NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Final Four: The Road to Philadelphia

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Philadelphia: This weekend sees the beginning of a two-week journey to see what four teams will be at Lincoln Financial Field in South Philadelphia for the 2019 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Final Four. Yale is the defending champion of the tournament.

Penn State is the Number 1 seed for the tournament, the 8 seeds are as follows:

  1. Penn State: 14-1
  2. Duke: 11-4
  3. Virginia: 13-3
  4. Penn: 11-3
  5. Yale: 12-3
  6. Towson: 11-4
  7. Notre Dame: 8-6
  8. Loyola Maryland: 11-4

The Schedule of the games:

First Round on Saturday, May 11 & Sunday, May 12

May 11
Syracuse at No. 8 Loyola Maryland | 12 p.m. ET | ESPNU
Georgetown at No. 5 Yale | 2:30 p.m. | ESPNU
Army at No. 4 Penn | 5 p.m. | ESPNU
Robert Morris at No. 3 Virginia | 7:30 p.m. | ESPNU

May 12
UMBC at No. 1 Penn State | 12 p.m. | ESPNU
Maryland at No. 6 Towson | 2:30 p.m. | ESPNU
Richmond at No. 2 Duke | 5 p.m. | ESPNU
Johns Hopkins at No. 7 Notre Dame | 7:30 p.m. | ESPNU

Quarterfinals on Saturday, May 18 & Sunday, May 19
Games at James M. Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, N.Y.
Virginia-Robert Morris winner vs. Towson-Maryland winner | 12 or 2:30 p.m. | ESPNU
Notre Dame-Johns Hopkins winner vs. Duke-Richmond winner | 12 or 2:30 p.m. | ESPNU

May 19:
Games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn.
Penn State-UMBC-Marist winner vs. Loyola Maryland-Syracuse winner | 12 or 2:30 p.m. | ESPNU
Yale-Georgetown vs. Penn-Army winner | 12 or 2:30 p.m. | ESPNU

Final Four: Saturday, May 25 at Lincoln Financial Field
Games at 12 PM & 2:30 PM on ESPN2

National Championship: Monday, May 27 at Lincoln Financial Field
1 PM on ESPN2

Bracket

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