Terrapins Stay On Top Of STX/NFHCA Poll
10/10/2000 8:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Oct. 10, 2000
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - After defeating unranked opponents Stanford and Duke last week, the No. 1 Maryland Terrapins (11-1, 2-1 ACC) held on to the top spot in this week's 2000 STX/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) poll. Maryland captured fifteen first place votes, the most since the second poll of the season on Sept. 19, in today's vote. The Terps have owned the top ranking in the previous ten NFHCA polls, dating back to Oct. 26 of last season.
Eight of this week's Top 20 teams are found on Maryland's 2000 schedule. The No. 1 Terps have met No. 8 Connecticut (W, 9-1, Aug. 26), No. 2 Old Dominion (W, 5-4 2OT, Sept. 3), No. 9 Massachusetts (W, 2-0, Sept. 16), No. 4 Wake Forest (L, 5-3, on Sept. 23), No. 7 Princeton (W, 2-0, on Sept. 28) and No. 10 Virginia (W, 5-0, on Oct. 1). Later on the schedule, Maryland squares off against ODU again in Norfolk (Oct. 15) before hosting No. 11 James Madison (Oct. 20) and No. 3 North Carolina in an ACC tilt on Oct. 22. Maryland travels this week to face unranked opposition in Rutgers and Virginia Commonwealth before the second clash of the 2000 season with No. 2 Old Dominion.
Below is a listing of the Top 20 teams in the 2000 STX/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll, as voted upon by NFHCA member coaches, with records through October 8, 2000 and total points (first-place votes are in parentheses).
Institution (record) Points Prev.
1. Maryland (11-1) 472 (19) 1
2. Old Dominion (13-1) 461 (5) 2
3. North Carolina (12-1) 433 3
4. Wake Forest (11-1) 409 4
5. Michigan (14-1) 376 5
6. Penn State (10-2) 367 6
7. Princeton (5-3) 303 8
8. Connecticut (10-4) 297 9
9. Massachusetts (9-3) 292 7
10. Virginia (7-4) 261 10
11. James Madison (10-3) 233 12
12. Kent State (11-3) 197 15
13. Boston College (8-4) 182 16
14. William & Mary (7-5) 175 13
15. Boston University (8-5) 105 14
16. Michigan State (7-5) 103 18
17. Ohio State (8-5) 84 17
18. Syracuse (9-5) 61 un
19. Harvard (6-3) 58 20
20. Northeastern (7-7) 51 11
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