The #1 ranked Loyola Greyhounds survived a major Patriot League scare Saturday, topping Navy 7-6 in 2OT and holding on to their spot atop the rankings. Elsewhere in local lacrosse action this weekend, Johns Hopkins shook off a three game losing streak by beating Albany 13-8 Friday night at Homewood Field and Towson scored their biggest win of the season by going on the road and outlasting previous #11 UMass 6-5.
Maryland was idle this weekend after throttling Robert Morris 19-6 Wednesday night. This has set the stage for a major top ten showdown between the Terps and Blue Jays this coming Saturday afternoon.
Here is a look at both of the new weekly lacrosse polls (courtesy of NCAA.com). We’ll start with the new Inside Lacrosse media poll.
| RANK | SCHOOL | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loyola (Md.) (16) | 10-1 | 432 | 1 |
| 2 | Duke (2) | 10-2 | 414 | 3 |
| 3 | Maryland (4) | 9-1 | 401 | 4 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 9-2 | 375 | 5 |
| 5 | Denver | 9-2 | 347 | 6 |
| 6 | Cornell | 9-1 | 337 | 2 |
| 7 | Syracuse | 6-3 | 308 | 7 |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins | 6-3 | 273 | 10 |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 4-4 | 252 | 8 |
| 10 | Virginia | 8-4 | 244 | 9 |
| 11 | Penn | 5-3 | 215 | 13 |
| 12 | Fairfield | 9-2 | 195 | 15 |
| 13 | Yale | 6-3 | 184 | 14 |
| 14 | Hofstra | 7-3 | 131 | T16 |
| 15 | Bryant | 9-3 | 111 | 11 |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 7-3 | 97 | 12 |
| 17 | Princeton | 5-4 | 69 | 19 |
| 18 | Army | 7-3 | 54 | 20 |
| T19 | Towson | 8-3 | 42 | NR |
| T19 | Lehigh | 9-3 | 42 | NR |
And now the new weekly USILA coaches’ poll.
| RANK | SCHOOL | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loyola (Md.) (12) | 10-1 | 278 | 1 | |
| 2 | Duke (1) | 10-2 | 258 | 3 | |
| 3 | Maryland (1) | 9-1 | 250 | 4 | |
| 4 | North Carolina | 9-2 | 243 | 5 | |
| 5 | Denver | 9-2 | 223 | 6 | |
| 6 | Cornell | 9-1 | 209 | 2 | |
| 7 | Syracuse | 6-3 | 184 | T8 | |
| 8 | Virginia | 8-4 | 168 | T8 | |
| 9 | Johns Hopkins | 6-3 | 166 | 10 | |
| 10 | Notre Dame | 4-4 | 163 | 7 | |
| T11 | Fairfield | 9-2 | 119 | 13 | |
| T11 | Penn | 5-3 | 119 | 15 | |
| 13 | Yale | 6-3 | 112 | 14 | |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 7-3 | 73 | 11 | |
| 15 | Princeton | 5-4 | 72 | 17 | |
| 16 | Hofstra | 7-3 | 48 | 20 | |
| T17 | Harvard | 6-4 | 46 | NR | |
| T17 | Bryant | 9-3 | 46 | 12 | |
| 19 | Towson | 8-3 | 42 | NR | |
| 20 | Lehigh | 9-3 | 32 | NR |
