NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship Tournament to be Played on Sportexe

May 21st, 2007

Lacrosse Championship Returns to M&T Bank Stadium

ROUND ROCK, Texas— The NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships are returning to M&T Bank Stadium and its state-of-the-art Sportexe synthetic turf system in Baltimore on Memorial Day Weekend May 26-28, after a record setting attendance run in 2003 and 2004.

The championship hosts are Johns Hopkins University; Loyola College (Maryland); the University of Maryland-Baltimore County; and Towson University. This is the only NCAA team sport that holds the championships of all three divisions at a common site.

Sportexe client Johns Hopkins is one of four teams, including Cornell, Duke and Delaware, remaining from a 16-team bracket competing for the NCAA Division I title. Other Sportexe clients receiving postseason play included UMBC, and quarterfinalists Loyola and University of Albany. Johns Hopkins captured the title in 2005 and has won the event eight times. Johns Hopkins is the only team to have made the championship bracket every year except 1971 – 36 times.

“The growth of this event is mirroring the growth of lacrosse,” said NCAA tournament director Marty Schwartz. “M&T Bank Stadium and its Sportexe turf make this a premiere sporting weekend. Rain or shine this field is always up to the task and we are excited to once again call it home to the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships.”

In March, M&T Bank Stadium hosted the inaugural Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Classic on Sportexe turf to kick off the college lacrosse season with Sportexe also presenting the player of the game awards for the doubleheader event. Four elite college teams, including Johns Hopkins, met in the inaugural Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Classic over the weekend that drew the largest crowd to watch a regular-season match when 20,180 attended.

“The eyes of the entire lacrosse community will be focused on the field at M&T Bank Stadium throughout Memorial Day weekend,” said Andy Bilello, Director of Business Development for Inside Lacrosse. “The national championship will be decided on a Sportexe surface and just as we found during the Face-Off Classic in early March - there’s no better stage for lacrosse. The players, coaches, and fans will find that the experience is a memorable one, with Sportexe playing a big part in making those memories.”

Sportexe turf systems, the exclusive surface of the NLL, are designed to enhance performance and meet the rigorous requirements for the sport of lacrosse. Sportexe is also the lacrosse turf system at Boys’ Latin School of Maryland, which has spent the past two seasons ranked No. 1 nationally in prep lacrosse.

“NCAA lacrosse is quickly becoming mainstream due to events like the NCAA Championship and the Face-Off Classic,” said Sportexe Director of Lacrosse John Burke. “Sportexe is very excited to be involved with this growth and be underfoot of this year’s top lacrosse athletes. Sportexe makes a commitment to quality and performance in every synthetic turf system it manufactures and installs.”

Tickets for the event can be purchased by calling 413.261.RAVE or visiting LAX4Baltimore.org.

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