Women's Lacrosse Week 8 Polls (4/3/17): Media #11 / Coaches #11

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Cascade Women's Division I Media Poll: JMU, Louisville Enter Top 20

No. 1 Maryland sits atop this week’s Media Poll for the sixth consecutive week. The Terrapins are trailed by No. 2 North Carolina, No. 3 Florida, No. 4 Stony Brook and No. 5 Colorado to round out the top five.

No. 11 Syracuse leads the latter half of the top 20 for the second week in a row, as No. 19 James Madison and No. 20 Louisville enter the Media Poll in week eight.

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

 

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IWLCA Polls: Division I, II & III

The University of Maryland (11-0) remained the top team in the IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll this week after receiving all 20 first place votes. North Carolina (11-1) and Florida (9-2) stayed put at numbers two and three, while Stony Brook (10-1) and Penn State (12-1) each gained a spot in the rankings to fill out the top five. Three Ivy League teams landed in the top ten: Princeton (8-1) at #7, Cornell (#8), and Penn (#10), and they are joined by two MPSF squads (Colorado at #6 and Southern California at #9). In the back half of the poll, Boston College (#17) and James Madison (#18) returned to the rankings this week, while Duke drops out, but continues receiving votes.

Top twenty game action this week gets underway on Wednesday when the #15 Virginia Cavaliers welcome Maryland (#1) to campus. The weekend’s action starts on Friday with #19 Elon at James Madison (#18), followed by North Carolina (#2) at Louisville (RV), and Virginia (#15) at #5 Penn State on Saturday. Syracuse (#11) hosts #20 Virginia Tech and Towson (#14) welcomes Elon (#19) on Sunday to close out the week.