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DATE: May 15, 2002
CONTACT: Paul Krome, pkrome@lacrosse.org
Sonoma State Men, Cal Poly Women Win Us Lacrosse
Intercollegiate Associates National Championships
St. Louis — Top seeds Sonoma (Calif.) State University
and California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo captured
the US Lacrosse Men's and Women's Intercollegiate Associates
National Championships, respectively, over the weekend at the Anheuser-Busch
Center. The Cossacks of Sonoma State dethroned defending champion
Colorado State University, 13-10, to win the sixth annual men's
tournament, while Cal Poly repeated as the title-winner in the second
annual women's tournament with a 10-5 decision over Air Force
Academy.
Sonoma State (23-1) used a five-goal performance from Ben Alexander
and outscored the Rams 6-3 over the title game's final 18 minutes
to win its first-ever national championship. Will Burson
added three goals and one assist. Tournament defensive MVP goaltender
Dominic Gomez made 19 saves in 60 minutes of action. Alexander
netted three of his goals after Colorado State tied the game at
seven late in the third quarter. The Cossacks, under the direction
of coach Doug Carl, won all four tournament games, and midfielder
M.J. Crickmore, who had two goals in the final, was named
the tournament's overall MVP.
Cal Poly (21-2) spotted Air Force a 2-0 lead, but then five different
Mustangs scored consecutively as Cal Poly seized control and never
looked back. Bridget Mulhern ended the run with a marker
with 9:19 remaining in the first half, then she scored three of
the Mustangs' next four goals to give Cal Poly an insurmountable
10-3 lead. Mulhern and Ashley Kiersted earned all-tournament
team honors, and goalie Robin Varney was named MVP as Cal
Poly finished 3-0 in the eight-team event.
Coach Brandon Badgley and the Mustangs won the 2001 national
championship with a 13-6 win over Navy and are now 7-0 in tournament
play.
LaxWorld, Sports Her Way and STX served as presenting sponsors.
Below are the tournament honors. For more information, visit www.uslia.com
on the web.
Men's Division Intercollegiate Associates All-Tournament
First Team: Attack—Will Burson, Sonoma State; Ryan Davis,
Colorado State; Chris Pike, Texas A&M; Jay Spatafora, Arizona.
Midfield—M.J. Crickmore, Sonoma State; Brian Cummings, Sonoma
State; Tim Farquhar, Colorado State; Matt Garibaldi, Auburn; Peter
Munzig, Stanford; Kale Nelson, Colorado State; Ian Weiss, Stanford.
Defense—Mark Plonkey, Colorado State; Aaron Quiggle, BYU; Paul
Sargen, Stanford; Tycho Soter, UC-Santa Barbara. Goal—Dominic
Gomez, Sonoma State.
MDIA All-Tournament Second Team: Attack—Ben Alexander,
Sonoma State; Jordan Archibald, BYU; Hank Caulkins, UC-Santa Barbara;
Rex Hardy, BYU; Mike Napolilli, Colorado State; Luke Wilson, UC-Santa
Barbara. Midfield—Dave DiCamillo, Michigan; Chris Esposito,
Sonoma State; Jared Katz, Colorado State; Bryan Moore, Arizona;
David Reuckert, BYU; Ben Schooler, UC-Santa Barbara; Kevin Terry,
Cal-Berkeley. Defense—Brian Finnvik, Minnesota-Duluth; Jeff
Kinsella, Arizona; Jeff Schmid, Colorado State; Seth Stern, UC-Santa
Barbara; John Stickl, Buffalo; Goal—Ryan Brittian, UC-Santa
Barbara; Alex Smith, Colorado State.
Women's Division Intercollegiate Associates All-Tournament
Team: Attack—Courtney Wasowski, Georgia; Jane Friend, Michigan;
Chrystine Good, Navy; Siobhan Couturier, Air Force; Ashley Kiersted,
Cal Poly. Midfield—Nicole Oswald, Texas; Meghan Milford, Michigan;
Tonia Giraud, Air Force; Bridget Mulhern, Cal Poly. Defense—Lindsay
Parsons, Delaware; Sarah Campbell, Navy. Goal—Melissa Konal,
Michigan State.
MDIA Tournament MVPs: Overall—M.J. Crickmore, midfielder,
Sonoma State. Offensive—Tim Farquahr, midfielder, Colorado
State. Defensive—Dominic Gomez, goalkeeper, Sonoma State.
WDIA Tournament MVP: Robin Varney, goalkeeper, Cal Poly.
WDIA Team Sportsmanship Award: Georgia.
The US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates comprise a group of
traditional college club programs from virtually every region of
the country. More than 140 men's intercollegiate associate
teams competed in 2002 and better than 100 women's teams.
US Lacrosse, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, is the national
governing body of men's and women's lacrosse.
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