The Division 1 2010 NCAA Lacrosse Championship has been exciting up to this point. The field contained 16 teams in round one which began on May 15th.
In round one, things went mostly as expected in the top half of the bracket. Virginia, the top seeded team, demolished Mr. St. Mary’s 18-4, while all of the other top seeded teams also advanced. In the bottom half of the bracket we saw a different story unfold.
There were a couple of upsets and a lot of close matches in this bottom half of the bracket in round one. Army and Syracuse played an amazing double overtime match on Sunday May 16th. This match will go down as one of the most exciting matches in tournament history as the two teams went to double overtime before Army pulled off the major upset over the 2nd seeded Syracuse team. The match ended with a 9-8 score in favor of Army.
Notre Dame also came out on top in an upset as they took out Princeton, the number 6 seeded team in a game that ended with a score of 8-5. The excitement wasn’t over there in round one. Cornell pulled off a squeaker of a win against Loyola in a triple overtime battle that ended with a score of 11-10.
Round two continued to provide upset opportunities for the 8 remaining teams. Virginia managed to advance to the semifinals as the top seed. Cornell also managed to advance, stopping Army from producing another upset with a convincing 14-5 victory. Duke hammered North Carolina in an upset in round 2 by a score of 17-9. Notre Dame also managed to continue with the upset magic by taking out the third seeded Maryland team 7-5.
The remaining teams are Virginia and Duke in the upper half of bracket. The bottom half of the bracket has Cornell and Notre Dame remaining. The winner of each half of the bracket will square off for the championship on Monday May 31st.