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
