Cortland Men's Lacrosse to Host Endicott in NCAA Second Round Wednesday
Courtesy of Cortland Sports Information Department
The SUNY Cortland men's lacrosse team has earned an at-large berth into the 2017 NCAA Division III playoffs and will host Endicott College in a second-round game on Wednesday, May 10. Game time is to be announced.
The 34-team tournament will begin with two first-round games on Tuesday, followed by 16 second-round games the next day. The winner of the Cortland/Endicott game will face either St. Lawrence or Montclair State in the third round Saturday at a site to be determined. The quarterfinals are scheduled for Wednesday, May 17 and the semifinals on Sunday, May 21. The Division III national championship game is Sunday, May 28, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.
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Cortland (15-2), under 11th-year head coach Steve Beville, is making its 17th straight NCAA tournament appearance and 33rd overall, including 26 on the Division III level.
Cortland was one of seven schools to earn at-large "Pool C" berths, which are granted to schools who did not win their conference's automatic berth. Cortland was the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) regular-season champion, but lost to Plattsburgh at home, 10-6, in the SUNYAC tournament finals Saturday.
Endicott (10-7) earned an NCAA automatic bid after defeating Western New England, 12-9, in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) title game. Endicott and Cortland met for the first time two seasons ago in the 2015 NCAA playoffs, with Cortland winning, 13-6.
Last season, Cortland won at Western New England to open the NCAA playoffs before losing at Tufts in the second round. Prior to last season, Cortland had reached at least the national quarterfinal round 14 straight years. The Red Dragons have played in the national championship game five times since 2006, with four straight showings from 2006-09 as well as an appearance in 2012. Cortland won the 2006 national crown versus Salisbury and the 2009 title against Gettysburg. The Red Dragons lost to Salisbury in the national finals in 2007, 2008 and 2012.
