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After Syracuse erased a four-goal second quarter deficit to tie the score at five, No. 3 Duke answered with five of the next six goals to eliminate the SU men’s lacrosse team in the opening round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament, 12-9 on Saturday at Koskinen Stadium.

Two BIG EAST men’s lacrosse teams will compete in the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship as Syracuse earned the league’s automatic berth and Notre Dame was an at-large selection. The Fighting Irish earned a No. 4 seed and will host Yale in the first round. Syracuse will play at No. 3 seed Duke.

No. 3 seed Syracuse defeated No. 4 seed St. John’s 12-4 in the championship game on May 5.

No. 3 seed Syracuse will play No. 4 seed St. John’s in the BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse final at Villanova Stadium on May 5 at 12 p.m. ET. The game will be televised live on ESPNU.

No. 3 seed Syracuse used a 6-0 run to defeat No. 2 seed Villanova 15-6 at the BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse semifinal in front of a crowd of 3,415 at Villanova Stadium on Thursday evening.

No. 4 seed St. John’s upset No. 1 seed Notre Dame 8-7 in the BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse Championship semifinal, held at Villanova Stadium on May 3.

Three schools shared the BIG EAST men’s lacrosse regular season awards, as major award winners and all-conference teams were announced on Wednesday evening at the 2012 BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse Championship banquet, held at the Philadelphia Marriott West.

Jim Siedliski, BIG EAST’s Associate Commissioner for Sport Administration, gives a behind the scenes look at the men's lacrosse championship in the second installment of a two part interview

The inaugural men's lacrosse championship is this week and four teams are vying for the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.

Jim Siedliski, BIG EAST’s Associate Commissioner for Sport Administration, gives a behind the scenes look at the men's lacrosse championship in part one of a two part interview

Cunningham, Kemp and Megill announced as Tewaaraton nominees.

Rutgers swept the BIG EAST Player of the Week awards as redshirt-sophomore Scott Klimchak was named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week and sophomore Steven Lusby earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week.

St. John's midfielder Terence Leach earned BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week, while Villanova's Dan Gutierrez was tabbed as the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week.

Rutgers’ Will Mangan Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week; Providence’s Christian Dzwilewski Tabbed as BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week.

Rice sparked the go-ahead goal with 2:56 remaining in regulation to give Villanova a 12-11 advantage before the Bison were able to tie it up to send the game into overtime. He leads the team with eight goals this year.

Three BIG EAST athletes, representing three different schools were named to the men’s 2011 Capital One Academic All-America University Division teams as announced Tuesday.

The Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team defeated Penn 13-6 in the first round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship on Saturday, May 14 in Notre Dame, Ind.

BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse honors for week four announced.

Syracuse’s JoJo Marasco was named BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week, while Notre Dame’s Kevin Ridgway earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honors in the second week of the season.

The BIG EAST Conference has announced dates and sites for its Olympic sport championships in the 2011-12 and 2012-13 academic years. The sites were awarded by the BIG EAST Championship and Competition Committee.