University of North Carolina Athletics
Women's Lacrosse Fifth in Latest IWLCA Poll
March 26, 2002 | Women's Lacrosse
March 26, 2002
CHAPEL HILL - The University of North Carolina women's lacrosse team is ranked No. 5 in the latest IWLCA coaches poll, the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association announced on Tuesday afternoon.
The Tar Heels (5-2), who were ranked No. 3 last week before losing at Virginia, have been ranked in the top five of the IWLCA poll throughout the first month of the season.
Georgetown is ranked No. 1 for the second week in a row, followed by No. 2 Princeton, No. 3 Loyola, No. 4 Virginia and UNC. Duke is ranked sixth, followed by No. 7 Maryland, No. 8 Syracuse, No. 9 Cornell and No. 10 Vanderbilt.
Carolina will return to action this weekend at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge hosted by Maryland. UNC will play Ohio State on Friday at 5 p.m. and Penn State on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both games will be played in College Park, Md.
