Maryland men's lacrosse team ends 42-year drought, wins NCAA title

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Source: Washington Post

Maryland men’s lacrosse team ends 42-year drought, wins NCAA title

By Roman Stubbs May 29 at 4:24 PM

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The reality of the Maryland men’s lacrosse team’s first national championship since 1975 had not hit John Tillman yet, so the Terrapins’ head coach did the only sensible thing he could think of as the final seconds of Monday’s 9-6 victory over Ohio State ticked down. He hugged everyone he could. Tillman stayed behind on the sideline as his players threw their sticks and helmets into the air, releasing 42 years’ worth of weight and pressure, thanking everyone he could for sticking with a program that had been snake bitten for nearly four decades.

“This program means so much, and you are motivated to work hard because you know when you win, it makes some people happy,” Tillman said. “When you win a championship, no one has to talk about it anymore.”

Wearing simple white uniforms with red block letters and numbers, the kind of old school threads that the program’s last championship team wore, the Terrapins stayed on the turf as long as they could to soak up their most important win in more than four decades, which came after losses in the national championship game in each of the previous two seasons.

The Terrapins’ win marked a sweep for the school — the Maryland women’s lacrosse team won a national championship on Sunday, clinching their third title in four seasons. But while that group added another chapter to a dynasty, the men were just looking for a breakthrough on Monday. After losing in nine national championship game appearances since 1975, including in the previous two seasons to Denver and North Carolina, respectively, the Terrapins (16-3) played as if there were no other option against a budding Big Ten rival. ... “We didn’t see any other option, of any other outcome,” senior midfielder Nick Manis said. “We believed we were going to get this moment.”
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[FairWinds]

1. But more importantly . .

the CLE Indians won today.

I won't bother you with OSU or the Tribe
if you don't bother me with the Terps.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Why, yes, I can link to another article about this. Thank you for asking.

Not only can you read up on Division I lacrosse, but you can read about the Division II and III games as well.

Is that great, or what?

Be the Best! Maryland's Erases Title Drought In 9-6 Win over Ohio State

Monday May 29th, 2017 3:30pm

Foxborough, Mass. — Maryland’s title drought is over.

In a rough-and-tumble 2017 Championship Game, the Terrapins beat Ohio State, 9-6, on a misty day at Gillette Stadium. The win erases a 42-year walk in the wilderness for the state of Maryland’s flagship men’s lacrosse program.

“It really hasn't sunk in,” Maryland head coach John Tillman said. “But all they've done since August, given where we were last year [losing to North Carolina in the 2016 title game] and having been in this spot and losing a heartbreaker, there was a couple different ways we could go, and we could have let last year's loss basically impact this year. And I think it speaks to the leadership of this group and their ability to kind of put things behind them and move forward to give us a chance this year.”

Maryland won national championships in 1973 and ’75, with legendary Terp Frank Urso leading those teams and scoring 32 goals in the NCAA Tournament.

Since then, the Terrapins have been a fixture of May. Maryland has appeared in 35 NCAA tournaments since, in the Final Four 20 times and 10 NCAA championship games, including this season. ... Under John Tillman, the Terps have doubled down. They’ve been in the championship six times and in the championship game five times under Tillman.

HTH! Have a nice day!

[unc70]

2. Maryland men and women won NCAA lacrosse this year

Last year, the University of North Carolina also won both championships. Seems unusual to win both, but maybe not.

[Calista241]

3. Maryland screwed up when they left the ACC imo. N/t

[FSogol]

5. No way. The move had massive financial benefits & the BBall team shot right to the top of the Big10

That's better than all the disrespect they got from Duke and UNC (cheaters) in the ACC.