The first round of the 2011 Men’s NCAA D1 Tournament is in the books. There were no major upsets to speak of aside from Maryland over UNC (which some wouldn’t consider an upset), but there were a few close calls, and many exciting games. All eight games were televised on ESPN networks in HD, which was a nice upgrade from prior tournaments. The updated bracket is below, and the TV schedule for the Quarterfinals has been updated.
View the 2011 NCAA Lacrosse Tournament Bracket: http://www.ncaa.com/brackets/lacrosse-men/d1/2011
The NCAA Division I 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 (Hartford), Colonial Athletic Association (Delaware), Eastern College Athletic Conference (Denver), Ivy Group (Cornell), Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (Siena) and Patriot League (Bucknell).
The remainder of the field was selected at large: Duke University, Hofstra University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, College Park, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania, Syracuse University, Villanova University, and University of Virginia.
The Division I semifinal and championship games, and the Division II and III 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.
The winners of this side of the bracket will play at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. on Sunday, May 22. (noon or 2:30 p.m. on ESPNU)
This winners of this side of the bracket will go to Hofstra to play on Saturday, May 21. (noon or 2:30 p.m.)
The championship hosts are Johns Hopkins University, Loyola Maryland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Towson University. This is one of only two NCAA team championships, along with women’s rowing, that holds the championships of all three divisions at a common site. The 2012 championships will be held in Boston, Massachusetts.
For ticket information for all games at M & T Bank Stadium, call 410-261-7283.
The NCAA has released their 2nd installment of the RPI rankings. Syracuse stays steady in the top slot, and Virgina broke into the top 5 after appearing #7 on the list last week. Duke slipped down to 6th (from 5th), and Villanova went from #4 down to #8.
Be sure to check out last season’s post that demystifies the RPI ranking process for Men’s Division 1 lacrosse, and provides insight into the criteria used to position each team on the list.
| Rank | Name | Record | Road | Neutral | Home | Non-Div I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syracuse | 13-1 | 2-0 | 4- 0 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 10-1 | 4-1 | 1- 0 | 5-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Cornell | 11-2 | 6-1 | 0- 1 | 5-0 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins | 11-2 | 3-1 | 2- 0 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 5 | Virginia | 9-5 | 1-4 | 1- 0 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Duke | 12-5 | 2-1 | 0- 3 | 10-1 | 0-0 |
| 7 | Denver | 11-2 | 4-1 | 1- 0 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 8 | Villanova | 11-3 | 4-2 | 0- 0 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
| 9 | Bucknell | 14-2 | 5-2 | 0- 0 | 9-0 | 0-0 |
| 10 | Hofstra | 13-1 | 4-1 | 1- 0 | 8-0 | 0-0 |
| 11 | Maryland | 10-3 | 4-1 | 1- 0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 12 | Stony Brook | 9-3 | 4-1 | 0- 0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 9-5 | 3-2 | 0- 2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 14 | Penn | 8-5 | 2-5 | 0- 0 | 6-0 | 0-0 |
| 15 | Colgate | 10-5 | 5-3 | 2- 0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 16 | Loyola Maryland | 8-4 | 4-3 | 0- 0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 17 | Princeton | 4-8 | 2-3 | 1- 0 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 18 | Penn St. | 7-6 | 3-3 | 0- 0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 19 | Massachusetts | 9-4 | 4-2 | 0- 1 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 20 | Harvard | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0- 0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 21 | Drexel | 8-6 | 2-4 | 0- 0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 22 | Georgetown | 6-7 | 4-4 | 0- 1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 23 | Albany (NY) | 5-10 | 1-7 | 0- 0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 24 | Yale | 10-3 | 4-2 | 0- 0 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 25 | Delaware | 9-6 | 2-4 | 1- 0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 26 | Army | 9-5 | 5-3 | 0- 1 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 27 | Fairfield | 7-7 | 3-4 | 0- 0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 28 | Ohio St. | 8-7 | 3-5 | 0- 0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 29 | Hobart | 5-9 | 1-6 | 0- 0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 30 | Binghamton | 7-7 | 2-6 | 0- 0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 31 | UMBC | 6-6 | 2-4 | 0- 1 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 32 | Hartford | 9-6 | 5-3 | 0- 0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 33 | Siena | 11-4 | 4-2 | 1- 0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 34 | Brown | 6-8 | 2-6 | 0- 0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 35 | Robert Morris | 9-5 | 4-4 | 0- 0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 36 | Lehigh | 7-9 | 2-5 | 0- 0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 37 | Vermont | 6-9 | 1-7 | 0- 0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 38 | St. John’s | 4-9 | 2-4 | 1- 0 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 39 | Towson | 3-10 | 1-5 | 0- 0 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 40 | Dartmouth | 5-9 | 2-5 | 1- 2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 41 | Air Force | 6-7 | 2-3 | 1- 2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 42 | Mt. St. Mary’s | 7-6 | 3-2 | 0- 0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 43 | Navy | 4-9 | 1-6 | 0- 0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 44 | Bryant | 8-8 | 4-4 | 0- 0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 45 | Rutgers | 5-9 | 2-3 | 0- 2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 46 | Quinnipiac | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0- 0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 47 | Marist | 8-6 | 5-3 | 0- 0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 48 | Canisius | 3-9 | 2-5 | 0- 0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 49 | Providence | 3-11 | 1-4 | 0- 1 | 2-6 | 0-0 |
| 50 | Jacksonville | 5-9 | 3-4 | 1- 0 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 51 | Bellarmine | 4-11 | 1-8 | 0- 0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 52 | Sacred Heart | 4-9 | 2-4 | 0- 0 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 53 | Detroit | 5-9 | 1-7 | 1- 0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 54 | St. Joseph’s | 0-12 | 0-6 | 0- 0 | 0-6 | 0-0 |
| 55 | Manhattan | 3-13 | 2-8 | 0- 1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 56 | Lafayette | 2-11 | 1-6 | 0- 1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 57 | Holy Cross | 2-13 | 1-6 | 0- 0 | 1-7 | 0-0 |
| 58 | Presbyterian | 2-10 | 1-8 | 0- 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 59 | VMI | 2-11 | 1-6 | 0- 0 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 60 | Wagner | 0-12 | 0-6 | 0- 0 | 0-6 | 0-0 |
| 61 | Mercer | 1-12 | 0-7 | 0- 2 | 0-3 | 1-0 |
Syracuse is back on top after a dominant win over Notre Dame. The Orange delivered the first loss of the season to the Irish in front of 15,000 screaming fans in the Carrier Dome. ND dropped from #1 to #4 in the polls.
Cornell swapped spots with Hopkins to take over #2, while the Blue Jays drop to #3. Cornell clinched the Ivy League with a win over Princeton this weekend.
Maryland remains in the #5 spot, followed by Denver in #6.
Virginia moved up two spots to #9, despite the loss of the Bratton brothers. Shamel Bratton was kicked off the team after multiple violations of “team policies”. Dom Starsia removed Shamel from the team after the players voted on the matter. Twin brother Rhamel Bratton was placed on suspension indefinitely. Read the full story on the matter by the Washington Post.
| Rank | Team | Points | 1st Place Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syracuse University | 213 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Cornell University | 209 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Johns Hopkins University | 199 | 2 | |||
| 4 | University of Notre Dame | 188 | ||||
| 5 | University of Maryland | 167 | ||||
| 6 | University of Denver | 161 | ||||
| 7 | Duke University | 151 | ||||
| 8 | Hofstra University | 143 | ||||
| 9 | University of Virginia | 121 | ||||
| 10 | Villanova University | 118 | ||||
| 11 | Bucknell University | 114 | ||||
| 12 | University of North Carolina | 113 | ||||
| 13 | Stony Brook University | 89 | ||||
| 14 | Colgate University | 68 | ||||
| 15 | University of Pennsylvania | 63 | ||||
| 16 | University of Massachusetts | 45 | ||||
| 17 | Harvard University | 39 | ||||
| 18 | Loyola University | 36 | ||||
| 19 | Army | 27 | ||||
| 20 | Yale University | 24 | ||||
ALSO RECEIVING VOTESPenn State University , Siena College , Drexel University , Robert Morris University , |
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It’s time for the infamous RPI rankings… Be sure to check out last season’s post that demystifies the RPI ranking process for Men’s Division 1 lacrosse, and provides insight into the criteria used to position each team on the list.
Syracuse gets the top spot, despite being ranked 4th in the USILA poll. Notre Dame shows up #2 in the RPI, while being #1 in USILA. Villanova gets a high rank being #4 in the RPI, while they’re #10 in the USILA. The full list is below.
| Rank | Name | Record | Road | Neutral | Home | Non-Div I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syracuse | 12-1 | 2-0 | 4- 0 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 10-0 | 4-0 | 1- 0 | 5-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Cornell | 10-2 | 6-1 | 0- 1 | 4-0 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Villanova | 9-3 | 4-2 | 0- 0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 5 | Duke | 11-5 | 1-1 | 0- 3 | 10-1 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins | 10-2 | 3-1 | 2- 0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 7 | Virginia | 8-5 | 1-4 | 1- 0 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 8 | Denver | 10-2 | 4-1 | 1- 0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 9 | Bucknell | 12-2 | 5-2 | 0- 0 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 10 | Hofstra | 12-1 | 4-1 | 1- 0 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 11 | Maryland | 10-3 | 5-1 | 0- 0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 12 | Penn | 8-4 | 2-4 | 0- 0 | 6-0 | 0-0 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 9-5 | 3-2 | 0- 1 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 14 | Stony Brook | 8-3 | 3-1 | 0- 0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 15 | Loyola Maryland | 8-3 | 4-2 | 0- 0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 16 | Princeton | 4-7 | 2-2 | 1- 0 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 17 | Penn St. | 7-5 | 3-2 | 0- 0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 18 | Colgate | 9-4 | 5-2 | 1- 0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 19 | Yale | 10-2 | 4-1 | 0- 0 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 20 | Georgetown | 5-7 | 3-4 | 0- 1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 21 | Drexel | 7-6 | 1-4 | 0- 0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 22 | Massachusetts | 8-4 | 4-2 | 0- 1 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 23 | Army | 9-4 | 5-3 | 0- 0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 24 | Delaware | 9-5 | 2-3 | 1- 0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 25 | Hobart | 5-8 | 1-5 | 0- 0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 26 | Ohio St. | 7-7 | 2-5 | 0- 0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 27 | Harvard | 8-5 | 3-3 | 0- 0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 28 | Siena | 10-3 | 4-2 | 1- 0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 29 | Albany (NY) | 4-9 | 0-6 | 0- 0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 30 | Fairfield | 7-6 | 3-3 | 0- 0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 31 | UMBC | 6-5 | 2-3 | 0- 1 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 32 | Binghamton | 6-7 | 2-6 | 0- 0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 33 | St. John’s (NY) | 4-8 | 2-4 | 1- 0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 34 | Hartford | 8-6 | 5-3 | 0- 0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 35 | Robert Morris | 8-5 | 4-4 | 0- 0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 36 | Towson | 2-10 | 1-5 | 0- 0 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 37 | Dartmouth | 5-8 | 2-5 | 1- 2 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 38 | Brown | 5-8 | 1-6 | 0- 0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 39 | Lehigh | 7-8 | 2-4 | 0- 0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 40 | Vermont | 6-8 | 1-7 | 0- 0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 41 | Mt. St. Mary’s | 7-5 | 3-2 | 0- 0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 42 | Rutgers | 5-7 | 2-2 | 0- 2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 43 | Air Force | 5-7 | 2-3 | 1- 2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 44 | Navy | 4-9 | 1-6 | 0- 0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 45 | Quinnipiac | 5-6 | 2-3 | 0- 0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 46 | Bryant | 7-8 | 3-4 | 0- 0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 47 | Marist | 6-6 | 4-3 | 0- 0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 48 | Bellarmine | 4-10 | 1-8 | 0- 0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 49 | Canisius | 2-9 | 1-5 | 0- 0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 50 | Providence | 3-10 | 1-3 | 0- 1 | 2-6 | 0-0 |
| 51 | Detroit | 5-8 | 1-6 | 1- 0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 52 | Jacksonville | 5-8 | 3-4 | 1- 0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 53 | Sacred Heart | 4-8 | 2-3 | 0- 0 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 54 | St. Joseph’s | 0-11 | 0-5 | 0- 0 | 0-6 | 0-0 |
| 55 | Manhattan | 3-12 | 2-8 | 0- 1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 56 | Lafayette | 2-11 | 1-6 | 0- 1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 57 | Holy Cross | 2-12 | 1-6 | 0- 0 | 1-6 | 0-0 |
| 58 | Presbyterian | 2-10 | 1-8 | 0- 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 59 | Wagner | 0-11 | 0-6 | 0- 0 | 0-5 | 0-0 |
| 60 | VMI | 2-10 | 1-5 | 0- 0 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 61 | Mercer | 1-12 | 0-7 | 0- 2 | 0-3 | 1-0 |
There were no changes in the top four spots in Week 10 of NCAA Men’s D1 lacrosse. Notre Dame remains unbeaten, with some stiff competition close behind that includes Hopkins, Cornell, and Syracuse.
Maryland finally breaks through into the #5 slot, after taking home the ACC Championship this weekend. The only newcomer to the top 20 this week is Tambroni’s Penn State Nittany Lions, who had a big win over Delaware.
| Rank | Team | Points | 1st Place Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Notre Dame | 200 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 181 | ||||
| 3 | Cornell University | 177 | ||||
| 4 | Syracuse University | 174 | ||||
| 5 | University of Maryland | 153 | ||||
| 6 | University of Denver | 152 | ||||
| 7 | Duke University | 137 | ||||
| 8 | Hofstra University | 136 | ||||
| 9 | University of North Carolina | 112 | ||||
| 10 | Villanova University | 109 | ||||
| 11 | University of Virginia | 104 | ||||
| 12 | Bucknell University | 94 | ||||
| 13 | University of Pennsylvania | 78 | ||||
| 14 | Stony Brook University | 71 | ||||
| 15 | Yale University | 50 | ||||
| 16 | Colgate University | 38 | ||||
| 17 | Army | 36 | ||||
| 18 | Loyola University | 26 | ||||
| 19 | University of Massachusetts | 25 | ||||
| 20 | Penn State University | 22 | ||||
ALSO RECEIVING VOTESHarvard University , Siena College , University of Delaware , Drexel University |
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Washington, D.C. – With lacrosse season now in full swing, the 2011 Tewaaraton Award is pleased to announce this year’s nominees. Awarded to the top male and female collegiate lacrosse player, the Tewaaraton award is the nation’s pre-eminent collegiate lacrosse accolade.
A watch list which began with over 100 names has been whittled down to 25 males and 24 females. This year’s nominees represent 23 different schools and some of the country’s top lacrosse programs. Five male and five female finalists will be selected from the nominees. Finalists will be invited to the award ceremony in June where a male and a female winner will be honored.
“In now its 11th year, the Tewaaraton Award continues to establish itself as the pre-eminent collegiate lacrosse honor,” said Robert Sweeney, President of the Greater Washington Sports Alliance. “This year’s field is one of the best yet, and our selection committees have done a tremendous job sorting through the brightest talent in the college lacrosse world. We are looking forward to another exciting finish to the lacrosse season and seeing what the nation’s best players have to offer.”
The 11th annual Tewaaraton Award will be presented on June 2, 2011 at the historic Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. Event details and ticket information can be found at www.TewaaratonAward.org. Fans can also follow the Tewaaraton Award on Facebook for daily updates and news.
| Player | College – Year (Position) |
| Peter Baum | Colgate University – Sophomore (Midfield) |
| Billy Bitter | University of North Carolina – Senior (Attack) |
| Jeremy Boltus | United States Military Academy – Senior (Attack) |
| Zach Brenneman | University of Notre Dame – Senior (Midfield) |
| Jay Card | Hofstra University – Senior (Attack) |
| Grant Catalino | University of Maryland – Senior (Attack) |
| C.J. Costabile | Duke University – Junior (Midfield) |
| Kevin Crowley | Stony Brook University – Senior (Midfield) |
| David Earl | University of Notre Dame – Senior (Midfield) |
| Brian Farrell | University of Maryland – Senior (Midfield) |
| John Galloway | Syracuse University – Senior (Goalkeeper) |
| D.J. Hessler | Tufts University – Senior (Attack) |
| Zach Howell | Duke University – Senior (Attack) |
| Shayne Jackson | Limestone College – Junior (Attack) |
| Brian Karalunas | Villanova University – Senior (Defense) |
| Stephen Keogh | Syracuse University – Senior (Attack) |
| John Lade | Syracuse University – Senior (Defense) |
| Rob Pannell | Cornell University – Junior (Attack) |
| John Ranagan | Johns Hopkins University – Sophomore (Midfield) |
| Adam Rand | Stony Brook University – Senior (Midfield) |
| Kevin Ridgway | University of Notre Dame – Senior (Defense) |
| Steele Stanwick | University of Virginia – Junior (Attack) |
| Garret Thul | United States Military Academy – Sophomore (Attack) |
| Joel White | Syracuse University – Senior (Midfield) |
| Ryan Young | University of Maryland – Senior (Attack) |
