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Philly still comfortably leads Experts PollLoss to New York doesn't end Wings' stay at the topR.A. Philly Outsider's Guide Editor in Chief Despite losing big to New York, the Philadelphia Wings are again the top choice in this week's Lacrosse-Network.com Experts Poll. Philadelphia celebrates its sixth straight week at number one, despite suffering a brutal 20-13 loss to New York this past weekend. The defeat cost Philadelphia one of its first-place votes, dropping the Wings to 95 points. Far behind the Wings is a three-way battle for second place, with Minnesota sneaking past Buffalo by a single point, 79-78, after the Bandits lost at home to Toronto. San Jose polls fourth, with 76 points. Colorado and Toronto tied for fifth place, each drawing 62 points. The Mammoth slid nine points into the tie, while the Rock moved up eleven points from last week's total. Our panel of eight experts includes a wide range of top lacrosse minds, including Outsider's Guide writers, players, and coaches. Scoring is on an 12-11-10-etc. basis, so that the maximum score a team can earn is 96 points and the minimum is eight points. The complete rankings from this week's Experts Poll, with comments (win-loss record through Sunday is in parentheses):
WEEK ELEVEN Pts Prv
1. Philadelphia Wings (7-2) 95 1
Laid an (Easter) egg vs. Titans
2. Minnesota Swarm (7-3) 79 3
Gets another whack at the Shamrox
3. Buffalo Bandits (7-5) 78 2
Welcome back, Mike Accursi
4. San Jose Stealth (6-4) 76 4t
Could run the table
5. Colorado Mammoth (6-4) 62 4t
Still struggling for consistency
Toronto Rock (7-4) 62 6
Suddenly just one game out in East
7. New York Titans (6-5) 51 7
Runnin' with the big boys now
8. Calgary Roughnecks (4-8) 33 9
Is Josh Sanderson the answer?
9. Rochester Knighthawks (4-6) 31 8
Playoff streak soon to end at 13 seasons
10. Portland LumberJax (4-7) 29 10
Picked up Disher for playoff push
11. Edmonton Rush (2-7) 20 11
It's all CAL, COL & SJ rest of the way
12. Chicago Shamrox (2-7) 8 12
Perseverance pays off in win at ROC
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