University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Ranked 18th In Nike/Inside Lacrosse Men's Division I Media Poll
February 13, 2007 | Men's Lacrosse
Feb. 13, 2007
BALTIMORE, MD. - North Carolina is ranked No. 18 and defending national champion Virginia took home the top spot, garnering 13 first-place votes. Virginia was followed by Johns Hopkins, Syracuse and Princeton, which all received one first-place vote. Georgetown rounded out the top five.
Coach John Haus' Tar Heels open the 2007 season Saturday at 1 p.m. in Baltimore, Md. against Ohio State. The game will be played at Calvert Hall High School.
Maryland and Cornell followed Georgetown, and Duke, which returns to the field this spring after its season was cancelled last year, is eighth in the preseason Nike/Inside Lacrosse Men's Division I Media Poll. Navy is ranked ninth and Massachusetts, last year's national runner-up, is tenth.
Also in the top 20 are Notre Dame, Towson, Loyola, Denver, Hofstra, Pennsylvania, Penn State, North Carolina, UMBC and Delaware.
The ECAC and the ACC were the two conferences with the most ranked teams (four apiece). All four ACC teams made the top 20.
The Nike/Inside Lacrosse Men's Division I Media Poll comes out each Monday during the spring and is voted on by members of various media outlets throughout the country.
Rk Team Points
1 Virginia 389 (13 first-place votes)
2 Johns Hopkins 370 (1 first-place vote)
3 Syracuse 367 (1 first-place vote)
4 Princeton 345 (1 first-place vote)
5 Georgetown 328
6 Maryland 299
7 Cornell 294
8 Duke 281
9 Navy 232
10 UMass 224
11 Notre Dame 209
12 Towson 205
13 Loyola 204
14 Denver 176
15 Hofstra 171
16 Pennsylvania 153
17 Penn State 136
18 North Carolina 131
19 UMBC 123
20 Delaware 118
Others receiving votes: Albany 103, Army 51, Dartmouth 49, Harvard 43, Colgate 26, Bucknell 19, Ohio State 10, Rutgers 10, Hobart 10, Fairfield 6, Binghamton 3, Stony Brook 3, Yale 3, Air Force 2, Providence 1
