March 1, 2004

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Fresh off a dominating 14-5 victory over Georgetown on Saturday, the Maryland men's lacrosse team is ranked No. 2 in the first Geico-STX/USILA Poll of the 2004 season. The Terps take on No. 6 Duke on Saturday at 1 p.m.

The Terps face eight teams in the Top 20 including four in the Top 4: No. 1 Johns Hopkins, No. 4 North Carolina, No. 6 Duke, No. 8 Notre Dame,

GEICO-STX/USILA Rankings

March 1, 2004 * ( ) - First place votes


Rank	School	2004 Record	Points

1.	Johns Hopkins (7)	1-0	193

2.	Maryland (2)	1-0	189

3.	Syracuse (1)	1-0	182

4.	North Carolina	1-0	163

5.	Princeton	1-0	157

6.	Duke	1-0	140

7.	Loyola	1-0	121

8T.	Notre Dame	1-1	119

Rutgers	1-0	119

10.	Cornell	1-0	117

11T.	Denver	2-0	80

Georgetown	0-1	80

13.	Massachusetts	0-1	75

14.	Air Force	2-0	70

15T.	Ohio State	1-1	53

Virginia	1-2	53

17.	Towson	0-1	34

18.	UMBC	0-1	27

19.	Hofstra	0-1	26

20.	Penn State	1-1	25



Others Receiving Votes (in order): Army, Penn, Delaware, Navy, Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth, Bucknell