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Tickets Already Available for '08 Men's Championships

Tickets for the 2008 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships at Gillette Stadium are on sale now as the three-day event comes to New England for the first time May 24-26.

Harvard and the Eastern College Athletic Conference will serve as co-hosts of the event, which will crown champions in all three NCAA divisions over the course of Memorial Day weekend. Tickets are available as three-day passes, which admit holders to the Division I semifinal games May 24, the Divisions II and III championship games May 25, and the Division I championship game May 26.

"We are excited to host the NCAA Lacrosse Championships at Gillette Stadium in 2008," said Robert Kraft, Chairman and CEO of the New England Patriots and New England Revolution and owner and operator of Gillette Stadium. "Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the NCAA and in New England, and we're excited to take the event to the next level."

Since being awarded the event in 2005, the Boston Local Organizing Committee - which includes representatives from Harvard, the ECAC, Gillette Stadium, the Massachusetts Sports Partnership, and the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau - has worked diligently to make the 2008 championships a success for the participating schools and the tens of thousands of spectators expected to attend. Out-of-town visitors will take advantage of train service, which will shuttle ticket holders from downtown Boston to Gillette Stadium throughout the three-day weekend, while parking at the stadium will be included in the price of tickets.

The event will mark the first NCAA men's lacrosse championship to be decided in New England since 1985, when the Division II title was awarded in Springfield, Mass. The Division I championship was last decided in New England in 1976, when Brown hosted the event in Providence, R.I.

Harvard, meanwhile, is well versed in hosting successful NCAA championships as the university most recently served as co-host of the 2006 NCAA Women's Final Four at the TD Banknorth Garden. The state of Massachusetts has also been home to a number of NCAA championships in recent years, including the 2006 Division I Women's Lacrosse Championships, the 1998 and 2004 Frozen Four tournaments, and the 2005 men's basketball first and second rounds.

Ticket packages are available through Ticketmaster, while complete information on the 2008 championships is available at lax2008.com.

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland men's lacrosse coach Dave Cottle has released the Terps' 2008 schedule. The schedule features nine games against 2007 NCAA tournament teams, including eight that finished the season ranked in the USILA coaches' poll.

The Terps are coming off last year's 10-6 campaign that saw them reach the NCAA tournament for the 30th time in the program's history. Maryland will return six starters, including third team All-America midfielder Dan Groot and goalie Brian Phipps, the 2007 ACC Freshman of the Year.

"This is a challenging schedule, but one that we're very excited about," said Cottle. "We have a young, talented team, so I'm eager to see how we progress throughout the season."

Following three weekends of preseason scrimmages with Ohio State, Loyola, Delaware Princeton, Harvard and Binghamton, the 2008 schedule kicks off with three-straight road games. Maryland opens at Georgetown on Feb. 23 before traveling to Emmitsburg, Md., to face Mount St. Mary's on Feb. 26.

The first weekend of March finds Maryland playing its first ACC game of the season at 2007 national runner-up Duke on March 1. The Terps then have a quick turnaround for their first home game of the season on March 3 against 2007 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) champion Providence.

The team hosts Towson on March 8, before playing a Friday night game at UMBC on March 14. The Terps then have another quick turnaround as they host Air Force on Sunday, March 16.

The Terps conclude their ACC schedule with back-to-back games with North Carolina and Virginia the last two weeks of March. Maryland visits the Tar Heels on March 22, before hosting the Cavaliers on March 29. The Maryland-UNC game will be televised by ESPNU, while television for the Virginia game is still being negotiated.

Another pair of nationally televised games on ESPNU follows as the Terps host Navy in primetime Friday, April 4 and travel to Homewood Field for the 104th meeting between Maryland and arch-rival Johns Hopkins on April 12.

Maryland then hosts Penn on April 29 before traveling to Charlottesville, Va., for the 2008 ACC Tournament, which will be held at Virginia's Klöckner Stadium on April 25 and 27.

Schedula

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Syracuse University men's lacrosse team will play 14 games in 2008, seven of which will be against opponents who qualified for last year's NCAA Tournament. Nine of the 14 contests will be played in the friendly confines of the Carrier Dome.

Highlighting the schedule for the second straight year is a meeting with Virginia in the Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Classic. The matchup will take place at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday, March 1 at 12:00 p.m. It is the first game of doubleheader that also features Princeton versus Johns Hopkins. The four schools have combined to win every national championship since 1991.

Syracuse's regular season will officially begin on Sunday, February 17 when Villanova visits the Carrier Dome. It will mark just the second meeting between the two teams and the first since the Orange defeated the Wildcats, 19-8, in the 1991 season starter.

SU rounds out its February slate with a home game against Army on Sunday, February 24.

The Virginia clash kicks off SU's March slate, and the Orange will host NCAA Tournament qualifier Georgetown the following weekend (March 9). The Orange's first true road game comes against defending national champion Johns Hopkins on Saturday, March 15 at Homewood Field.

SU hosts Binghamton (March 22) and Loyola (March 29), another 2007 NCAA team, during the year's third month. In between those dates is the Orange's first mid-week game, a showdown at Hobart for the Kraus-Simmons Trophy on Tuesday, March 25.

April begins with a home date against Princeton (April 5) before its first only consecutive road contests of the year. The Orange will play at Cornell (April 8) and Rutgers (April 12) in back-to-back outings. The team returns for a pair of home games against Albany (April 19) and Massachusetts (April 26) before wrapping up the regular season at Colgate on Saturday, May 3.

In addition to the Orange's 14 regular-season dates, SU will host LeMoyne and Hofstra in a three-way scrimmage at the Carrier Dome on Saturday, February 2.

2008 Syracuse University Men's Lacrosse Schedule

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DURHAM, N.C. - Nine home regular season games and exhibition participation in the US Lacrosse Champions Challenge in Orlando, Fla., highlight Duke's 2008 men's lacrosse schedule released on Thursday by head coach John Danowski.

The Blue Devils open the 2008 campaign with a four game home stand, as Duke will take on Bucknell in the season-opener on February 16 and then host Vermont on February 23. Duke will face Maryland in its ACC opener on March 1 and remain at home to welcome former Blue Devil All-America and assistant coach Kevin Cassese and his Lehigh squad on March 4.

Duke travels to Baltimore to take on Loyola on March 8, and then returns to the friendly confines of Koskinen Stadium for three straight contests - Presbyterian (March 11), North Carolina (March 15) and Colgate (March 18). The Blue Devils then sandwich a road game with Georgetown (March 22) and a neutral-site game with Dartmouth (March 29, Hempstead, N.Y.) around a home contest against Harvard (March 25). On April 5, Duke will host defending national champion Johns Hopkins, which defeated the Blue Devils by a 12-11 score in the 2007 NCAA title game.

The Blue Devils will hit the road the next two Saturdays with contests at Virginia (April 12) and Army (April 19) before returning to Charlottesville, Va., for the 2008 ACC Tournament on April 25 and 27. Duke will close out the regular season with a home tilt against St. John's on May 4.

The Duke men's and women's lacrosse teams will be in exhibition action at the end of January, as both squads are set to play the U.S. men's and women's national teams in the third annual US Lacrosse Champions Challenge. The Challenge is set for January 26-27, 2008, at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex.

The Blue Devil men's squad concluded the 2007 season with a 17-3 overall ledger, matching the NCAA record for wins in a season set previously by the 2005 Duke, 2006 Hofstra and 2006 Virginia squads. Duke captured the ACC regular season and tournament championships and advanced to the national title game for the second time in three seasons.

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QUEENS, N.Y. (October 31, 2007) – Head men's lacrosse coach Jason Miller announced seniors Mike Luyster and Tom Michaelsen and junior Matt Viscusi as the 2008 team captains on Wednesday.

"I'm really pleased with the selection of these three guys as captains," said Miller. "From the day I got here, I have felt that Matt Viscusi is the kind of athlete you want to build your program around. Mike Luyster and Tommy Michaelsen have been the guys we have counted on at each end of the field for their entire careers here. I'm pleased that the team recognizes the same leadership qualities in their teammates that we recognize as coaches."

Viscusi, a midfielder from Floral Park, N.Y., started seven games in 2007. He scored two goals on two shots for a 1.000 shot percentage. Both goals were scored at opportune times as Viscusi's goal tied the game at 1-1 in the Red Storm's first-ever ECAC win over Rutgers (6-4) in the waning minutes of the first half. Viscusi also scored at Penn State, bringing the Red Storm within one again at the end of the first half.

Luyster, a senior from Hicksville, N.Y., also served as captain of the 2007 squad. A three-year starter, he led the defense with 41 ground balls in 2007, was tied for second in groundballs in 2006 with 33, and 37 in 2005, third on the team. The defenseman was named the 2006 team Most Valuable Player as a sophomore.

A senior attackman, Michaelsen led the 2007 Red Storm offense in all three offensive categories with 22 goals, 15 assists and 37 points, his second straight season as the leading point scorer. The Bethpage, N.Y., native is ranked ninth on St. John's all-time leading scorer's list with 93 career points and has 10 career hat tricks. As a junior in 2007, Michaelsen was the first St. John's player to grace the All-League list since joining the ECAC in 2005 with his All-ECAC second team honor.

Both Luyster and Michaelsen are part of the elite group of four-year seniors who have been part of the evolution of the St. John's men's lacrosse program. For these seniors, 2008 will be a very special season as they have been an integral part of this rising program's reinstatement into becoming a national contender.

The Red Storm will begin its 2008 season with a Groundhog's Day double-header in Brookville, N.Y. as the team will face off against C.W. Post and NYIT in early February exhibition play. The first game is scheduled for Noon on Saturday, Feb. 2 against the C.W. Post Pioneers.

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BALTIMORE, MD – The Loyola College men's lacrosse team has named four seniors as captains for 2008. Eddie Graham, Shane Koppens, David Moore and Paul Richards were elected by their teammates.

"These four seniors have been great ambassadors for our program on and off the field," says Head Coach Charley Toomey. "The respect they have earned from their teammates has come from hard work, dedication and their ability to motivate."

Both Graham and Moore are defensive captains for the ‘Hounds and have started every game the past two seasons. Last year, the duo helped lead Loyola to their 15th NCAA Tournament appearance. Moore and Graham will anchor a defense that again will play a nationally ranked schedule.

Koppens, meanwhile, returns as Loyola's leading scorer with 20 goals and 26 assists last season. He was named to the All-ECAC squad and also picked up 32 groundballs on the year. In two full seasons at attack, Koppens has 30 goals and 66 points for Loyola.

In the midfield, Richards has logged as many minutes as any Greyhound the past three seasons. In his first three seasons, he has 20 goals and 20 assists and has picked up a team leading 105 groundballs.

"These captains will play an instrumental role in shaping the 2008 team," adds Coach Toomey. "We will have new faces on both the offensive and defensive sides of the field and our staff couldn't be happier with the team's selection."

The Greyhounds open the regular season on February 16 when they host Notre Dame.

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lbany, N.Y. -- University at Albany Vice President and Director of Athletics Lee McElroy announced today the the school's men's lacrosse schedule for the 2008 season. The Great Danes, who reached the NCAA quarterfinal round and captured their fourth America East Conference championship last year, will play five games against conference opponents. The non-league schedule features former national championship programs Johns Hopkins, Princeton and Syracuse.

UAlbany begins its ninth season at the NCAA Division I level on Saturday, Feb. 23 against defending national champion Johns Hopkins. The Blue Jays have won nine NCAA titles in their history, including last year's overtime win versus Duke. The Great Danes will meet four other teams who made NCAA appearances last season, with trips in March to Notre Dame and Final Four participant Delaware. Syracuse, a nine-time national title winner, and Massachusetts, the 2006 NCAA runner-up, are also among the non-league opponents. UAlbany will face the Orange in the Carrier Dome for the fifth consecutive season on Friday, April 18.

The Great Danes have an attractive home slate highlighted by a date with perennial power Princeton on Saturday, March 22. The Tigers have captured six national championships since 1992 under head coach Bill Tierney's direction. Yale, Drexel and Siena will also invade John Fallon Field during the season.

UAlbany has three conference home games, including a pair of late April clashes with Vermont and Stony Brook. The Great Danes have won four of the last five America East championships after establishing a school-record 15-3 mark one year ago. The America East postseason tournament, slated for May 1-3, will be held at the highest seed's home facility.

Scott Marr, the 2007 USILA national coach of the year, has 24 letterwinners returning from a squad that advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals before losing in overtime to top-ranked Cornell. The Great Danes lost the program's two all-time leading scorers, but return quality talent led by second-team All-America midfielder Jordan Levine (23 goals, 16 assists). Goalkeeper Brett Queener (9.68 GAA) and defenseman Craig McDonald (55 ground balls) were first-team all-conference selections. Mike Ammann (11 goals, 20 assists) and Steve Ammann (13 goals, 9 assists) earned second-team All-America East honors in the midfield, along with defenseman Garrett Pedley. UAlbany's incoming class features Brian Caufield and Derek Speziale, who are ranked among the top 100 freshmen.

2008 University at Albany Men's Lacrosse Schedule

February
23 (Sat.), at Johns Hopkins, 12:00
26 (Tue.), Siena, 2:00

March
1 (Sat.), at Notre Dame, 1:00
8 (Sat.), at Delaware, 1:00
11 (Tue.), at Massachusetts, 3:00
15 (Sat.), Drexel, 1:00
22 (Sat.), Princeton, 1:00
29 (Sat.), Binghamton*, 1:00

April
5 (Sat.), at Hartford*, 1:00
8 (Tue.), Yale, 7:00
12 (Sat.), at UMBC*, 1:00
18 (Fri.), at Syracuse, 7:00
20 (Sun.), Vermont*, 1:00
26 (Sat.), Stony Brook*, 7:00

May
1 (Thu.), at America East Conference Tournament+
3 (Sat.), at America East Conference Tournament+

*America East Conference opponent
+Played at No. 1 seed's home facility
All times Eastern

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Villanova Men's Lacrosse Sets 2008 Schedule

VILLANOVA, Pa. – The Villanova men's lacrosse team is wasting no time jumping into action this upcoming spring as the Wildcats open the 2008 season on Sunday, February 17, against nine-time NCAA Champion Syracuse University. The Wildcats have not played the Orange since 1991, when Syracuse handed Villanova a 19-8 loss.

"We have put together an extremely challenging out of conference schedule," says Villanova head coach Mike Corrado. "This should help us prepare for the challenges that lie ahead in the Colonial Athletic Association."

In addition to the season-opener against the Orange, the 2008 schedule will prove to be just as challenging as previous years as the Wildcats are set to battle some of the top programs in the nation. Villanova will take on five opponents that finished the season ranked in the top-20 of the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division I Poll, which includes No. 11 Notre Dame, No. 14 Towson, No. 15 Delaware, No. 17 Drexel, and No. 19 Ohio State. The Wildcats will also face a slew of in-state rivals during March as they travel to the University of Pennsylvania, Penn State, and Lehigh, while playing host to Lafayette in late February.

With six home and eight road contests, plus a string of highly competitive CAA games at the end of the season, Villanova will need strong leadership from their 2008 captains, seniors Chris MacDonald, Ryan Holloway, Matt Panneton, and junior Eddie DiDonato. The talented quartet is expected to guide a squad boasting 24 returning players, as well as 10 newcomers. After finishing with an overall record of 7-7 last season and marginally missing a berth to the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament, the Villanova men's lacrosse team is anxious to return to the field and make another run towards post-season conference play this spring.

Villanova 2008 Schedule

Date Opponent Time
Saturday, February 9th @ UMBC (scrimmage) TBA
Sunday, February 17th @ Syracuse TBA
Saturday, February 23rd LAFAYETTE 1:00 PM

Saturday, March 1st @ Pennsylvania TBA
Tuesday, March 4th NOTRE DAME 4:00 PM
Tuesday, March 11th @ Penn State TBA
Saturday, March 15th @ Lehigh TBA
Tuesday, March 18th OHIO STATE 7:00 PM
Saturday, March 22nd @ Delaware TBA
Saturday, March 29th SACRED HEART 1:00 PM

Saturday, April 5th @ Manhattan TBA
Wednesday, April 9th HOFSTRA 7:00 PM
Saturday, April 12th @ Robert Morris TBA
Friday, April 18th @ Towson TBA
Saturday, April 26th DREXEL 7:00 PM
Wednesday, April 30th CAA PLAYOFFS

Saturday, May 3rd CAA PLAYOFFS



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NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Seniors Joey Kemp (Potomac, Md./Georgetown Prep) and Alex Wharton (Baltimore, Md./Gilman) have been named captains for the 2008 Notre Dame men's lacrosse season. Kemp was one of three captains for the Fighting Irish last season, while this will mark Wharton's first year as a co-captain.

Kemp, a goalkeeper, is a two-time All-America honoree. He was named the 2007 Great Western Lacrosse League (GWLL) player of the year, in addition to being selected as an honorable mention All-American. Kemp has started 39 straight games in goal during his stellar career. Last season, he ranked fourth nationally in goals-against average (6.78) and save percentage (0.614).

Wharton, an attackman, is coming off a career-best season. In 2007, Wharton notched career-high totals in goals (8), assists (10) and points (18). He played in 14 games with eight starts last season. Wharton has seen the field in 26 career games, including 10 starts. His career totals feature 10 goals, 12 assists for 22 points.

Notre Dame will open the 2008 campaign at Loyola (Md.) on Saturday, Feb. 16. The Fighting Irish are coming off an 11-4 season, which included a GWLL title and a trip to the NCAA Tournament.

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Syracuse Men's Lacrosse 2008 Schedule Unveiled

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Syracuse University men's lacrosse team will play 14 games in 2008, seven of which will be against opponents who qualified for last year's NCAA Tournament. Nine of the 14 contests will be played in the friendly confines of the Carrier Dome.

Highlighting the schedule for the second straight year is a meeting with Virginia in the Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Classic. The matchup will take place at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday, March 1 at 12:00 p.m. It is the first game of doubleheader that also features Princeton versus Johns Hopkins. The four schools have combined to win every national championship since 1991.

Syracuse's regular season will officially begin on Sunday, February 17 when Villanova visits the Carrier Dome. It will mark just the second meeting between the two teams and the first since the Orange defeated the Wildcats, 19-8, in the 1991 season starter.

SU rounds out its February slate with a home game against Army on Sunday, February 24.

The Virginia clash kicks off SU's March slate, and the Orange will host NCAA Tournament qualifier Georgetown the following weekend (March 9). The Orange's first true road game comes against defending national champion Johns Hopkins on Saturday, March 15 at Homewood Field.

SU hosts Binghamton (March 22) and Loyola (March 29), another 2007 NCAA team, during the year's third month. In between those dates is the Orange's first mid-week game, a showdown at Hobart for the Kraus-Simmons Trophy on Tuesday, March 25.

April begins with a home date against Princeton (April 5) before its first only consecutive road contests of the year. The Orange will play at Cornell (April 8) and Rutgers (April 12) in back-to-back outings. The team returns for a pair of home games against Albany (April 19) and Massachusetts (April 26) before wrapping up the regular season at Colgate on Saturday, May 3.

In addition to the Orange's 14 regular-season dates, SU will host LeMoyne and Hofstra in a three-way scrimmage at the Carrier Dome on Saturday, February 2.

2008 Syracuse University Men's Lacrosse Schedule

Date Opponent Location Time
Sat., Feb. 2 Le Moyne/Hofstra Syracuse, N.Y. TBA
Sun., Feb. 17 Villanova Syracuse, N.Y. TBA
Sun., Feb. 24 Army Syracuse, N.Y. TBA

Sat., March 1 Virginia Baltimore, Md. 12 p.m.
Sun., March 9 Georgetown Syracuse, N.Y. TBA
Sat., March 15 Johns Hopkins Baltimore, Md. 12 p.m.
Sat., March 22 Binghamton Syracuse, N.Y. TBA
Tues., March 25 Hobart Geneva, N.Y. 7 p.m.
Sat., March 29 Loyola Syracuse, N.Y. TBA

Sat., April 5 Princeton Syracuse, N.Y. TBA
Tues., April 8 Cornell Ithaca, N.Y. 7 p.m.
Sat., April 12 Rutgers Piscataway, N.J. 2 p.m.
Sat., April 19 Albany Syracuse, N.Y. TBA
Sat., April 26 Massachusetts Syracuse, N.Y. TBA

Sat., May 3 Colgate Hamilton, N.Y. 1 p.m.



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