There were some exciting games this past week – No. 3 USC's 11-10 overtime win over No. 12 Northwestern, No. 8 Duke’s 12-10 triumph over Stanford in the Patriot Cup in Texas and No. 15 Denver’s 11-10 rout of Louisville in triple overtime, just to name a few – but there wasn’t much movement in this week’s Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Women’s Top 20.
The Pioneers moved up one spot with their undefeated 4-0 record following their win over the Cardinals – their best start in program history.
But it was the previously unranked James Madison that made its debut this week after an 11-10 victory over UConn for its third straight win following a season-opening loss to the reigning NCAA champion North Carolina – by just two goals. The Dukes’ solid effort against the Tar Heels has carried into each subsequent game, making them a team to watch this season.
The Ivy League kicked off competition this weekend – Penn defeated Delaware 9-7, Princeton dominated Temple 19-3 and Cornell topped Villanova 18-6 – so each Top 20 team has now played at least one game in 2017.
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Feb 20, 2017
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North Carolina |
3-0 |
1 |
2/25 at No. 2 Maryland |
2 |
Maryland |
2-0 |
2 |
2/25 vs. No. 1 North Carolina |
3 |
USC |
2-0 |
3 |
2/24 at No. 5 Florida |
4 |
Stony Brook |
2-0 |
4 |
2/21 at Marist |
5 |
Florida |
0-1 |
5 |
2/24 vs. No. 3 USC |
6 |
Syracuse |
3-0 |
6 |
2/25 vs. UMass |
7 |
Penn State |
3-0 |
7 |
2/22 at Duquesne |
8 |
Duke |
4-0 |
8 |
2/18 vs. No. 18 Stanford |
9 |
Penn |
1-0 |
9 |
2/25 at No. 13 Johns Hopkins |
10 |
Princeton |
1-0 |
10 |
2/25 at Virginia |
11 |
Colorado |
3-0 |
11 |
2/26 vs. UC Davis |
12 |
Northwestern |
2-2 |
12 |
3/3 vs. Syracuse |
13 |
Johns Hopkins |
2-0 |
13 |
2/22 at Loyola |
14 |
Notre Dame |
4-1 |
14 |
2/23 at No. 19 Elon |
15 |
Denver |
4-0 |
16 |
2/24 vs. UC Davis |
16 |
Towson |
1-2 |
15 |
2/22 at Georgetown |
17 |
Cornell |
1-0 |
16 |
2/25 vs. No. 7 Penn State |
18 |
James Madison |
3-1 |
NR |
2/25 vs. High Point |
19 |
Elon |
4-0 |
19 |
2/23 vs. No. 14 Notre Dame |
20 |
Stanford |
1-2 |
18 |
2/21 vs. St. Mary's (Calif.) |
Also considered (alphabetical): Albany, Louisville, Ohio State, Virginia, Virginia Tech