April 19, 2005

BALTIMORE, MD - After defeating American 16-10 last week, the Johns Hopkins women's lacrosse team remained #11 in the IWLCA Division I Poll. The Blue Jays (8-3 overall, 3-1 ALC) face #16 Towson today, #1 Northwestern on Friday, and Notre Dame on Sunday.

Four of the five opponents remaining on Hopkins' schedule are ranked in this week's poll. Georgetown (9-3) is #8 and Penn State (8-4) is #10.

IWLCA Division I Poll
(rank-team-record-points-first place votes)
#1	Northwestern (14-0)	300	15
#2	Duke (11-3)	279	0
#3	Princeton (10-2)	264	0
#4	Dartmouth (11-0)	253	0
#5 	Virginia (11-2)	253	0
#6	Boston University (11-1)	223	0
#7	Maryland (9-5)	192	0
#8	Georgetown (9-3)	191	0
#9	UNC (11-4)	183	0
#10	Penn State (8-4)	169	0
#11	Johns Hopkins (8-3)	150	0
#12	Hofstra (13-2)	137	0
#13	Syracuse (9-3)	125	0
#14	Cornell (6-5)	98	0
#15	Penn (6-6)	88	0
#16	Towson (11-3)	77	0
#17	Delaware (7-5)	52	0
#18	Connecticut (9-3)	36	0
#19	Ohio State (5-6)	14	0
#20	William & Mary (6-8)	13	0
Yale (7-7)	13	0
RV	Temple (6-5)	11	0
RV	Stanford (8-5)	9	0
Vanderbilt (6-6)	9	0
RV	George Mason (5-9)	6	0