Field Hockey Terps Remain No. 3 In STX/NFHCA Poll
10/24/2000 8:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Oct. 24, 2000
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - After splitting a pair of games with ranked opponents last week, the Maryland field hockey squad (14-3, 2-2 ACC) held on to the three-spot in Oct. 24's 2000 STX/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) poll. The Terps conclude the regular season with a meeting with unranked Richmond and a Senior Day salute at the Artificial Turf Facility on Sunday, Oct. 29.
Eight of this week's Top 15 teams can be found on Maryland's 2000 slate. The Terps punished No. 10 Connecticut, 9-1 (Aug. 26), outlasted No. 1 Old Dominion 5-4 in 2OT (Sept. 3) and blanked No. 8 Massachusetts, 2-0 (Sept. 16), No. 6 Princeton, 2-0 (Sept. 28), No. 9 Virginia, 5-0 (Oct. 1) and No. 14 James Madison (Oct. 20). The Terps suffered a loss at the hands of No. 4 Wake Forest (Sept. 23) before being edged by No. 1 ODU in a Norfolk rematch on Oct. 15 and nipped, 1-0 in overtime by No. 2 North Carolina on Oct. 22. The Terps had taken the previous three meetings with both the Monarchs and the Tar Heels before the losses.
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 31, 2000 and total points (first-place votes are in parentheses).
Institution (record) Points Prev
1. Old Dominion (17-1) 438 (21) 1
2. North Carolina (16-1) 418 2
3. Maryland (14-3) 389 (1) 3
4. Wake Forest (14-2) 382 4
5. Michigan (15-3) 350 6
6. Princeton (10-3) 330 7
7. Penn State (13-4) 305 5
8. Massachusetts (13-3) 275 9
9. Virginia (10-6) 238 10
10. Connecticut (12-5) 233 8
11. Kent State (16-3) 226 11
12. William & Mary (10-5) 196 12
13. Harvard (9-4) 129 T-18
14. James Madison (10-7) 126 14
15. Boston College (10-6) 124 13
16. Ohio State (10-6) 111 16
17. Boston University (12-6) 107 17
18. Syracuse (12-6) 76 15
19. Michigan State (10-7) 52 T-18
20. Northeastern (9-9) 41 un
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