UMass Lax Back Up To 14th, 15th In Polls

By Jason Yellin on April 11, 2011 11:02 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

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The UMass men's lacrosse team is up to 14th in the USILA Coaches Poll and 15th in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll after the dramatic 9-8 overtime win at Towson on Saturday.

Here's a look at UMass' opponents in this week's poll (USILA/IL): Hofstra (8th/8th), Army (17th/18th), Delaware (19th/20th). Also receiving votes are: Drexel, Ohio State, Harvard, Penn State, Hartford and Brown.

Syracuse (9-0) beat Princeton, 7-5, on Saturday to stay undefeated. Notre Dame (8-0) narrowly edged Georgetown, and Johns Hopkins (8-2) beat Albany on Friday night.

Maryland (8-2) moved up to No. 4 from No. 7 after beating Navy on Friday, and Cornell (8-2) moved up one spot to No. 5 after a one-goal win against Harvard.

Moving in to the top 20 this week is Loyola (6-3). Bucknell (10-2) moved up three spots to No. 12 after its win against Army. Duke (8-4) moved from No. 4 to No. 10.

Rank	Team	Points	1st Place Votes
1	Syracuse University	260	13
2	University of Notre Dame	247
3	Johns Hopkins University	232
4	University of Maryland	206
5	Cornell University	204
6	University of Denver	184
7	University of Virginia	182
8	Hofstra University	171
9	University of North Carolina	155
10	Duke University	151
11	Villanova University	136
12	Bucknell University	107
13	Stony Brook University	100
14	University of Massachusetts	77
15	University of Pennsylvania	76
16	Colgate University	62
17	Army	56
18	Yale University	50
19	University of Delaware	31
20	Loyola University	11
ALSO RECEIVING VOTES Drexel University , Ohio State University , Siena College , Harvard University , Penn State University , Georgetown University , Brown University ,