NAVY HEADLINES FIELD FOR WOMEN'S IA CHAMPIONSHIPS

BALTIMORE — Top-ranked Navy earned the No. 1 seed for the US Lacrosse Women'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 men's selections will be announced on May 3.

The top four seeds — Navy, Cal Poly, Michigan and Florida — earned first-round byes in the expanded 12-team women's field. Cal Poly has won each of the previous three US Lacrosse WDIA national championships.

Also selected to this year's field are Texas A&M, UC-Santa Barbara, New YorkUniversity, Santa Clara, Pittsburgh, Colorado State, Texas and Oregon. The women's games begin on Thursday, May 13 and the game schedule follows (all times are Central Time):

Thursday, May 13
9 a.m. - #8 Santa Clara vs. #9 Pittsburgh
9 a.m. - #7 New YorkUniversity vs. #10 ColoradoState
11 a.m. - #6 UC-Santa Barbara vs. #11 Texas
11 a.m. - #5 Texas A&M vs. #12 Oregon
2 p.m. - #1 Navy vs. Santa Clara/Pittsburgh winner
2 p.m. - #2 Cal Poly vs. NYU/Colorado State winner
4 p.m. - #3 Michigan vs. UCSB/Texas winner
4 p.m. - #4 Florida vs. Texas A&M/Oregon winner

Friday, May 14
9 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Consolation rounds
2 p.m. - Semifinal #1
4 p.m. - Semifinal #2

Saturday, May 15
8 a.m. - 12 noon - Consolation rounds
12:30 p.m. - Women'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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