March 18, 2002

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - In the latest USILA Coaches Poll, the Maryland men's lacrosse team remains at No. 5, but is now tied with Duke with 153 points. The Terps are also No. 5 in the Inside Lacrosse.com media poll. Johns Hopkins has jumped to No. 1 after a 9-8 come-from-behind win over Syracuse last Saturday.

Maryland takes on No. 9 North Carolina this Saturday Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill, N.C.

USILA Coaches Poll (March 18)
No. Name          Record     Points  LW
1   Johns Hopkins    3-0    (9) 199   2
2   Syracuse         4-1    (1) 190   1
3   Loyola           4-0        176   3
4   Virginia         4-1        171   4
5T  Duke             3-1        153   6
5T  MARYLAND         5-1        153   5
7   Georgetown       4-0        136   7
8   Princeton        1-2        135   8
9   North Carolina   5-0        125  10
10  Towson           2-2         99   9
11  Massachusetts    4-1         98  12
12  Hofstra          2-3         97  11
13  Cornell          4-1         83  16
14  Navy             3-2         66  14
15  Yale             3-0         51  20
16  Penn State       3-2         47  13
17  Penn             4-1         26  15
18  Notre Dame       1-4         25  19
19  Ohio State       3-2         23  18
20  Harvard          4-0         16  NR

Others receiving votes (in order):
Army, Denver, Fairfield, Bucknell, Hartford, Stony Brook

Inside Lacrosse.com Media Poll
1.  Johns Hopkins    3-0   (17) 358   2
2.  Syracuse         4-1        337   1
3.  Virginia         4-1    (1) 324   3
4.  Loyola           4-0        307   4
5.  MARYLAND         5-1        285   5
6.  Princeton        1-2        261   6
7.  Duke             3-1        253   8
8.  Georgetown       4-0        242   9
9.  North Carolina   5-0        213  10
10. Towson           2-2        205   7
11. UMass            4-1        174  12
12. Cornell          4-1        159  13
13. Hofstra          2-3        142  11
14. Navy             3-2        127  15
15. Penn State       3-2        103  14
16. Ohio State       3-2         82  17
17. Notre Dame       1-4         57  18
18. Yale             3-0         45  NR
19. Harvard          4-0         28  NR
20. Penn             4-1         23  16

Others receiving votes:  Brown 19, Army 14, Denver 14, Bucknell 8.

Also, in the latest season statistics released by lax.com, the Terps rank No. 1 in the nation in goals scored with 86, third in goals per game average (14.33) and second in team defense allowing just 6.00 goals per game.

Team Offense
No. Team        GPG (Goals)
1.  Yale        16.00 (48)
2.  Syracuse    14.80 (74)
3.  MARYLAND    14.33 (86)

Team Defense
No. Team         GAPG (GA)
1.  Wagner       4.67 (14)
2.  MARYLAND     6.00 (36)
3.  Navy         6.60 (33)

In the individual categories, Maryland's Mike Mollot and Dan LaMonica are listed among the points, goals and assists charts. Mollot is second to Syracuse's Michael Powell in points with 25. Following Mollot is LaMonica, who is third in total points (23).

Mollot also ranks tied for sixth in goals with 14. LaMonica is third for third in assists with 13, while Mollot is tied for eighth in helpers with 11.

Point Leaders
1.  Michael Powell, Syracuse  27  (15 g, 12 a)
2.  MIKE MOLLOT, MARYLAND     25  (14 g, 11 a)
3.  DAN LaMONICA, MARYLAND    23  (10 g, 13 a)

Goal Leaders
1.  Matt Brown, Denver        19
2.  Josh Coffman, Syracuse    15
2.  Michael Powell, Syracuse  15
2.  Andrew Lucas, Lehigh      15
2.  Will Driscoll, Penn State 15
6.  MIKE MOLLOT, MARYLAND     14
6.  Joe Yevoli, Virginia      14
6.  Matt Buecker, Fairfield   14
6.  Curtis Smith, Ohio State  14