April 20, 2005

Wolverines Move up to #4 in Latest USL MDIA Top-25 Poll

Ann Arbor, Mich. – The University of Michigan men's lacrosse team climbed one spot in the latest USL MDIA Top-25 Poll presented by Shamrock, from #5 to #4 today.  Since the last poll released two weeks ago the Wolverines have recorded lopsided victories over #24 Miami and #8 Oakland, as well as Central Michigan and Indiana.  Last Friday's final home game, against Central Michigan, was the team's 10th win in a row.  Michigan's lone remaining regular season game is this Saturday against #23 Michigan State at East Grand Rapids High School.  The neutral site rivalry game drew almost 5,000 fans last year, making it the largest crowd to ever watch a college lacrosse game in the state.  The Spartans entered the poll for the first time this season today at #23 after going undefeated in their first ten games.  They suffered their first loss last night to Oakland, after the voting for this poll had taken place.

In the latest poll Michigan leapfrogged last year's national champion UCSB, who fell to #5.  Still ahead of the Wolverines are #1 Colorado State, #2 Sonoma State and #3 Brigham Young, a team that handed Michigan their only MDIA loss of the season 7-6 in Provo, Utah back in early March.

The complete poll can be found at http://www.uslia.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=146.  The final regular season poll will be released on Monday, May 2 at uslia.com.

Contact: Joe Hennessy (734) 276-8493, jjhennes@umich.edu