Syracuse Lacrosse: Orange Remain High in Final Regular Season Polls

While the NCAA Tournament field has been announced, the polls don't really matter any more. Nevertheless, the Syracuse Orange fell one spot in the USILA Coaches' Poll, gained a spot in the Cascade/Maverik Media Poll, and stayed steady at #4 in the Nike/Lacrosse Magazine Poll. Notre Dame moves up a spot in two polls following a win over Army. Duke also gained one position with a 15-8 win over BU while UNC, who was idle, moved up in the Coaches' Poll, down in the Media Poll and held at #9 in the Lacrosse Magazine Poll.

Syracuse's first round opponent, Albany, took a significant hit in each ranking for the loss to Hartford in the America East Tournament.

The Maryland Terrapins move into the top position in each poll after winning the Big Ten Championship. Hopkins fell after the loss to Rutgers and the Scarlet Knights gain a few positions in each poll for making it to the B10 Championship game.

The big winner this week was Marquette. The Golden Eagles beat Denver by one goal in the Big East Championship but still remain outside of the top 10 in two of the three major rankings.

USILA/NIKE Coaches' Poll

Ranked Teams by Conference: ACC (4/5), Big Ten (4/6), Big East (3/6), Patriot (2/9), Ivy (3/7), America East (2/7), Colonial (1/6), SoCon (1/8), Northeast (0/7), Metro Atlantic (0/7), Independent (0/2),

Biggest Movers:

Marquette +8

Stony Brook -4

Exiting the Poll:

Bryant

Syracuse Opponents in the Poll:

Albany (9), Johns Hopkins (14), Duke (8), Notre Dame (5), UNC (12)

Rank	School	Last Week
1	Maryland Terrapins	3
2	Denver Pioneers	1
3	Yale Bulldogs	7
4	Brown Bears	2
5	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	6
6	Syracuse Orange	5
7	Loyola Greyhounds	8
8	Duke Blue Devils	9
9	Albany Great Danes	4
10	Towson Tigers	11
11	Marquette Golden Eagles	19
12	North Carolina Tar Heels	14
13	Air Force Falcons	12
14	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays	10
15	Navy Midshipmen	15
16	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	18
17	Stony Brook Seawolves	13
18	Villanova Wildcats	16
19	Harvard Crimson	N/R
20	Penn State Nittany Lions	17

Also Receiving Votes: Hobart Bulldogs, Bryant Bulldogs, Hartford Hawks, Army Black Knights, Bucknell Bison, Richmond Spiders, Quinnipiac Bobcats, High Point Panthers, Fairfield Stags

Cascade/Maverik Media Poll

Ranked Teams by Conference: ACC (4/5), Big Ten (3/6), Big East (3/6), Patriot (2/9), America East (3/7), Ivy (3/7), SoCon (1/8), Colonial (1/6), Metro Atlantic (0/7), Northeast (0/7), Independent (0/2)

Biggest Movers:

Albany, Johns Hopkins -4

Marquette +8

Exiting the Poll:

Bryant, Penn State

Syracuse Opponents in the Poll:

Albany (8), Johns Hopkins (13), Duke (9) Notre Dame (6), UNC (14)

Rank	School	Last Week
1	Maryland Terrapins	3
2	Denver Pioneers	1
3	Yale Bulldogs	6
4	Syracuse Orange	5
5	Brown Bears	2
6	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	7
7	Loyola Greyhounds	8
8	Albany Great Danes	4
9	Duke Blue Devils	10
10	Towson Tigers	11
11	Marquette Golden Eagles	19
12	Air Force Falcons	12
13	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays	9
14	North Carolina Tar Heels	13
15	Navy Midshipmen	14
16	Rutgers Scarlett Knights	17
17	Stony Brook Seawolves	15
18	Villanova Wildcats	16
19	Hartford Hawks	N/R
20	Harvard Crimson	N/R

Also Receiving Votes: Hobart Statesmen, Quinnipiac Bobcats, Penn State Nittany Lions, Bucknell Bison, Bryant Bulldogs, Army Black Knights, Penn Quakers, Richmond Spiders

Nike/Lacrosse Magazine Poll

Ranked Teams by Conference: ACC (4/5), Big Ten (4/6), Big East (3/6), Ivy (3/7), Patriot (2/9), America East (2/7), Colonial (1/6), SoCon (1/8), Northeast (0/7), Metro Atlantic (0/7), Independent (0/2),

Biggest Movers:

Albany -4

Marquette +10

Exiting the Poll:

Stony Brook, Bucknell

Syracuse Opponents in the Poll:

Albany (10), Johns Hopkins (15), Duke (7), Notre Dame (5), UNC (9)

Rank	School	Last Week
1	Maryland Terrapins	3
2	Denver Pioneers	2
3	Brown Bears	1
4	Syracuse Orange	4
5	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	5
6	Yale Bulldogs	7
7	Duke Blue Devils	8
8	Marquette Golden Eagles	18
9	North Carolina Tar Heels	9
10	Albany Great Danes	6
11	Towson Tigers	10
12	Loyola Greyhounds	11
13	Navy Midshipmen	12
14	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	16
15	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays	13
16	Air Force Falcons	14
17	Villanova Wildcats	15
18	Harvard Crimson	N/R
19	Hartford Hawks	N/R
20	Penn State Nittany Lions	17

Also Considered (listed alphabetically): Army Black Knights, Bucknell Bison, Fairfield Stags, Hobart Statesmen, Penn Quakers, Quinnipiac Bobcats, Richmond Spiders, Saint Joseph's Hawks

The Syracuse Orange will host the Albany Great Danes on Sunday at 7:30 PM. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU. Of course you can always follow me for updates @OrangeLax.