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UC-SANTA BARBARA GRABS TOP SEED IN MEN'S IA CHAMPIONSHIP
BALTIMORE — Top-ranked UC-Santa Barbara earned the No. 1 seed for the US Lacrosse Men's Division Intercollegiate Associates National Championships, presented by Lax World, Sports Her Way and STX. The championships will be played at the Anheuser-Busch Center in St. Louis from May 11-15.
The top four seeds for the tournament are UC-Santa Barbara, defending champion Colorado State, Colorado and Arizona. There have been four different teams to capture the IA Championship dating back to 1997 with Colorado State winning the title three times; 1999, 2001 and 2003. Two other schools who have won IA Championships are in this year's field including 2002 champion and 5th seed Sonoma State and 6th seed Brighman Young (1997, 2000 champions).
Four schools will be making their first appearance in the US Lacrosse MDIA Championships: No. 8 seed Oregon, #11 Florida State, #12 Missouri and #13 Georgia Tech.
Also selected to this year's field are #7 Michigan, #9 Boston College, #10 Cal Poly, #14 Minnesota-Duluth, #15 Simon Fraser and #16 Texas. There are six schools that are represented in both the men's and women's IA Championship fields; UC-Santa Barbara, Michigan, Cal Poly, Texas, Oregon and Colorado State. The 12 team women's IA Championship field was announced last week.
The men's games begin on Tuesday, May 11 and the game schedule follows (all times are Central Time):
Tuesday, May 11
9:00 a.m. - #8 Oregon vs. #9 Boston College
9:30 a.m. - #7 Michigan vs. #10 Cal Poly
11:30 a.m. - #6 Brigham Young vs. #11 Florida State
Noon - #5 Sonoma State vs. #12 Missouri
2:00 p.m. - #3 Colorado vs. #14 Minnesota-Duluth
2:30 p.m. - #4 Arizona vs. #13 Georgia Tech
4:30 p.m. - #2 Colorado State vs. #15 Simon Fraser
5:00 p.m. - #1 UC-Santa Barbara vs. #16 Texas
Wednesday, May 12
9 a.m.-2 p.m. - Losers Bracket Games
1 p.m.-6:30 p.m. - Winners Bracket Games
Thursday, May 13
Rest Day
5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. - Men's Recognition Ceremony
Friday, May 14
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Consolation rounds
Noon - Semifinal #1
4 p.m. - Semifinal #2
Saturday, May 15
11:30 a.m. - Tournament Skills Competition
3:30 p.m. - Men's championship game
Contact:
Brian Logue - US Lacrosse Director of Communications
410.235.6882 x106
blogue@uslacrosse.org
The US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates are traditional college club teams. There are more than 100 such women's teams associated with US Lacrosse for the 2004 season. US Lacrosse, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the national governing body of men's and women's lacrosse. Visit www.uslacrosse.org to learn more about the organization.
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