University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Jump To No. 4 In USILA Poll
March 22, 2004 | Men's Lacrosse
March 22, 2004
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Following a 10-9 overtime win against No. 5 Duke last Saturday, the North Carolina men's lacrosse team has jumped to No. 4 in this week's U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association poll. The win over the Blue Devils was the third time this season the Tar Heels had beaten a higher ranked team. Carolina will get a fourth shot when it meets No. 2 Maryland this Saturday at 1 p.m. at Fetzer Field on the UNC campus.
The Tar Heels will be looking to claim an upset win over the Terrapins for the second straight year. A year ago, a UNC team ranked No. 13 beat a No. 2 Maryland team 10-6 in College Park.
The complete USILA poll for this week is as follows:
1. Johns Hopkins, 5-0, 199 points
2. Maryland, 5-0, 191 points
3. Syracuse, 3-1, 174 points
4. North Carolina, 5-1, 168 points
5. Princeton, 3-1, 156 points
6. Georgetown, 4-1, 145 points
7. Duke, 4-2, 131 points
8. Navy, 5-1, 124 points
9. Army, 4-1, 116 points
10. Rutgers, 4-1, 113 points
11. Loyola, 2-2, 90 points
12. Cornell, 3-1, 84 points
13. Hofstra, 2-3, 73 points
14. UMBC, 2-2, 65 points
15. Notre Dame, 1-3, 46 points
16. Denver, 3-2, 45 points
17. Virginia, 2-4, 37 points
18. Brown, 4-0, 30 points
19. Ohio State, 3-2, 28 points
20. Delaware, 6-2, 17 points
Others receiving votes (in order); Towson, Harvard, Yale, Air Force, Dartmouth, Villanova, Massachusetts, Penn State, Bucknell
