March 17, 2008

BALTIMORE, MD. - After a loss at Duke, North Carolina's men's lacrosse team fell two spots this week to No. 5 in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.

The Tar Heels will meet Marist Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Fetzer Field and No. 9 Maryland Saturday at 6 p.m. at Fetzer Field. The UNC versus Maryland game will be telecast nationally on ESPNU.

Here is the complete poll for this week:

Rank, Team, Record, Points

1. Duke, 7-0, 358 (16 1st place votes)

2. Virginia, 8-0, 344 (2 1st place votes)

3. Syracuse, 4-1, 323

4. Johns Hopkins, 3-2, 281

5. North Carolina, 5-1, 278

6. Notre Dame, 5-1, 266

7. Cornell, 3-1, 254

8. Navy, 6-1, 222

9. Maryland, 5-2, 204

10. Georgetown, 3-2, 201

11. Princeton, 2-2, 197

12. Drexel, 6-1, 135

13. UMBC, 3-3, 114

14. Army, 3-2, 100

15. Bucknell, 5-1, 96

16. Delaware, 5-2, 85

17. Loyola, 3-2, 79

18. Hofstra, 2-2, 64

19. Harvard, 4-1, 49

20. Stony Brook, 2-2, 41

Others Receiving Votes: Ohio State 38, Brown 23, Towson 9, Fairfield 4, Penn 3, Denver 3, Albany 1, Canisius 1