University of North Carolina Athletics
Men's Lacrosse Moves Up Three Spots In Brine Media Poll
April 9, 2001 | Men's Lacrosse
April 9, 2001
BALTIMORE, MD. - After an upset victory over then third-ranked Virginia last Saturday, the North Carolina men's lacrosse team moved up three spots in this week's Brine/360Lacrosse.com Division I Men's Lacrosse Rankings. UNC defeated the Cavaliers 5-4 in Charlottesville, Va. last Saturday to improve to 5-4 on the campaign. The Tar Heels are now ranked in a tie for #15. The Tar Heels will be on the road this Saturday to face #14 UMBC at 7:30 p.m. at UMBC Stadium.
Brine / 360Lacrosse.com Division I Men's Lacrosse Rankings
April 9, 2001 | Week 8
Rank
Team (record)
No. 1 Votes
Total Pts.
Prev. Rank
1
Princeton (7-1)
9
218
2
2
Johns Hopkins (5-2)
0
196
4
3
Massachusetts (8-0)
0
192
6
4
Syracuse (5-2)
2
185
1
5
Notre Dame (8-1)
0
181
5
6
Maryland (8-1)
0
166
7
7
Loyola (5-2)
0
150
10
8
Virginia (5-4)
0
145
3
9
Georgetown (8-1)
0
143
8
10
Towson (6-2)
0
122
11
11
Bucknell (7-3)
0
115
9
12
Navy (5-4)
0
77
14
13
Hofstra (4-5)
0
74
13
14
UMBC (4-3)
0
66
12
15 (T)
Cornell (5-2)
0
65
17
15 (T)
North Carolina (5-4)
0
65
18
17
Duke (7-4)
0
48
15
18 (T)
Penn State (4-4)
0
39
19
18 (T)
Rutgers (4-3)
0
39
20
20
Hobart (4-2)
0
20
16
Also receiving votes: Fairfield (2), Pennsylvania (2), Ohio State (1)
Media Voters: 360Lacrosse.com, Capital Gazette, Democrat & Chronicle, e-lacrosse, LaxPower, LaxTalk,
US Lacrosse, Toyota Lacrosse Weekly, USA Today, WEOS Radio
