Sept. 19, 2000

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The second official 2000 STX/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) poll of the season was released Sept. 19, with the reigning national champion Maryland Terrapins once again the unanimous No. 1 selection. The Terps (7-0) took all 24 first place votes for the second consecutive week of the 2000 season. The Terrapins have earned the No. 1 spot in the previous seven consecutive NFHCA polls, dating back to Oct. 26 of last season.

Eight of this week's Top 20 teams are on Maryland's 2000 schedule. The No. 1 Terps have already met No. 7 Connecticut (W, 9-1, Aug. 26), No. 2 Old Dominion (W, 5-4 2OT, Sept. 3) and No. 10 Massachusetts (W, 2-0, Sept. 16). The Terrapins will put their 7-0 record and 29 game win streak on the line at No. 6 Wake Forest (7-0) this Saturday, Sept. 23 at 1 p.m. Maryland travels to No. 11 Princeton (Sept. 29), No. 8 Virginia (Oct. 1) and faces ODU again in Norfolk (Oct. 15) before hosting No. 12 James Madison (Oct. 20) and No. 3 North Carolina in an ACC tilt on Oct. 22.

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 September 17, 2000 and total points (first-place votes are in parentheses).

    Institution (record)     Points    Previous
1.  Maryland (7-0)	      480 (24)     1
2.  Old Dominion (6-1)	      456	   3
3.  North Carolina (6-1)      410	   2
4.  Michigan (7-1)	      390	   4
5.  Penn State (5-2)	      389	   5
6.  Wake Forest (7-0)	      371	   6
7.  Connecticut (6-2)	      330	   8
8.  Virginia (3-2)	      292	   7
9.  William & Mary (7-1)      243	  11
10. Massachusetts (5-2)	      236	  12
11. Princeton (3-0)	      215	  13
12. James Madison (5-2)	      214	   9
13. Northeastern (4-2)	      201	  10
14. Boston College (5-2)      187	  14
15. Michigan State (6-2)      164	  18
16. Ohio State (6-3)	      115	  15
17. Boston University (4-2)   101	  16
18. Louisville (5-2)	       89	  17
19. Syracuse (6-2)	       38	  20
20. Drexel (5-2)	       26	  19