Big East News Articles

Eight BIG EAST men’s lacrosse players were honored on the USILA All-America Teams, released by the organization on May 24. In addition, six BIG EAST student-athletes were chosen to compete in the USILA/LAXWORLD 2012 North-South Classic, which was played on May 25 at Harvard Stadium.

Notre Dame men’s lacrosse fell to top-seeded Loyola (Md.), 7-5 in the semifinals of the NCAA Championship on Saturday afternoon at Gillette Stadium.

The Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team will play Loyola at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 26 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

No. 4 Notre Dame topped No. 5 and defending national champion Virginia 12-10 on Sunday afternoon in the NCAA quarterfinals at PPL Park.

No. 4 seed Notre Dame used nine different goal scorers in a 13-7 victory over Yale on Sunday evening at Arlotta Stadium in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship.

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