University of North Carolina Athletics
Final Regular Season Lacrosse Polls Released
May 8, 2001 | Men's Lacrosse
May 8, 2001
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Carolina finished the regular season ranked 16th in the Warrior / InsideLacrosse.com Division I Men's Media Poll as well as in the Brine/360Lacrosse.com Division I Men's Lacrosse Rankings.
In the Inside Lacrosse poll, Princeton retained the top spot after a 16-7 win over Harvard. Syracuse picked up two No. 1 votes after a dominating win over Georgetown.
Towson won the America East title and moved up to No. 6. Massachusetts has the unwelcome distinction of being the highest-ranked team not to make the NCAA Tournament.
The following is the Warrior/Insidelacrosse.com Division I men's media poll for May 7:
1. Princeton (7) 178
2. Syracuse (2) 171
3. Maryland 158
4. Johns Hopkins 155
5. Notre Dame 148
6. Towson 126
7. Loyola 124
8. Georgetown 117
9. Massachusetts 102
10. Duke 94
11. Virginia 93
12. Hofstra 86
13. Bucknell 80
14. Navy 63
15. Penn State 50
16. North Carolina 46
17. UMBC 30
18. Cornell 26
19. Army 15
20T. Brown 7
20T. Ohio State 7
22. Delaware 5
23. Rutgers 3
24T. Harvard 2
24T. Hobart 2
Others receiving votes: Fairfield 1, Mount St. Mary's 1.
Voters in the poll: e-lacrosse.com, Face-Off Yearbook, Inside Lacrosse Magazine, InsideLacrosse.com, LaxTalk Radio, Princeton Packet, WAER Radio - Syracuse, WEOS Radio - Geneva, NY, USA Today
In the Brine/360Lacrosse.com media poll Princeton received nine of the 10 first place votes and Syracuse the remaining top ballot. Carolina finished 16th in that poll as well.
Rank, Team, Total Points, Previous Rank
1. Princeton, 199, 1
2. Syracuse, 189, 2
3. Maryland, 171, 5
4. Johns Hopkins, 168, 6
5. Notre Dame, 164, 4
6. Georgetown, 154, 3
7. Loyola, 133, 7
8. Towson, 131, 9
9. Massachusetts, 127, 8
10. Bucknell, 103, 10
11. Virginia, 96, 11
12. Hofstra, 90, 12
13. Duke, 84, 13T
14. Navy, 73, 13T
15. Penn State, 56, 17
16. North Carolina, 50, 16
17. Army, 29, 20T
18. Cornell, 27, 15
19. UMBC, 26, 18
20. Rutgers, 9, 19
Also Receiving Votes: Ohio State 7, Delaware 6, Hobart 5, Harvard 2, Brown 1
Media Voters: 360Lacrosse.com, Capital Gazette, Democrat & Chronicle, e-lacrosse, LaxPower, Toyota Lacrosse Weekly, US Lacrosse, USA Today, WEOS Radio
