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Virginia Lacrosse Ranked No. 2 in Latest USILA/Inside Lacrosse Polls

Matt Newton

Connor Shellenberger and Truitt Sunderland celebrate with their teammates after a goal during the Virginia men's lacrosse game against Drexel at Klockner Stadium.
Connor Shellenberger and Truitt Sunderland celebrate with their teammates after a goal during the Virginia men's lacrosse game against Drexel at Klockner Stadium. / Virginia Athletics

Winners of five-straight games, Virginia men’s lacrosse has matched its-season high ranking in both the USILA Coaches Poll and Inside Lacrosse Media Poll, coming in at No. 2 in both rankings. UVA kept the momentum going from the big road win at Maryland with a 16-10 victory over Albany on Tuesday and a 14-4 win over Drexel on Saturday to improve to 8-1 on the season. 

Just 13 total points separated Virginia from Notre Dame for first place in this week’s USILA Coaches Poll, with the Finishing Irish getting 432 points and 16 first-place votes, while the Cavaliers received 419 points and four first-place votes. Fellow ACC programs Syracuse and Duke received one first-place vote apiece. 

USILA Division I Coaches Poll
1. Notre Dame (16) 5-1
2. Virginia (4) 8-1
3. Syracuse (1) 9-2
4. Penn State 7-1
5. Duke (1) 9-2
6. Army 7-1
7. Cornell 5-2
8. Georgetown 6-2
9. Denver 6-2
10. Yale 4-2
11. Johns Hopkins 6-3
12. Maryland 5-3
13. Princeton 5-3
14. Penn 6-3
15. Michigan 6-3
16. Harvard 6-2
17. Colgate 6-3
18. Boston U 6-2
19. Rutgers 6-3
20. Richmond 5-4

An even slimmer margin separated Notre Dame and Virginia in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. The Fighting Irish are No. 1 with 489 points and 17 first-place votes, while the Cavaliers are second with 481 points and eight first-place votes. Syracuse, Penn State, and Duke again round out the top five. 

Inside Lacrosse Division I Media Poll
1. Notre Dame (17) 5-1
2. Virginia (8) 8-1
3. Syracuse 9-2
4. Penn State 7-1
5. Duke 9-2
6. Army 7-1
7. Cornell 5-2
8. Johns Hopkins 6-3
9. Georgetown 6-2
10. Denver 6-2
11. Yale 4-2
12. Maryland 5-3
13. Princeton 5-3
14. Michigan 6-3
15. Penn 6-3
16. Harvard 6-2
17. Boston U 6-2
18. Colgate 6-3
19. Rutgers 6-3
20. Quinnipiac 7-0

Virginia will play its final non-conference game of the regular season this weekend, traveling up to Boston to take on No. 16 Harvard on Saturday at noon.

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MATT NEWTON

Managing Editor and Publisher, CavaliersNow Email: mattnewton@virginia.eduTwitter: @mattynewtssWebsite | LinkedIn | Instagram Matt Newton is the managing editor and publisher at CavaliersNow. He has been covering UVA athletics since 2019 and has been the managing editor at CavaliersNow since launching the site in August 2021. Matt covers all things UVA sports, including Virginia basketball and football news and recruiting, former Wahoos in the pros, and coverage of all 23 of the NCAA Division I sports teams at the University of Virginia. A native of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Matt grew up a huge Philadelphia sports fan, but has also been a UVA sports fanatic his entire life thanks to his parents, who are alums of the University of Virginia. Matt followed in his parents' footsteps and attended UVA from 2017-2021, graduating with a degree in Media Studies and a minor in Economics in May of 2021.