University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels 16th In All Three Polls This Week
May 2, 2001 | Men's Lacrosse
May 2, 2001
BALTIMORE, MD. - The University of North Carolina is ranked 16th this week in all three major lacrosse polls.
The Tar Heels are 16th in the Brine/360Lacrosse.com Division I Men's Lacrosse Rankings for week 11 ending April 30, 2001. Princeton received all 11 first place votes in the balloting.
Rank, Team Record, Total Points, Previous Rank
1. Princeton (10-1), 220, 1
2. Syracuse (10-2), 201, 2
3. Georgetown (11-1), 189, 3
4. Notre Dame (12-1), 186, 4
5. Maryland (12-2), 181, 5
6. Johns Hopkins (7-3), 174, 6
7. Loyola (9-2), 147, 8
8. Massachusetts (10-2), 141, 7
9. Towson (10-3), 140, 9
10. Bucknell (10-3), 110, 11
11. Virginia (6-6), 104, 12
12. Hofstra (8-5), 101, 15
13T. Duke (10-5), 89, 10
13T. Navy (8-5), 89, 13
15. Cornell (7-5), 55, 14
16. North Carolina (6-6), 54, 18
17. Penn State (6-6), 49, 17
18. UMBC (5-6), 36, 16
19. Rutgers (5-6), 17, 20
20T. Army (6-6), 8, nr
20T. Pennsylvania (6-7), 8, 19
Also Receiving Votes: Hobart 5, Delaware 3, Stony Brook 3, Yale 2, Brown 1.
Media Voters: 360Lacrosse.com, Capital Gazette, Democrat & Chronicle, e-lacrosse, LaxPower, LaxTalk, Toyota Lacrosse Weekly, US Lacrosse, USA Today, WEOS Radio
North Carolina is also ranked 16th in this week's Warrior/InsideLacrosse.com Men's NCAA Division I Lacrosse Media Poll. The Tar Heels finished their regular season at 6-6 last week with a season-ending 27-7 rout of Pfeiffer.
Princeton retains the top spot after clinching its seventh-straight Ivy League title with a 19-2 win over Dartmouth. Stony Brook breaks into the Top 25 for the first time after a big win over UMBC.
The following is the Warrior / InsideLacrosse.com Division I Men's Lacrosse Media Poll for May 1, 2001.
Warrior / InsideLacrosse.com Division I Men's Lacrosse Media Poll
May 1, 2001
1. Princeton (9) 180
2. Syracuse 164
3. Maryland 156
4T. Notre Dame 148
4T. Johns Hopkins 148
6. Georgetown 146
7. Loyola 124
8. Virginia 103
9. Towson 102
10. Massachusetts 99
11. Hofstra 95
12. Duke 85
13. Bucknell 78
14. Navy 70
15. Penn State 51
16. North Carolina 45
17. Cornell 33
18. UMBC 32
19. Army 10
20. Stony Brook 8
21T. Rutgers 4
21T. Delaware 4
23. Brown 3
24T. Hobart 2
24T. Penn 2
Others receiving votes: Fairfield 1
Voters in the poll: e-lacrosse.com, Face-Off Yearbook, Inside Lacrosse Magazine, InsideLacrosse.com, Lacrosse Magazine, Lax Talk Radio, Princeton Packet, Quintessential Productions, USA Today, WEOS Radio - Geneva, N.Y.
