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Tar Heels Ranked Sixth In Preseason Polls
January 31, 2012 | Men's Lacrosse
Jan. 31, 2012
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--The 2012 University of North Carolina men's lacrosse team is ranked sixth nationally in the preseason by both the USILA coaches poll and the Nike Inside Lacrosse media poll.
UNC will scrimmage 2011 NCAA semifinalist Denver this Saturday at 11 a.m. at Navy Field in its first taste of outside competition this spring. The Tar Heels open the 2012 regular season on Saturday, February 11 at 1 p.m. when they play Penn State at Kennesaw, Ga. UNC will play Mercer at the Lovett School in Atlanta on Sunday, February 12 at 1 p.m. on its trip to Georgia.
USILA Division I Coaches Poll -- January 30, 2012
1. Virginia, 280 points (14 1st place votes); 2. Johns Hopkins, 236 points; 3. Cornell & Duke, 235 points; 5. Denver, 211 points; 6. North Carolina, 204 points; 7. Maryland, 197 points; 8. Syracuse, 191 points; 9. Notre Dame, 189 points; 10. Villanova, 132 points; 11. Massachusetts, 121 points; 12. Bucknell, 103 points; 13. Harvard, 97 points; 14. Hofstra, 93 points; 15. Pennsylvania, 73 points; 16. Princeton, 64 points; 17. Penn State, 58 points; 18. Yale, 56 points; 19. Delaware, 48 points; 20. Drexel, 27 points. Also Receiving Votes: Loyola, Army, Colgate, Georgetown, Ohio State, Hartford, Navy, Bryant.
Nike Division I Media Poll -- January 30, 2012
1. Virginia, 454 points (18 1st place votes); 2. Duke, 419 points (2 1st place votes); 3. Johns Hopkins, 405 points (1 1st place vote); 4. Cornell, 393 points; 5. Denver, 362 points (1 1st place vote); 6. North Carolina, 342 points; 7. Syracuse, 333 points; 8. Maryland, 306 points; 9. Notre Dame, 277 points; 10. Villanova, 231 points; 11. Princeton, 192 points; 12. Hofstra, 190 points; 13. Massachusetts, 168 points; 14. Bucknell, 155 points; 15. Harvard, 140 points; 16. Pennsylvania, 115 points; 17. Yale, 97 points; 18. Penn State, 86 points; 19. Colgate, 42 points; 20. Drexel, 40 points. Also Receiving Votes: Delaware, Loyola, Army, Hartford, Ohio State, Siena, Lehigh, Georgetown
