With the NCAA lacrosse quarterfinals set after a mostly chalky weekend, the game times for doubleheaders at Hofstra and Foxborough are finalized as well.
SATURDAY, Hofstra
SEE RELATED:
(2) Cornell vs. (7) Virginia, noon
(3) Johns Hopkins vs. (6) Denver, 2:30
SUNDAY, Foxborough
(1) Syracuse vs. Maryland, noon
(4) Notre Dame vs. Duke, 2:30
A few notes …
* Five of last year’s quarterfinalists have reached that stage again.
* Syracuse and Johns Hopkins last made the quarterfinals in 2009.
* Denver is in the quarterfinals for the first time.
* The coaches who have won the last 15 national titles (and 17 of the last 19) are accounted for in the quarterfinals.
* More of a career postseason breakdown of the eight remaining coaches in the field:
Coach, School
| W-L (Pct.)
| NCAAs
| Titles
| R-U
| FFs
|
Dom Starsia, UVa
| 32-19 (.627)
| 23 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
Bill Tierney, DU
| 31-13 (.705)
| 20 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
John Desko, SU
| 28-6 (.824)
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
Dave Pietramala, JHU
| 20-9 (.690)
| 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
John Danowski, DU
| 16-11 (.593)
| 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Kevin Corrigan, ND
| 9-15 (.375)
| 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Ben DeLuca, CU
| 1-0 (1.000)
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Tillman, Md.
| 1-0 (1.000)
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Denver-Hopkins quarterfinal will feature a tournament-record 51 postseason victories between the two coaches entering the game. The previous highs were 48 in the 2008 Virginia-Syracuse semifinal (Starsia 27, Desko 21) and 47 in the 1998 Syracuse-Princeton semifinal (Roy Simmons Jr. 31, Tierney 16).
– Patrick Stevens
