Baseball Guru
05-09-2005, 10:11 AM
http://www.ncaasports.com/lacrosse/mens/story/8455873
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Division I NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Committee announced the field for its championship tournament today.
The 16-team field includes six conference champions with automatic qualification – American East Conference (University at Albany), Colonial Athletic Association (Towson University), Great Western Lacrosse League (Fairfield University), Ivy League (Cornell University), Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (Marist College) and Patriot League (U.S. Naval Academy). The rest of the field was selected at large.
Johns Hopkins University has won the event seven times, while Syracuse University has won eight times and is the defending national champion. Johns Hopkins has not won since 1987. Since 1988, either Syracuse or Princeton has won every year except Johns Hopkins’ 1987 victory and the University of Virginia’s 1999 and 2003 titles. Johns Hopkins is the only team to have made the championship bracket every year – 34 times. Marist is the only team in the field that will be making its first tournament appearance.
The Division I semifinal and championship games, and the Division II and III championship games, will be held at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, May 28-30. The Division I semifinals will be televised live on ESPN2 starting at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time. The championship game will be televised live on ESPN starting at Noon Eastern time.
The championship host is the University of Pennsylvania. This is the only NCAA team sport that holds the championships of all three divisions at a common site. The 2006 championships will return to Lincoln Financial Field. No other future sites are set.
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Division I NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Committee announced the field for its championship tournament today.
The 16-team field includes six conference champions with automatic qualification – American East Conference (University at Albany), Colonial Athletic Association (Towson University), Great Western Lacrosse League (Fairfield University), Ivy League (Cornell University), Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (Marist College) and Patriot League (U.S. Naval Academy). The rest of the field was selected at large.
Johns Hopkins University has won the event seven times, while Syracuse University has won eight times and is the defending national champion. Johns Hopkins has not won since 1987. Since 1988, either Syracuse or Princeton has won every year except Johns Hopkins’ 1987 victory and the University of Virginia’s 1999 and 2003 titles. Johns Hopkins is the only team to have made the championship bracket every year – 34 times. Marist is the only team in the field that will be making its first tournament appearance.
The Division I semifinal and championship games, and the Division II and III championship games, will be held at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, May 28-30. The Division I semifinals will be televised live on ESPN2 starting at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time. The championship game will be televised live on ESPN starting at Noon Eastern time.
The championship host is the University of Pennsylvania. This is the only NCAA team sport that holds the championships of all three divisions at a common site. The 2006 championships will return to Lincoln Financial Field. No other future sites are set.