March 8, 2004

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Coming off their second solid win over a top-10 team, the Maryland men's lacrosse team is ranked No. 2 for the second week in a row in the Geico/STX USILA Coaches Poll.

Maryland faces No. 18 Towson this Saturday, March 13 at 1 p.m., in the home opener at Byrd Stadium.

The Terps (2-0) face nine teams in this week's top 20 including: No. 1 Johns Hopkins, No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 6 Georgetown, No. 8 Duke, No. 9 North Carolina, 15 Navy, No. 16 UMBC, No. 17 Virginia and No. 18 Towson.

Division I
1    Johns Hopkins   2-0 (6) 195 1
2    Maryland        2-0 (4) 192 2
3    Syracuse        2-0     183 3
4    Rutgers         2-0     145 T8
5    Notre Dame      1-0     135 T8
6    Georgetown      1-1     132 T11
7    Princeton       1-1     129 5
8    Duke            2-1     127 6
9    North Carolina  1-1     123 4
10   Denver          3-0     123 T11
11   Hofstra         1-1      95 19
12   Loyola          1-1      89 7
13   Cornell         1-1      84 10
14   Massachusetts   2-1      76 13
15   Navy            2-1      75 n/r
16   UMBC            1-1      50 18
17   Virginia        1-3      39 16
18   Towson          1-1      33 17
19   Army            1-1      31 n/r
20   Air Force       2-1      18 14
Others receiving votes (in order): Bucknell, Ohio State,
Fairfield, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Dartmouth