USLIA Championship Tourney Results

MURPHY, Texas – The 2006 US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates National Championships crowned two schools from California and one from Colorado for winning their respective division national titles on Saturday at Tom Kimbrough Stadium.  Several players from the Washington attended, playing for Oregon, USD, Santa Clara, and Colorado for the boys.

An estimated crowd of 1,800 witnessed No. 1 Colorado State clinch its third Men's Division A national title by defeating arch-rival Colorado 8-7. This is Colorado State's first national championship since 2003. Third-seeded Colorado University was making its first appearance in the title game.

For the sixth consecutive year Cal Poly successfully defended its US Lacrosse Women's Division IA National Championship by rallying past No. 4 Michigan in the second half to win 12-7. The second-seeded Mustangs scored seven consecutive goals to push past the Wolverines, who also made its first appearance in the national championship game. Cal Poly is the only champion the WDIA has had since the women's tournament began in 2001.

Earlier in the day, the University of San Diego won its second consecutive Men's Division B national championship by defeating No. 6 St. John's (Minn.), in its title game debut, 10-3. The top-seeded Toreros outscored the Johnnies 7-0 in the second half to break open a 3-3 tie. This was the second year for the Men's Division B IA national tournament.

This year's championships brought 44 teams to Dallas to compete for three championships. Sixteen teams competed in the Men's Division A field, 12 in the Men's Division B and 16 in the Women's Division field. The first four days of the tournament was held at Russell Creek Park in Plano, Texas.

The US Lacrosse IA National Championships will return to Plano, Texas in 2007 with the event slated to be held on May 8-12.

The US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates (IA) are college lacrosse teams, primarily at the club level, that compete in a national structure. There are nearly 400 men's and women's teams from around the country competing under the IA umbrella in three divisions.

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MDIA A

05/13
Colorado State 8, Colorado 7

05/12
Colorado 8, UC Santa Barbara 6
Colorado State 12, Brigham Young 7
Michigan 12, Sonoma State 10
Minnesota - Duluth 14, Lindenwood 10
Northeastern 13, Texas 5

05/11
Arizona 19, Florida State 10
Oakland 10, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 9
Oregon 9, UC San Diego 7

05/10
Brigham Young 14, Michigan 9
Colorado 13, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 6
Colorado State 11, Arizona 7
Lindenwood 15, Oregon 13
Minnesota - Duluth 11, Florida State 7
Oakland 13, Texas 6
UC San Diego 16, Northeastern 7
UC Santa Barbara 6, Sonoma State 5

05/09
Arizona 6, Oregon 5
Brigham Young 11, Lindenwood 8
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 13, Florida State 8
Colorado 14, Minnesota - Duluth 5
Colorado State 18, Texas 6
Michigan 10, Oakland 5
Sonoma State 11, Northeastern 4
UC Santa Barbara 9, UC San Diego 5

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MDIA B

05/13
San Diego 10, St. John's - MN 3

05/12
Claremont 12, St. Thomas 6
Harding 12, Northern Colorado 11 (OT)
San Diego 8, Montana 6
Southwestern 10, Calvin 6
St. John's - MN 10, Eckerd 9

05/11
Augustana - IL 10, Southwestern 4
Eckerd 22, Utah Valley State 10
Harding 8, Calvin 7
Montana 11, Claremont 10
San Diego 14, Northern Colorado 3
St. John's - MN 8, St. Thomas 7

05/10
Eckerd 18, Augustana - IL 10
Montana 19, Southwestern 3
Northern Colorado 7, Calvin 6 (OT)
St. John's - MN 9, Harding 7

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WDIA

05/13
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 12, Michigan 7
Colorado State 17, Colorado 11
Northeastern 14, Army 11
Oregon Club 8, Minnesota-Duluth 5
Santa Clara 12, Texas A&M 3
UC Santa Barbara 11, Maryland Club 10

05/12
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 10, Colorado 6
Florida 7, Pittsburgh 6
Maryland Club 13, Minnesota-Duluth 2
Michigan 15, Colorado State 6
Navy 11, Brigham Young 10
Santa Clara 11, Northeastern 10
Texas A&M 12, Oregon Club 7
UC Santa Barbara 16, Army 9

05/11
Brigham Young 13, Maryland Club 10
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 18, Florida 2
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 19, Oregon Club 3
Colorado 14, Pittsburgh 7
Colorado 14, Santa Clara 13 (OT)
Colorado State 15, Brigham Young 7
Colorado State 22, Minnesota-Duluth 4
Florida 11, Texas A&M 9 (OT)
Michigan 17, Navy 5
Michigan 18, Army 4
Navy 10, UC Santa Barbara 7
Pittsburgh 11, Northeastern 10