Rank
1. Syracuse (4-1), 191, 2
2. Maryland (6-0), 184, 3
3. Princeton (3-1), 183, 1
4. Georgetown (6-0), 169, 4
5. Notre Dame (5-1), 157, 5
6. Johns Hopkins (2-2), 151, 6
7. Virginia (3-3), 141, 8
8. Loyola (4-1), 134, 7
9. Massachusetts (6-0), 130, 9
10. UMBC (4-1), 101, 11
11. Hobart (3-0), 87, 12
12. Duke (6-3), 79, 10
13. Bucknell (6-1), 69, 16
14. Cornell (3-2), 56, 14
15. North Carolina (4-3), 52, 13
16. Brown (2-2), 45, 15
17. Towson (4-2), 44, 19
18. Hofstra (1-4), 42, nr
19. Penn State (3-3), 34, 18
20. Pennsylvania (3-2), 27, 17
Also Receiving Votes: Navy (9), Ohio State (5), Rutgers (4), Harvard (3), Yale (1)
Media Voters: 360Lacrosse.com, Capital Gazette, Democrat & Chronicle, e-lacrosse, LaxPower, LaxTalk, US Lacrosse, Toyota Lacrosse Weekly, USA Today
The following is the Warrior / InsideLacrosse.com Division I Men's Lacrosse Media Poll for March 26, 2001.
There's a new No. 1 again in the poll this week after Princeton, which held the top spot for one week, fell to Syracuse. The Orangemen regained the No. 1 spot, where they started the season.
Maryland also received three No. 1 votes after moving to 6-0 and earned the No. 2 spot. Notre Dame suffered its first loss of the season to Hofstra and dropped from No. 3 to No. 6.
Warrior / InsideLacrosse.com Division I Men's Lacrosse Media Poll
March 26, 2001
1. Syracuse (6) 176
2. Maryland (3) 168
3. Princeton 163
4. Georgetown 159
5. Hopkins 136
6. Notre Dame 133
7. Virginia 128
8. Loyola 117
9. UMass 109
10. Duke 91
11. UMBC 89
12. Hofstra 75
13. Hobart 69
14. Bucknell 68
15. Towson 50
16. UNC 47
17. Cornell 37
18. Navy 18
19. Penn State 15
20. Brown 14
21T. Penn 11
21T. Ohio State 11
23. Rutgers 3
24. Army 2
25. Harvard 1
Voters in the poll: Voters in the poll: e-lacrosse.com, Face-Off Yearbook, Inside Lacrosse Magazine, InsideLacrosse.com, Lacrosse Magazine, Princeton Packet, Quintessential Productions, WEOS Radio - Geneva, NY, USA Today
