National Lax News

I'm somewhere in Massachusetts, in a hotel a few miles from Gillette Stadium. The Hofstra quarterfinals are in the rear view mirror. More than 13,000 fans were treated to a pair of "upsets" as Denver and Virginia punched their tickets to Baltimore.

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Proving why they are the top team in the state, Regis Jesuit's second-half push, lead by junior Ryan Ball, helped stop Kent Denver's remarkable state championship run, as the Raiders took the title of Colorado State High School Champs with an 11-10 score.

It's a beautiful day for lacrosse at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Denver, Colo., as No.1 ranked Regis Jesut looks to honor their state standings as they face off No.3 Kent Denver. The Sun Devils are riding a big upset over defending state champions, Cherry Creek, as the Raiders enter today's match-up with a win over Arpapahoe in the semifinals on Thursday, May 18.

 

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RADNOR, PA—Sometimes a little familiarity works. Take the case of Malvern Prep’s third meeting with Penn Charter, for example. Philadelphia’s Inter-Academic League rivals met in the semifinal round of the Inter-Ac Invitational on Saturday at Cabrini College, and neither team you can say had anything to hide.

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RADNOR, PA—Sometimes a good shove can be a good thing. It tests the mettle and wherewithal of great teams, special teams that show that they can come from behind and win. Teams like the 2011 Haverford School Fords, a team that has withstood every challenge presented this year.

Though Saturday at Cabrini College, it was a little different. The Fords’ defense at times was breached. Haverford School looked somewhat hesitant on offense. Lawrenceville School was giving the best team in the nation all it could handle, and was even leading in the third quarter.

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Updated tournament brackets are available on the NCAA Tournament page. You can also find the link on the Men and Women main navigation dropdowns and in the NCAA Tournaments section on the right side of the home page. Direct links to individual brackets appear there as well as below.

Commerce City, CO - Brigham Young won the 2011 Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association National Championship Saturday night, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils 10-8 at Dicks Sporting Good Complex in Commerce City, CO. The win gives BYU its fourth National Championship, tying them for most in league history.

No. 1 ranked Adelphi won its third straight Division II championship this afternoon with a 17-4 victory over No. 3 Limestone. Adelphi ends their season at a perfect 20-0 as well. The 13-goal victory was also the largest margin of victory in a National Championship game in Division II Women's Lacrosse.

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - Gettysburg captured its first NCAA Division III championship of any kind in dominating fashion with a 16-5 victory over Bowdoin in the finals held at Motamed Field on the campus of Adelphi on Sunday.

ROCHESTER, NY -- RIT had their season come to an end on Sunday, losing to reigning Division III Champion Tufts, 16-12, in the 2011 NCAA Division III semifinals. The Tigers finished the season with a 19-1 record, while Tufts moves on to face Salisbury in the National Championship on Sunday, May 29 in Baltimore, Maryland.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Senior Grant Catalino scored with a low-to-high rocket from the right wing with 0:32 left in the first overtime to give University of Maryland a 6-5 victory over No. 1 seed Syracuse in front of 14,122 Sunday afternoon at Gillette Stadium.

The IWLCA has honored 64 student-athletes in Division II with a selection on one of the All-Regional teams for 2011. These athletes are now eligible for inclusion on the IWLCA All-American teams, which will be announced on May 26. The IWLCA will honor the National All-Americans at the IWLCA All-American banquet on June 11, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Valley Forge in King of Prussia, Pa.

Radnor, Pennsylvania - Top-seeded Haverford School and second-seeded Malvern Prep were victorious in the semifinals of the Inter-Ac Invitational. They will meet in the championship, which will be played on Wednesday, May 25 at 7:00 pm at Cabrini College.

In Saturday's quarterfinals at Hofstra's James M. Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, N.Y., over 13,000 fans watched Virginia defeat No. 2 Cornell and Denver knock off No. 3 Johns Hopkins. The winners will meet in the semifinals on May 28 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Use the links below to view photos of the games.

Denver, CO - No. 1 Michigan dropped a 7-6 decision to No. 5 Arizona State on Friday night (May 20) in Denver, Colorado in the semifinal round of the MCLA National Championship Tournament at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Denver, COLO - Second-seeded Colorado State saw their 2011 season come to an end at the hands of RMLC rival and #3 seed Brigham Young on Friday afternoon. The Rams led 7-6 at the end of the first half, but were ultimately undone by a four-goal third period by BYU and unable to capitalize on some late opportunities. BYU led 10-8 after three quarters and scored four more in the fourth to win 14-11 and advance to the MCLA national championship game.

EVANSTON, Ill. -- No. 2 Northwestern jetted to a 7-1 lead to open its NCAA Championship quarterfinal game against seventh-ranked and previously unbeaten Albany, and when the dust had settled, NU had secured a seventh-consecutive trip to the national semifinals with an 18-4 win over the Great Danes Saturday at Lakeside Field.

In-Game Blog/Box score

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Fueled by three-goal performances from senior Todd Baxter (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and sophomore Cameron Flint (Georgetown, Ontario), the No. 6 seeded University of Denver men's lacrosse team defeated the No. 3 seeded Johns Hopkins Blue Jays 14-9 in the second game of the Hofstra quarterfinals held at the James M. Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, N.Y.

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In-Game Blog/Box score

Hempstead, NY - Hempstead, N.Y. - Junior attackman Steele Stanwick (Baltimore, Md.) had three goals and four assists, including a goal and four assists during a 7-0 second quarter, as seventh-seeded Virginia upset second-seeded Cornell 13-9 in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament on Saturday afternoon at James M. Shuart Stadium on the campus of Hofstra University.

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DENVER – The top-two teams from the 2010 MLL regular season renewed their rivalry at Harvard Stadium tonight as the Denver Outlaws (2-0) outlasted the Boston Cannons (1-1) to return home with a 13-12 victory in front of a crowd of 8,317 fans in Boston.

The Outlaws held off a late push from the Cannons, culminating in a save and intercepted pass by goalie Adam Fullerton, who played his final game of the 2011 season before deploying for Afghanistan.

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It's been a tournament of upsets so far, as St. Thomas was unable to hold on to their defending DII national title, making way for Davenport University. Arizona State makes their second championship appearance after upending defending DI national champs, Michigan, in yesterday's semifinal match-up.

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