NU Women's Lacrosse in the NCAA Tournament
by TDozer on May 10, 2010 12:56 AM CDT
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PrintAfter winning their sixth-straight ALC title, the Northwestern Women's Lacrosse team (17-1, ranked #2) has an automatic bid into the 16-team NCAA tournament. Next goal: a sixth-straight NCAA title.
First up, a rematch with That Team in South Bend at Lakeside Field on May 15th.
via img684.imageshack.us, screenshot from laxpower.com
Based on what I've absorbed by wandering laxpower.com for a little while, here's how things will look if we manage another strong tournament run, and don't get tripped up early:
Game 1 - Notre Dame
Previous meeting: 'Cats win, 15-5
Game 2 - Winner of {Vanderbilt, Duke}
Previous meeting, Vanderbilt: Regular season, 'Cats win 27-9. ALC tournament, 'Cats win 23-14
Previous meeting, Duke: 'Cats win, 19-14
Game 3 - Likely winner of {North Carolina, Virginia}
(with the slight chance of either Towson or Navy)
Previous meeting, North Carolina: 'Cats lose, 16-18
Previous meeting, Virginia: 'Cats win, 11-8 OT
Game 4 - Winner of {other half of bracket, likely Maryland}
Previous meeting: None this year
Top Four Teams (Rankings)
- Maryland (#1) is 18-1, having lost only to North Carolina (played twice, split).
- Northwestern (#2) is 17-1, having lost only to North Carolina.
- North Carolina (#3) is 15-2, having lost only to Maryland and Virginia (OT).
- Virginia (#4) is 13-5, having lost to Loyola, Maryland, James Madison, Maryland (again), and Northwestern, but having beaten North Carolina (OT) and lost to Northwestern in OT.
So, there you have it.
Lakeside Field, May 15th, 1pm.
Go 'Cats!
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thanks for this, tdozer
i was gonna do something like this, so, thanks for beating me to it.
i like our chances. how do y’all feel?
Focused...
….dude, at this point, Kelly Amonte Hiller has this team locked in. They will not face a close game until maybe the finals against Maryland (who they’ll beat, because Hiller loves to beat her alma mater the Turtles…)
GO CATS!
P.S. I hope you’re all going to the Lakefront Saturday…should be a blast…
locked in?
Missed the last two games b/c of golf but watched on Big Ten network. Coverage doesn’t say much for future of those announcing crews. . . Anyway, I don’t know squat about lax — except that season tickets are only $35 you cheap bozos, how is it that we didn’t sell out the friggin stadium with season ticket holders???? They’ve won 5 friggin national championships in a row!!! (okay, sorry about the rant) — but it sure looks to me as if the middle of our defense is much softer than last year’s. How about it you lax experts, is this something I need to be worried about?
...Sorry
But We’re never going to become a school that constantly sells out women’s college lacrosse games… It’s just not an appealing sport for most, even if it is the best team at the school.
Secondary NCAA sports that may sellout consistently if a team is really good:
Hockey, Baseball, Men’s Lax, Women’s BB… and they’re all pretty rare. Even a school like UConn doesn’t sell out near all of it’s women’s BB games (frankly a much more popular sports). In fact I’d be tempted to take all sports besides hockey off the list I just made…
Go USA, Braves, BU Terriers, Irish, Caps, Colts, Hoyas, NU Cats, Wizards, DC United, Washington Freedom
BU Hockey: National Champions 1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009
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Go USA, Braves, BU Terriers, Irish, Caps, Colts, Hoyas, NU Cats, Wizards, DC United, Washington Freedom
BU Hockey: National Champions 1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009
Awesome
I’ve gone to both!
Great job with the blog by the way… stumbled upon it awhile ago but just decided to start commenting and stuff, keep it up!
Go USA, Braves, BU Terriers, Irish, Caps, Colts, Hoyas, NU Cats, Wizards, DC United, Washington Freedom
BU Hockey: National Champions 1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009
sadly for me
my brother also reminds me frequently which school has gone to the ncaa tournament more recently. the america east conference is the bane of my existence.
by Rodger Sherman on May 14, 2010 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Well we still haven’t been since 2002… though we have a new coach to hopefully a return is imminent.
Plus, as I tell people here about NU and the Big Ten (and BC and the ACC, as much as it pains me, when they try to dumb down the Eagles athletics program) I’d rather be middle of the road in a BCS conference than lackluster in a non-BCS conference.
Go USA, Braves, BU Terriers, Irish, Caps, Colts, Hoyas, NU Cats, Wizards, DC United, Washington Freedom
BU Hockey: National Champions 1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009
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