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5 things to know before the first round of the 2021 men's lacrosse tournament 2021 NCAA DI men's lacrosse championship selection show Share The 2021 NCAA DI men's lacrosse tournament gets underway with eight first-round games spread out over Saturday and Sunday. After a long wait and no 2020 tournament because of COVID-19, a new champion will be crowned on Memorial Day yet again. In the first round, we'll see if Maryland can stay perfect, a highly anticipated Georgetown versus Syracuse meeting and Denver facing Loyola (Maryland), among other matchups. Here's what we're looking at this weekend...

Maryland men’s lacrosse named No. 3 seed in NCAA Tournament Share this story Photo courtesy of Maryland Athletics Despite being the only undefeated team in the 16 team field, Maryland men’s lacrosse was shockingly named the No. 3 seed for the NCAA Tournament. It’ll be facing the Vermont Catamounts (9-4), the winners of the America East title. Tim Leonard, Chair of the NCAA DI Men’s Lacrosse Committee, said Sunday night that No. 1 seed North Carolina (11-2) and No. 2 seed Duke (12-2) received higher seedings than the Terps because both teams faced tougher schedules. “Whether we were...

Army Army was clearly the firsts team out, and there’s a clear gap between the Black Knights’ gripe and the next aggrieved parties: Villanova, Delaware and Navy. Army’s best win was over Syracuse, but it’s clear that that win had less value than Loyola’s best win — Georgetown — and the fact that the Greyhounds topped Army in the Patriot League Semifinals had an effect on the Committee’s decision. That being said, it doesn’t sound like the decision came down to just Loyola vs. Army, but also Syracuse; those three teams competed for two spots. Commit...

Syracuse to play No. 5 Georgetown in 1st round of NCAA Tournament Courtesy of Rich Barnes | USA Today Sports Syracuse men's lacrosse will face Georgetown in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Facebook Subscribe to our sports newsletter here. A little over two weeks ago, Syracuse found itself in a must-win situation to avoid going under .500 with a two-game Atlantic Coast Conference road trip coming up. The Orange’s leading goal-scorer, Chase Scanlan, had just been suspended, and their defense was ravaged with injuries to starter Nick DiPietro and vital short-sticks Dami Oladunmoye an...

Sunday May 9th, 2021 11:30am We’ve made it to Selection Sunday and, after a season in which dozens of games were postponed or canceled due positive COVID tests, contact tracing and protocol violations, the last regular season game becomes the highest profile casualty. Loyola withdrew from the Patriot League championship game due to a positive COVID test in their tier-1 personnel, the team announced Sunday a.m. Lehigh receives the AQ to the NCAA Tournament and the Greyhounds’ statement says that they’re still evaluating "its ability to be available for NCAA Championship competition" sho...