University of North Carolina Athletics
Women's Lacrosse Stays No. 6 in IWLCA Poll
April 10, 2001 | Women's Lacrosse
April 10, 2001
Chapel Hill, N.C. -- The University of North Carolina women's lacrosse team remains ranked No. 6 in this week's Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association poll, released late Monday by the IWLCA. The Tar Heels are ranked sixth this week despite losing, 15-9, at home to No. 5 Georgetown last Saturday.
UNC was ranked No. 6 last week and has been steadily moving up in the poll since losing three of four games in early March. During a difficult stretch of five consecutive games played away from Chapel Hill, the Tar Heels defeated Johns Hopkins and Loyola but lost to No. 1 Maryland, No. 7 Boston University and No. 4 Duke.
UNC was ranked No. 5 in the preseason and climbed to No. 4 for a week in early March before falling to No. 8 for back-to-back weeks in mid-March.
Carolina returns to action on Wednesday afternoon at 5 p.m. at Fetzer Field against No. 12 James Madison. The Dukes have lost four of their last five games but have beaten the Tar Heels in each of the last two seasons.
