Women's Lacrosse Week 6 Polls (3/20/17): Media #8 / Coaches #4

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Cascade Women's Division I Media Poll: Cornell Enters Top Ten; BC, UVA Re-Enter Top 20

No. 1 Maryland (7-0) sits atop the week six Cascade Women’s Division I Media Poll. The Terps are trailed by North Carolina in the No. 2 spot, as the Heels improved to 8-1 on Sunday with a 17-12 win over Northwestern.

UNC is followed by No. 3 Florida, No. 4 Colorado and No. 5 Penn State to round out the top five.

Making the biggest leap into the top ten, Cornell makes the move from No. 11 to No. 7 on the heels of the Big Red’s win over USC, 11-10.

No. 19 Boston College and No. 20 Virginia re-enter the top 20.

Check out the full Cascade Women’s Division I Media Poll rankings here.

 

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Division I Coaches Poll for March 20, 2017

The University of Maryland Terrapins (7-0) extended their unbeaten streak and collected all 20 first-place votes in this week’s IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll. North Carolina (8-1) and Florida (7-1) stay put in the second and third slot, while Syracuse (8-2), Princeton (5-0), and Colorado (9-0) all move up a spot after USC (#9) falls out of the top five. Cornell (5-1) and Stony Brook (6-1) are tied for the number seven position, and Penn State checks in at #10. The University of Virginia jumps back into the poll at #19, knocking Louisville out of the rankings.

The top-twenty action gets started on Tuesday this week, when the fifth ranked Princeton Tigers play host to #10 Penn State. On Wednesday, #11 Penn pays a visit to top-ranked Maryland, and #19 Virginia welcomes James Madison (RV). The #9 USC Trojans head to Long Island to tangle with Stony Brook (#T-7) on Friday, March 24. The weekend’s big games include #3 Florida hosting #13 Denver, Duke (#17) visiting #19 Virginia, James Madison (RV) versus #1 Maryland, and Johns Hopkins (RV) against Penn State (#10).

 

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Don't deserve it. This team needs to learn how to play defense.