March 29, 2005

BALTIMORE, MD - The Johns Hopkins women's lacrosse team is ranked #12 for the third straight week in the latest IWLCA Poll, released Tuesday, March 29. The Blue Jays won two non-conference games last week, defeating George Mason 8-6 and George Washington 11-8.

Northwestern remained #1 in the poll for the second week, as it is the only undefeated team in the Top 20. Virginia moved up to #2 after defeating Princeton, which dropped to #4, while North Carolina jumped from #5 to #3 with a win over last week's #2 Penn State.

Six of Johns Hopkins' remaining nine opponents are ranked in this week's poll. The Blue Jays host #13 Penn this Wednesday, March 30 at 7 p.m.

Current IWLCA Poll
(March 29, 2005)
No	Team	Pts.	1st
1	Northwestern (8-0)	299	14
2	Virginia (6-1)	280	0
3	UNC (8-2)	260	0
4	Princeton (4-2)	256	0
5	Duke (8-2)	240	0
6	Dartmouth (6-0)	220	0
7	Penn State (6-3)	212	0
8	Georgetown (5-1)	208	1
9	Maryland (6-4)	174	0
10	Hofstra (7-1)	155	0
11	Boston University (5-1)	141	0
12	Johns Hopkins (5-2)	135	0
13	Penn (4-2)	103	0
14	Cornell (3-2)	102	0
15	Delaware (4-2)	85	0
16	Ohio State (4-4)	82	0
17	Syracuse (5-2)	63	0
   Towson (6-1)	63	0
19	Temple (3-2)	22	0
20	William & Mary (3-4)	17	0
RV	Vanderbilt (2-4)	11	0
RV	Yale (2-4)	5	0