UMass finishes its most successful season in school history with a 13-5 record after reaching their first-ever national championship game in lacrosse. The game was played before an NCAA Outdoor Championship record 47,062.
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Semifinals
UMass Into Final With 8-5 Win
UMass advanced to its first-ever national championship game with an 8-5 win over No. 2 seeded/No. 4 Maryland on Saturday at the NCAA Final Four at Lincoln Financial Field. The Minutemen have reeled off consecutive victories against three of the top four ranked teams in the nation on the way to the title game.
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Quarterfinals
Miracle Minutemen Rally For 11-10 OT Win
A miracle comeback sent UMass to its first-ever NCAA Semfinal in lacrosse with a 11-10 overtime win over Hofstra on Saturday afternoon at Stony Brook's La Valle Stadium. The Minutemen rallied from a five-goal deficit with 8:03 left in the fourth quarter with six consecutive goals.
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First Round
UMass Tops No. 6 Cornell, 10-9
No. 10 UMass won its first-ever road playoff game downing No. 6 seed /No. 3 Cornell, 10-9, on Saturday afternoon in Ithaca, N.Y. All-American Sean Morris (Marshfield, Mass.) had two goals three assists for five points. Junior Andrew Recchione (Mahwah, N.J.) scored the game-winning goal with 2:34 left in regulation.
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Minutemen Firsts
• UMass’ first national championship game.
• UMass’ first national semifinal game following its first win in the quarterfinals.
• The first time UMass has two first-team All-Americans (Sean Morris and Jack Reid.)
• The first time to have a first-team All-American on defense in Jack Reid.
• UMass is the first New England-based team to reach an NCAA title game.
• UMass has beaten the teams ranked No. 2, No. 3 and No.4 in the same season
(consecutively) for the first team in history.
• UMass is the first team to beat three teams seeded in the top 6 in the NCAA
Tournament in lacrosse history, marking the most difficult path to a national championship
game all-time.
• UMass beat Maryland for the first time in school history.
• UMass played its first lacrosse game on ESPN after playing its first game on
ESPN2 earlier in the tournament.
