2005 US Lacrosse MDIA Championship Field Released

BALTIMORE — Twenty-four teams have been selected to participate in the 2005 US Lacrosse Men’s Division Intercollegiate Associates National Championship, which will be held from May 10-14 at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minn. The event is sponsored by Lax World, Sports Her Way and STX. Sixteen teams were selected for the Division A championship and eight schools were selected for the inaugural Division B championship.

BYU earned the No. 1 seed in the Division A field after knocking off six-time US Lacrosse MDIA finalist Colorado State 8-7 in the championship game of the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference. CSU was originally selected as the No. 2 seed for the field, but had its bid revoked after it was discovered that two ineligible players had been active members of the team for the final six games of the season. Utah replaced CSU in the field and enters as the No. 13 seed. All teams seeded three through 13 were moved up one spot.

The University of San Diego captured the Western Collegiate Lacrosse League Division B title and garnered the No. 1 seed for the US Lacrosse MDIA Division B playoffs. All eight teams in the Division B field are playing in their first US Lacrosse national championship.

Listed below are the opening round match-ups for the 2005 US Lacrosse MDIA Championships:

Division A First Round - Tuesday, May 10 (Revised)
1 p.m. – No. 8 UC-San Diego vs. No. 9 Florida State
1 p.m. – No. 7 Virginia Tech vs. No. 10 Oakland
1:30 p.m. – No. 5 Colorado vs. No. 12 Lindenwood
1:30 p.m. – No. 6 Oregon vs. No. 11 Arizona
4 p.m. – No. 4 Sonoma State vs. No. 13 Utah
4 p.m. – No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 14 Northeastern
4:30 p.m. – No. 1 BYU vs. No. 16 Texas Tech
4:30 p.m. – No. 2 UC-Santa Barbara vs. No. 15 Minnesota

Division B First Round - Thursday, May 12
1 p.m. – No. 4 Montana vs. No. 5 St. John’s (Minn.)
1 p.m. – No. 3 Davidson vs. No. 6 Harding
4:30 p.m. – No. 1 San Diego vs. No. 8 Southwestern
4:30 p.m. – No. 2 Utah Valley State vs. No. 7 Calvin

The Division B championship game will be played on Saturday, May 14 at 1:30 p.m. in the main stadium at the National Sports Center and the Division A championship game will be played at 7:30 p.m. CSTV will also air a one-hour highlight show on the championships that will air initially on June 2 at 9 p.m.(ET).

Complete coverage of the 2005 US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates National Championships championships will be available on the US Lacrosse Web site at www.uslacrosse.org.

The 16-team women’s field was announced on April 29 and is available on the US Lacrosse web site. The women’s championship tournament begins on Thursday, May 12.

US Lacrosse, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the national governing body for men's and women's lacrosse.

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