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

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.