Florida Ranks No. 4/5 in Polls
Monday, March 17, 2014 | Lacrosse
The University of Florida lacrosse team ranks No. 4 and 5 in the IWLCA and Brine Media polls, respectively, as announced by the organizations on Monday. The latest rankings follow the Gators' 21-5 win over Winthrop and 17-12 loss to then-No. 2 Syracuse this past week.
Among the teams remaining on Florida's schedule, there are four teams present in both the IWLCA Poll and the Brine Media Poll: No. 7/8 Northwestern, No. 11/7 Johns Hopkins, No. 10/13 Penn State and No. 20 Ohio State.
The Gators will host Dartmouth for a mid-week matchup on Tuesday, March 18 at 6:30 p.m. before traveling to No. 20 Ohio State on Saturday, March 22 at 1 p.m. to resume ALC play.
IWLCA Poll – Week 6
1. North Carolina (9-0)
2. Maryland (9-0)
3. Syracuse (7-1)
4. FLORIDA (8-2)
5. Boston College (7-1)
6. Notre Dame (6-3)
7. Northwestern (4-2)
8. Duke (6-3)
9. UMass (7-0)
10. Penn State (5-3)
11. Johns Hopkins (9-0)
12. Penn (4-1)
13. Georgetown (3-3)
14. Virginia (3-5)
15. Stanford (5-1)
16. Loyola (4-4)
17. Stony Brook (5-2)
18. Towson (3-4)
19. Navy (8-0)
20. Ohio State (6-3)
Brine Media Poll – Week 5
1. North Carolina (9-0)
2. Maryland (9-0)
3. Syracuse (7-1)
4. Boston College (7-1)
5. FLORIDA (8-2)
6. Notre Dame (6-3)
7. Johns Hopkins (9-0)
8. Northwestern (4-2)
9. UMass (7-0)
10. Duke (6-3)
11. Penn (4-1)
12. Stanford (5-1)
13. Penn State (5-3)
14. Navy (8-0)
15. Georgetown (3-3)
16. Loyola (4-4)
17. Stony Brook (5-2)
18. Virginia (3-5)
19. Towson (3-4)
20. Ohio State (6-3)
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