NCAA Lacrosse Championship Weekend Exclusively on ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3

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• Complete Coverage of Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse Championships
• Top Four Seeds in Both Brackets Advance to the Final Four

Game Coverage
Men’s Championship (Gillette Stadium, Boston)
Saturday, May 26
Semifinal #1: No. 3 Yale vs. No. 2 Albany (noon, ESPN2)
Semifinal #2: No. 4 Duke vs. No. 1 Maryland (2:30 p.m., ESPN2)

Monday, May 28
National Championship Game (1 p.m., ESPN2)

Women’s Championship (Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, Stony Brook, N.Y.)
Friday, May 25
Semifinal #1: No. 3 James Madison vs. No. 2 UNC (5 p.m., ESPN3)
Semifinal #2: No. 4 Boston College vs. No. 1 Maryland (7:30 p.m., ESPN3)

Sunday, May 27
National Championship Game (Noon, ESPNU)

Matchup Highlights

• Top four seeds in both the men’s and women’s brackets advance to championship weekend
• Men’s semifinal between Yale and Albany is a rematch of a regular season game between the two teams
  • Albany advances to the semifinals for the first time in program history
  • Yale advances for the first time since 1990
• Maryland women’s team – 14-time national champion – advances for the 10th consecutive year; men’s team to play in its fifth consecutive Final Four
• Duke faces No.1-overall seed Maryland, who will look to defend their title as reigning champion
• Boston College will look to avenge its loss to Maryland in last year’s national championship game with a rematch in the semfinal round
• James Madison will play in the semifinals for the second time in program history, facing ACC-champion North Carolina
• Tewaaraton finalists playing this weekend include:
  • Men’s – Justin Guterding (Duke), Connor Kelly (Maryland), Ben Reeves (Yale)
  • Women’s – Sam Apuzzo (Boston College), Kristen Gaudian (James Madison), Maria McCool (North Carolina), Megan Whittle (Maryland)

Technology

• A total of 12 cameras, including two wireless goal cameras
• Alternate viewing experience for both the men’s and women’s championship with the use of the SkyCam, available on ESPN3 for the semifinals and championship title games
• All three game officials will wear microphones during the semifinals and championship, providing on-field dialogue throughout the telecast

Commentators

• Play-by-play commentator Anish Shroff, along with analysts Quint Kessenich and Paul Carcaterra, will call all the action from Gillette Stadium
• Chris Cotter, Ryan Boyle (former All-American at Princeton) and Matt Ward (2006 Tewaaraton Award winner, national championship with Virignia) will provide studio coverage during championship weekend
• John Brickley, Sheehan Stanwick-Burch and Halley Quillinan will have the call for the women’s national championship on ESPNU and ESPN3; Stanwick-Burch was the first player in Georgetown history to produce 200 goals and 300 points in a career, and the first to record 100 points in a season.

Additionally, Championship Chat, a roundtable discussion with 150 student-athletes, parents, coaches, players and fans, in collaboration with the Bill Belichick Foundation and the Paul Rabil Foundation, will air on ESPNU on May 26, at 8 p.m. Reairs are scheduled for May 27 (2 p.m.) and May 28 (11:30a.m.). Carcaterra will also be a part of the event.

ESPN.com will provide coverage from Foxboro, including previews of the semifinals, championship game, as well as game coverage. espnW will preview the final four matchups and have stories and highlights from the weekend at Stony Brook.

NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship Schedule

NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship Schedule

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