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DU To Host NCAA Lacrosse Tournament Game

Villanova @ Denver
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Sunday 3:15 PM MT

The NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Committee announced the field for its championship tournament on Sunday evening.  The University of Denver will host Villanova University in the first Tournament game ever hosted west of the Mississippi.  Denver is riding a 10 game winning streak.

The 16-team field includes six conference champions with automatic qualification – American East (Hartford), Colonial Athletic Association (Delaware), ECAC (Denver), Ivy (Cornell), Metro Atlantic (Siena) and Patriot League (Bucknell). The remainder of the field was selected at large: Duke, Hofstra, Johns Hopkins, Maryland, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Penn, Syracuse, Villanova, and Virginia.

The Division I semifinal and championship games will be held at M & T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, May 28-30. All Division I first round games will be televised on ESPNU HD May 14 and 15. The Division I semifinals will be televised live on ESPN2 HD starting at 4 p.m. Eastern time, May 28. The championship game will be televised live on ESPN HD starting at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, May 30.
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousSunday, May 8, 2011 at 8:43:00 PM MDT

    One and done... :)

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  2. AnonymousSunday, May 8, 2011 at 10:19:00 PM MDT

    historic. the first tournament game ever played west of the mississippi! GO DU

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  3. AnonymousSunday, May 8, 2011 at 10:30:00 PM MDT

    This is a huge moment for DU and for college lacrosse.

    We need all DU fans to come out and support this historic event to show the lax world what DU is all about.

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  4. dggoddardSunday, May 8, 2011 at 10:45:00 PM MDT

    Agreed.

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  5. dusince59Monday, May 9, 2011 at 7:51:00 AM MDT

    Very good thingfor DU

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  6. du78Monday, May 9, 2011 at 8:19:00 AM MDT

    The bracket on the NCAA site shows the Syracuse bracket playing in Foxboro on the 2nd weekend and the Cornell bracket playing in Hempstead at Hofstra. The bracket shown in this thread has the reverse.

    http://www.ncaa.com/brackets/lacrosse-men/d1/2011

    GO DU!!!!!!!

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  7. AnonymousMonday, May 9, 2011 at 8:41:00 AM MDT

    Bug Party at DU 78's house if DU makes it to the Long Island quarterfinals...

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  8. du78Monday, May 9, 2011 at 8:44:00 AM MDT

    Sounds good to me!

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  9. AnonymousMonday, May 9, 2011 at 9:06:00 AM MDT

    Anyone got ticket info for Sunday's game?

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  10. dggoddardMonday, May 9, 2011 at 9:13:00 AM MDT

    Tickets have not gone on sale yet.

    Probably be an announcement soon, check DenverPioneers.com throughout they day and the will post info.

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  11. du78Monday, May 9, 2011 at 9:13:00 AM MDT

    DU hasn't released any ticket info yet.

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