Cornell, Maryland and NCAA
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The men’s lacrosse championship matchup is set. Top-seeded Cornell and No. 2 Maryland earned victories on semifinal Saturday in Foxborough, Mass. They’ll square off Monday at Gillette Stadium for the championship at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Cornell’s Big Red finished a dream season by beating Maryland to win its first national title since 1977.
We stand on the shoulders of giants,” Buczek said. “We're upholding a very long and proud tradition, and we're just trying to make sure it's the best version of it that it can possibly be.”
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Maryland men’s lacrosse team produced another mostly stout defensive performance in the NCAA tournament semifinals Saturday afternoon. Throw in some scoring fireworks, and the result was a 14-8 triumph over No. 6 seed Syracuse at Gillette Stadium that sent the second-seeded Terrapins back to the national title game.