Syracuse garners all 25 1st-place votes in Inside Lacrosse poll, will play No. 2 Notre Dame on Saturday
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Syracuse garnered all 25 first-place votes in the Inside Lacrosse poll, setting up a matchup between the nation's top two teams when SU travels to play Notre Dame on Saturday.
Syracuse has been named a unanimous No. 1, receiving all 25 first-place votes in the Inside Lacrosse poll released Monday morning.
Then-No. 2 North Carolina lost 10-8 to Maryland on Saturday, making way for Notre Dame after the Fighting Irish shut out Ohio State. The Orange (7-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast) and UND will face off in South Bend, Indiana on Saturday in a matchup between the country’s top two teams.
SU garnered every first-place tally after romping then-No. 4 Duke on Sunday, beating the back-to-back national champions 19-7. SU received four more first-place votes than last week, when it received 20 compared to then-No. 2 UNC’s four.
The other teams joining Syracuse in the Top 10 are No. 2 UND, No. 3 Maryland, No. 4 UNC, No. 5 Denver, No. 6 Duke, No. 7 Cornell, No. 8 Virginia, No. 9 Albany and No. 10 Princeton.
Published on March 23, 2015 at 10:00 am
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