Women's Lacrosse Polls for Mar 11: IWLCA #7 / USALAX #14

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https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/ilwomen-iwlca-division-i-poll-maryland-makes-big-jump-with-big-win-over-james-madison/62796

While there was significant movement in the Top 10 again, No. 1 Northwestern stayed put in the top slot, earning all 25 votes. No. 6 Michigan is the only other team in the Top 10 that didn’t see a shift in ranking.

The Boston College Eagles bumped into the second slot after picking up two wins, while Maryland jumped six spots to No. 3, coming off a big win over No. 4 James Madison, where Emily Sterling made 14 saves.

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Rank	Team	Points	Prev
1	Northwestern (7 - 1)	625 (25)	1
2	Boston College (8 - 1)	597	3
3	Maryland (6 - 1)	513	9
4	James Madison (6 - 1)	512	2
5	Loyola (6 - 0)	499	7
6	Michigan (8 - 0)	489	6
7	Syracuse (4 - 3)	459	5
8	Notre Dame (5 - 2)	455	4
9	North Carolina (5 - 2)	414	8
10	Virginia (7 - 1)	411	13

 

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Maryland, Virginia Make Gains in USA Lacrosse Division I Women's Top 20

There are three new members of the top five this week, and two teams made big jumps.

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USA LACROSSE DIVISION I WOMEN’S TOP 20​

1. Northwestern, 7-1 (Prev: 1)
2. Boston College, 8-1 (Prev: 2)
3. Michigan, 8-0 (Prev: 4)
4. Virginia, 7-1 (Prev: 15)
5. Maryland, 6-1 (Prev: 10)
6. James Madison, 6-1 (Prev: 3)
7. Notre Dame, 5-2 (Prev: 6)
8. North Carolina, 5-2 (Prev: 7)
9. Loyola, 6-0 (Prev: 8)
10. Penn, 5-0 (Prev: 12)
11. Johns Hopkins, 7-2 (Prev: 13)
12. Stony Brook, 5-1 (Prev: 11)
13. Florida, 5-2 (Prev: 9)
14. Syracuse, 4-3 (Prev: 5)
15. Denver, 3-3 (Prev: 14)
16. USC, 6-2 (Prev: 17)
17. Yale, 5-0 (Prev: 18)
18. Princeton, 3-2 (Prev: 19)
19. Colorado, 5-2 (Prev: NR)
20. Fairfield, 5-1 (Prev: NR)

Also considered (alphabetical order): Brown (5-1), Clemson (5-2), Drexel (4-3), Navy (6-1), Harvard (4-0), Penn State (3-4), Rutgers (5-2), Richmond (5-2)

 

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No surprise we slipped after the loss to Stonybrook who then lost to Hopkins, and the lackluster performance against VT.

 

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