Not Again!!!

For the second straight year the University of Maryland Terrapins men’s lacrosse team came up one game shy of winning the Division 1 National Championship.  In the 2011 title game the University of Virginia Cavaliers defeated the Terrapins 9-7 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, MD.  This year it was the Loyola (MD) Greyhounds who dashed the Terrapins title hopes by the score of 9-3 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on Memorial Day.  Just two days earlier the Terrapins had advanced to Championship Monday by defeating the Duke University Blue Devils by the score of 16-10.  This was also the second straight year that the Terrapins entered the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tournament unseeded.  After taking a 3-2 lead with 10:40 to go in the first half the Terrapins were held scoreless for the remainder of the game.  The drought lasted for the final 4:20 of the second quarter and final 30 minutes of the second half.  Meanwhile, the Greyhounds would go on a 7-0 run that put the game out of reach.  The Terrapins finish the year with a 12-6 record and still haven’t brought a national title to College Park since 1975.  In conclusion, this was the Greyhounds first Division 1 title in any sport.

Kris L.