University of North Carolina Athletics
Women's Lacrosse Still No. 6 in IWLCA poll
April 17, 2001 | Women's Lacrosse
April 17, 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, who defeated No. 12 James Madison and Vanderbilt last week, are ranked sixth for the third week in a row.
UNC was ranked No. 6 in each of the last two weeks 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 Friday when it plays Duke in the ACC Tournament semifinals at 3:30 p.m. in Orlando, Fla. Duke is ranked No. 4 in this week's IWLCA poll.
