DATE: May 14, 2001
CONTACT: Brian Logue, blogue@lacrosse.org

Cal-Poly, Colorado State Win IA Championships

St. Louis — Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo and Colorado State took home the titles at the 2001 US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates national championships at the Anheuser-Busch Sports Centre. Cal Poly beat Navy 13-6 on May 13 to win the inaugural women's championship and in men's play, Colorado State defeated Stanford 16-7 on May 12 to win its second title in the last three years.

Cal Poly got to the finals by defeating Northwestern 11-7 and faced a Navy team that had beaten archrival Army 12-9 to get to the finals. Suzanne Loeffler scored five goals for Cal Poly in the championship game and was named the tournament MVP.

In a rematch of last year's championship, Colorado State edged rival BYU 10-9 in the semifinals and met up with a surprising Stanford team. The Cardinal were seeded 12th in the 16 team tournament, but defeated three-higher seeded teams in Simon Fraser, Sonoma State and Cal-Santa Barbara to reach the finals. Ryan Davis scored seven goals and added two assists to lead the Rams past the Cardinal. Davis finished the tournament with 17 goals and six assists and was named the tournament MVP.

All-Time Men's Champions

1997 - BYU
1998 - California
1999 - Colorado State
2000 - BYU
2001 - Colorado State

All-Time Women's Champions

2001 - Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo

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