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Current time at Stony Brook 11:22 p.m. Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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Men's Lacrosse To Face No. 6 Cornell In First Round Of NCAA Tournament
May 5, 2002 Stony Brook, N.Y. - The Stony Brook men's lacrosse team will face Cornell in the first round of the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse as the 2002 field was announced Sunday night. Stony Brook will face the sixth-seeded Big Red at noon at Brown stadium on the campus of Brown University on Saturday, May 11. For the first time ever, the Seawolves will participate in the 12-team tournament as this year's field consists of six automatic qualifiers and six at-large teams. Stony Brook received an automatic bid by virtue of its America East title victory over Albany on Saturday afternoon.
The matchups are as follows: First round: At Brown, May 11 No. 5 Georgetown vs. Manhattan No. 6 Cornell vs. Stony Brook At Delaware, May 12 No. 7 Duke vs. Hobart No. 8 Massachusetts vs. Fairfield The first round byes were received by No. 1 Johns Hopkins, No. 2 Syracuse, No. 3 Virginia and No. 4 Princeton. "I hope this is the first of many championships for Stony Brook," head coach John Espey said. "I am proud of what we have accomplished and look forward to our matchup with an outstanding Cornell team next weekend." The win over Albany gave Stony Brook (10-6) its first ever conference title and first double-digit win season since the 1990 when it won 12 games. |
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