Bucknell University Athletics
Men's Lacrosse Breaks The Nation's Top-Ten With #9 Ranking
4/2/2001 8:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
April 2, 2001
Lewisburg, Pa. - The Bucknell men's lacrosse team broke the top-ten by receiving a ranking of nine in the STX/USILA Division I Men's Lacrosse Coaches Poll after receiving 110 points. The Herd moved into the nation's top-ten after falling short to the #1 team at the time, Maryland 8-4, and defeating #12 Hobart, 12-4, in a crucial conference contest.
Leading the Bison to the nation's top-ten was sophomore goalkeeper, Justin Sussman (Towson, Md./Friends School), who tallied 14 saves against Maryland and 26 stops in the Hobart victory. Sussman was named the Warrior/Inside Lacrosse Division I Co-Player of the Week for his outstanding play against Maryland and Hobart.
The men's lacrosse team will play the number eight team in the country, Georgetown, this week on Wednesday, April 4, at 4:00 p.m. on the Bucknell East Field. The Herd will then have 10 days off before they head to Hamilton, N.Y. for a Patriot League match-up against Colgate on Saturday, April 14, at 4:00 p.m.
Following is the Top 20 STX/USILA Division I Men's Lacrosse Coaches Poll:
Team (No. 1 Votes) Points
1 Syracuse (10) 200
2 Princeton 189
3 Johns Hopkins 169
4 Virginia 164
5 Massachusetts 158
6 Maryland 153
7 Notre Dame 149
8 Georgetown 121
9 Bucknell 110
10 Loyola 104
11 Towson 99
12 Navy 90
13 Hofstra 77
14 Cornell 69
15 UMBC 65
16 Duke 47
17 Hobart 32
18 Rutgers 26
19 North Carolina 23
19 Penn State 23
