Lax Season Is Ending

This weekend brought college lacrosse one week closer to it's end. Over the weekend Division 2 and Division 3 played their semi finals games. In the Division 2 semi-finals, Lemoyne beat Limestone 8-5 to put their record at 14 wins a 2 losses, Mercyhurst beat NYIT 13-10. Mercyhurst and defending champions Lemoyne will now play for the Championship on Sunday in Baltimore, MD. The Division 3 semi-finals consisted of undefeated Salisbury beating Gettysburg 9-6 to advance to the championship to play against defending champions Cortland State who made it back to the finals by beating Wesleyan 9-8.

As far as Division 1 lacrosse is concerned, the highly favored Duke was able to bring their team to the Final Four by beating Providence in the opening round and UNC in the quarterfinals. Cornell, who is the only Division 1 team to go undefeated throughout the season, advanced to the Final Four with wins over Towson and Albany. Johns Hopkins University was rated #3 overall going into the playoffs and was able to advance to the Final Four by narrowly beating Notre Dame and then with a victory over Georgetown. The final, and most unexpected team to make the Final Four is University of Deleware. Lead by midfielder Alex Smith, unranked University of Deleware upset #2 Virginia in the opening round and UMBC in the quarterfinals. This is the first time that the Blue Hens have ever made the Final Four for Division 1 lacrosse.

As you can see, the playoffs this year have been exciting and have lead to an unexpected Final Four. Sometime next week I'll have pictures up of this Memorial Day weekend's festivities.

Also, here's a video I stumbled across recently that features highlights of the Tufts Lacrosse team and is shot in a style that made me think of Friday Night Lights but with lacrosse. This video will definately entertain any lacrosse fan whether you like Tufts or not simply by the quality it was done with. It takes a while to load but is definately worth it.