The Big Ten sent three teams to the NCAA Tournament previous year, but Johns Hopkins was the only Big Ten team to earn an at-large bid Sunday.
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Marquette and North Carolina will play at 1:30 CT Saturday on ESPNU, the first of two days of first-round play.
On the heels of a school-record 13 straight wins and its first Big Ten Tournament title, the Maryland men’s lacrosse team locked up the top-overall seed in the NCAA tournament Sunday, marking the first time the program has earned a No. 1 seed since 1987.
Grinnell College (29-5) and Edgewood College (15-10) meet Friday in the first round at 3 p.m., with the victor taking on host WashU Saturday at Noon.
The University at Albany men’s lacrosse team will be facing a familiar rival in the first round of the NCAA Division I Tournament.
NCAA lacrosse tournament games have been played on the Brown campus in 1976 (Finals), 1985 (Finals), 1991 (Quarterfinals), 1994 (First Round), 1995 (First Round), 1999 (North First Round Doubleheader) and 2002 (First Round Doubleheader).
Despite losing to Rutgers in the Big Ten tournament semifinals, Johns Hopkins earned a spot in the NCAA tournament for a record 44th time.
Two Wesleyan teams, Women’s Crew and Women’s Tennis, are heading to their respective NCAA National Championship tournaments. Maryland is also the B1G AQ here with Northwestern a lock to receive an at large bid. In addition to the Cardinals claiming their first conference postseason win, they also advance to the national postseason tournament for just the second time in program history, and first time in 15 seasons. The Midshipmen were averaging nearly 11 goals per game, before totaling only 15 over its last three games (10-5 loss to Maryland, 7-1 win over Sacred Heart and 9-3 loss to Army). You’re going to have to beat four really good teams to win the national championship.
While the loss was a disappointing one for NU, there are certainly reasons for optimism heading into the NCAA Tournament.
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After winning the Colonial Athletic Association tournament, Towson will host a First Four game May 11 against Hobart. Notre Dame was the top seed a year ago and a No. 2 seed in 2013. “We’ve got a chance to play a blue-blood in our sport, it’s one of the best programs in the history of our game”. Amplo called Patrick Kelly, who scored 24 goals this season, one of the most dynamic players in lacrosse. Maryland is 2-0 all-time against Hartford but has never met Quinnipiac.
