Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 2/22/22
From Press Release
No. 1 Boston College (3-0) remains atop the IWLCA/Inside Lacrosse Division I poll for Week 2 after defeating UMass and Boston University this week. North Carolina, Syracuse and Stony Brook round out the top four with a Carolina win against Florida and Syracuse defeating Stony Brook head-to-head.
The Maryland Terrapins slid into the fifth spot after defeating Virginia at the start of the weekend off of big efforts from Aurora Cordingley and Libby May.
No. 22 Vanderbilt and No. 23 USC cracked into the Top 25 for the first time this spring, after defeating Notre Dame 14-12 and Jacksonville 13-12, respectively. No. 12 Denver made another jump up the polls, previously being ranked No. 15 with a road win against Stanford this Friday.
Check back each Monday morning for the release of the new ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll. The ILWomen/IWLCA Polls consist of voters representing college coaches and media members who follow the weekly happenings across women’s lacrosse.
ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll
Rank Team Points Prev
1 Boston College (3 – 0) 625 (25) 1
2 North Carolina (3 – 0) 599 2
3 Syracuse (3 – 0) 576 3
4 Stony Brook (0 – 1) 512 4
5 Maryland (2 – 0) 483 8
6 Northwestern (2 – 1) 479 5
7 Florida (1 – 1) 461 7
8 Duke (4 – 0) 454 6
9 Loyola (1 – 0) 419 9
10 Michigan (4 – 0) 391 11
11 Princeton (1 – 0) 383 16
12 Denver (3 – 0) 361 15
13 Virginia (2 – 2) 293 10
14 Rutgers (3 – 0) 252 17
15 Drexel (3 – 0) 229 19
16 Stanford (1 – 2) 197 14
17 Notre Dame (1 – 2) 186 12
18 James Madison (1 – 2) 167 13
19 Penn (1 – 0) 162 20
20 Temple (3 – 0) 157 22
21 Jacksonville (2 – 1) 156 18
22 Vanderbilt (2 – 0) 153 30
23 USC (3 – 0) 133 29
24 Johns Hopkins (1 – 1) 48 21
25 UConn (1 – 1) 39 23
Others receiving votes: UMass, Colorado, Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Navy
