Great Western Lacrosse League

Top Story - Tuesday, May 6, 2008:

THREE GWLL TEAMS GOING DANCING
GWLL sends three to the NCAA tournament for the first time

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Great Western Lacrosse League (GWLL) celebrated it’s most successful NCAA Tournament selection on Sunday, as the GWLL learned that three of its six teams would be competing for a national championship. That’s the most teams the league has qualified for the national tournament in its 15 year history. The only other NCAA conference to have more teams earn bids is the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) who will be sending four teams. Coming in as the only seeded team from the GWLL is the University of Notre Dame (13-2), who’s recent GWLL Tournament Championship helped earn the No. 6 seed for the Fighting Irish. The Ohio State University (10-5) and University of Denver (10-6) earned at-large bids to the tournament.

To view the release in its entirety, click HERE. To download the official NCAA Brackets, click HERE.

Additional NCAA Tournament Information (Click on links below):

Colgate-Notre Dame Game Notes

Ohio State-Cornell Game Notes

Denver-Maryland Game Notes

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Great Western Lacrosse League Tournament Central
from Seaholm High School in Birmingham, Michigan

Results

Friday, May 2 (GWLL Semifinals)

1) #1 Notre Dame 10, #4 Quinnipiac 6 (Recap; Box Score)

2) #2 Ohio State 15, #3 Denver 8 (Recap; Box Score)

Sunday, May 4 (GWLL Finals)

3) #1 Notre Dame 9, #2 Ohio State 2 (Recap; Box Score)

Congratulations to GWLL Tournament Champion Notre Dame!

2008 Conference Standings

 Polls                Conference    Overall
 IL/CO    Team        W  L  Pct.   W  L  Pct.   GF   GA
  6/ 5 X1 Notre Dame  4  1  .800  13  2  .867  189  102
 11/12 X2 Ohio State  4  1  .800  10  5  .667  199  127
 18/17 X3 Denver      4  1  .800  10  6  .625  180  160
   /    4 Quinnipiac  2  3  .400   8  5  .615  107  118
   /    5 Air Force   1  4  .200   3  9  .250   81  137
   /    6 Bellarmine  0  5  .000   7  7  .500  126  139

  X - Qualify for the 2008 NCAA Tournament
 IL - Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll
 CO - USILA Coaches Poll 
 RV - Denotes Receiving Votes

National Polls (5/5)
Nike/IL Media Poll
USLIA Coaches Poll

Conference Stats (5/5)
Complete Statistics (HTM)

Complete Statistics (PDF)

2007 Conference Stats

PDF Statistics