Lax to the Max: NCAA Division I Lacrosse Championships on ESPN

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ESPN will present the NCAA men’s and women’s lacrosse championships across ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 this month, culminating with the crowning of two national champions. Coverage begins today with the men’s opening round, as UMBC faces Marist (7 p.m. ET, ESPN3). The top eight seeds will host the first round, with teams facing off on Saturday, May 11, at noon, and continuing Sunday, May 12, on ESPNU. Inside Lacrosse’s Media All-Americans will be revealed during halftime of Sunday’s 7:30 p.m. game – players will be determined by the media members who vote in IL’s weekly poll. Quarterfinals will take place Saturday, May 18, and Sunday, May 19, in Hempstead N.Y., and East Hartford, Conn.

Winners will advance to championship weekend in Philadelphia, taking place over Memorial Day weekend. ESPN’s 25^th consecutive season of complete championship weekend coverage will include the semifinals live on Saturday, May 25 (noon and 2:30 p.m.), and the title game on Monday, May 27 (1 p.m.), all on ESPN2.

The women’s championship on ESPN3 begins Friday with first-round matchups, also taking place at campus sites. Games will air on ESPN3 and the ESPN App through championship weekend, with the semifinals on ESPN3 and the championship game on ESPNU.

Commentators

Play-by-play: Jay Alter, John Brickley, Mike Corey, Booker Corrigan, Chris Cotter, Anish Shroff
Analysts: Ryan Boyle (former All-American at Princeton), Paul Carcaterra (All-American and national champion with the Syracuse Orangemen), Mark Dixon (former Johns Hopkins midfielder and attackman), Ryan Flanagan (former UNC defenseman, MLL veteran), Mike Golic Jr. (‘fanalyst’), Quint Kessenich (one of the nation’s top goalies during his time at Johns Hopkins and national champion), Matt Ward (2006 Tewaaraton Award winner; national champion with Virginia), Don Zimmerman (legendary former head coach of UMBC)
Boyle and Ward will also provide studio coverage during the quarterfinals, as well as championship weekend, with host Cotter
Shroff, Carcaterra and Kessenich are hitting the road, as they call quarterfinal matchups in New York and Connecticut back-to-back, before heading to the City of Brotherly Love for championship weekend
John Brickley, Sheehan Stanwick Burch, Jon “Stugotz” Weiner and Halley Quillinan will be in Baltimore for women’s championship weekend

NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Event/Commentators	Network
Wed, May 8	7 p.m.	Opening Round (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) UMBC vs. Marist	ESPN3
Sat, May 11	Noon	First Round (Baltimore, Md.) Syracuse vs. No. 8 Loyola Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich	ESPNU
	2:30 p.m.	First Round (New Haven, Conn.) Georgetown vs. No. 5 Yale Chris Cotter, Paul Carcaterra/Mike Golic Jr.	ESPNU
	5 p.m.	First Round (Philadelphia, Pa.) Army vs. No. 4 Penn Booker Corrigan, Ryan Boyle	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	First Round (Charlottesville, Va.) Robert Morris vs. No. 3 Virginia Mike Corey, Don Zimmerman/Matt Ward	ESPNU
Sun, May 12	Noon	First Round (State College, Pa.) UMBC/Marist vs. No. 1 Penn State John Brickley, Mark Dixon	ESPNU
	2:30 p.m.	First Round (Towson, Md.) Maryland vs. No. 6 Towson Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich	ESPNU
	5 p.m.	First Round (Durham, N.C.) Richmond vs. No. 2 Duke Jay Alter, Ryan Flanagan	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	First Round (Notre Dame, Ind.) Johns Hopkins vs. No. 7 Notre Dame Chris Cotter, Paul Carcaterra	ESPNU
Sat, May 18	Noon	Quarterfinal #1 (Hempstead, N.Y.) Maryland vs. No. 1 Virginia Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich/Paul Carcaterra	ESPNU
	2:30 p.m.	Quarterfinal #2 (Hempstead, N.Y.) No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 2 Duke Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich/Paul Carcaterra	ESPNU
Sun, May 19	Noon	Quarterfinal #3 (East Hartford, Conn.) No. 8 Loyola vs. No. 1 Penn State Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich/Paul Carcaterra	ESPNU
	2:30 p.m.	Quarterfinal #4 (East Hartford, Conn.) No. 5 Yale vs. No. 4 Penn Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich/Paul Carcaterra	ESPNU
Sat, May 25	Noon	NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship (Philadelphia) Semifinal #1 Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich, Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2
	2:30 p.m.	NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship (Philadelphia) Semifinal #2 Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich, Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2
Mon, May 27	1 p.m.	NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship (Philadelphia) Title Game Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich, Paul Carcaterra/Chris Cotter	ESPN2

NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship Schedule (subject to change)

Date	Time (ET)	Event/Commentators	Network
Fri, May 10	4 p.m.	First Round (Syracuse, N.Y.) Georgetown vs. Penn	ESPN3
		First Round (Princeton, N.J.) Richmond vs. Loyola	ESPN3
		First Round (Newton, Mass.) Colorado vs. Dartmouth	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	First Round (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Johns Hopkins vs. Florida	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	First Round (Princeton, N.J.) Wagner vs. Princeton	ESPN3
		First Round Charlottesville, Va.) High Point vs. Navy	ESPN3
Sun, May 12	Noon	Second Round (Charlottesville, Va.) Navy/High Point vs. Virginia	ESPN3
	1 p.m.	Second Round (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Florida/Johns Hopkins vs. North Carolina	ESPN3
		Second Round (Newton, Mass.) Dartmouth/Colorado vs. Boston College	ESPN3
		Second Round (Princeton, N.J.) TBD vs. TBD	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Second Round (Syracuse, N.Y.) Penn/Georgetown vs. Syracuse	ESPN3
Fri, May 24	5 p.m.	NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship (Baltimore, Md.) Semifinal #1	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship (Baltimore, Md.) Semifinal #2	ESPN3
Sun, May 26	Noon	NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship (Baltimore, Md.) Title Game John Brickley, Sheehan Stanwick Burch, Jon “Stugotz” Weiner, Halley Quillinan	ESPNU