University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Move Up To 14th In This Week's Inside Lacrosse Poll
February 19, 2007 | Men's Lacrosse
Feb. 19, 2007
BALTIMORE, MD. - North Carolina is ranked No. 14, up four spots from last week, while one week of lacrosse action and already there is a new number one in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Men's Division I Media Poll.
Coach John Haus' Tar Heels beat Ohio State 14-10 last Saturday and moved from No. 18 to No. 14 in this week's poll.
Defending national champion Virginia took a tumble against Drexel this weekend, sliding to eighth place. Johns Hopkins, which was ranked second last week, moves into the top spot. Syracuse, Princeton, Georgetown and Maryland round out the top five.
Duke, Cornell, Virginia, UMass and Navy are also in the top ten.
The story of the week was Drexel, which was unranked and receieved no votes in the preseason poll. Drexel is now ranked No. 17 for its first-ever ranking in the media poll.
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 Last Wk. Team Points
1 2 Johns Hopkins 293 (12 first-place votes)
2 3 Syracuse 276 (1 first-place vote)
3 4 Princeton 272 (2 first-place vote)
4 5 Georgetown 242
5 6 Maryland 236
6 8 Duke 220
7 7 Cornell 215
8 1 Virginia 212
9 10 UMass 174
10 9 Navy 164
11 11 Notre Dame 142
12 14 Denver 127
13 12 Towson 119
14 18 North Carolina 88
15 20 Delaware 78
16 13 Loyola 75
17 NR Drexel 58
18 15 Hofstra 48
19 16 Pennsylvania 42
20 19 UMBC 34
Others receiving votes: Albany 13, Colgate 8, Dartmouth 6, Penn State 5, Ohio State 2, Hobart 1
