UCSB Earns Top Seed in WDIA Tournament
from press release
BALTIMORE - UC Santa Barbara has earned the top
seed for the 2009 US Lacrosse Women's Division Intercollegiate
Associates (WDIA) National Championship Tournament, presented by
Brine. The 16-team tournament will be held May 6-9 at the
Scottsdale Sports Complex in Scottsdale, Ariz. The championship
game is set for May 9 at 12:30 p.m.
UCSB completed an 18-2 season record with a 12-10 victory over No.
2 ranked Santa Clara in the Western Women's Lacrosse League
championship game, earning the league's automatic bid to the
tournament.
Six other teams earned automatic qualifiers to the tournament
field by virtue of winning conference championships: No. 7 seed
Lindenwood (Women's Collegiate Lacrosse League), No. 10 seed
Florida (Southeastern Women's Lacrosse League), No. 13 seed
Minnesota (North Central Women's Lacrosse League), No. 14 seed
Texas (Texas Women's Lacrosse League), No. 15 seed Connecticut Club
(New England Women's Lacrosse League) and No. 16 seed West Chester
Club (East Coast Women's Lacrosse Association).
Nine at-large invitations were also awarded: No. 2 seed Santa
Clara, No. 3 seed Colorado State, No. 4 seed Colorado, No. 5 seed
Cal Poly, No. 6 seed Virginia Tech Club, No. 8 seed Michigan, No. 9
seed UCLA, No. 11 seed Central Florida, and No. 12 seed
Georgia.
Colorado State snapped Cal Poly's 28-game winning streak to win
the US Lacrosse WDIA National Championship last spring. CSU won 8-5
in overtime at Denver's Invesco Field at Mile High. The victory
ended Cal Poly's seven-year run as the national champion.
The US Lacrosse WDIA structure consists of more than 165 college
club teams from around the country. Further information about the
WDIA is available online at www.uslacrosse.org/wdia.
First Round Games
No. 1 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 16 West Chester Club
No. 2 Santa Clara vs. No. 15 Connecticut Club
No. 3 Colorado State vs. No. 14 Texas
No. 4 Colorado vs. No. 13 Minnesota
No. 5 Cal Poly vs. No. 12 Georgia
No. 6 Virginia Tech Club vs. No. 11 Central Florida
No. 7 Lindenwood vs. No. 10 Florida
No. 8 Michigan vs. No. 9 UCLA
Youth Lacrosse Clinic in Scottsdale
Together with AZ Girls Lacrosse, US Lacrosse will host "200 StiX"
at the Scottsdale Sports Complex in conjunction with the WDIA
National Championship Game. The event will provide 200 lacrosse
sticks for girls who would like to try the sport or are new to the
sport. It will be held on Saturday, May 9, 2009, just before the
WDIA National Championship game. The two-hour clinic will start at
10:00 a.m. For more information and to register, visit
http://www.uslacrosse.org/news/2009/arizonagirls.phtml
Brine is the official presenting sponsor for the 2009 US Lacrosse
Women's Division Intercollegiate Associates National Championship.
Elite Lacrosse is the official retailer for the event. The Phoenix
Regional Sports Commission is the host organization for the
championship.
US Lacrosse, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, is the national
governing body for men's and women's lacrosse. US Lacrosse has more
than 275,000 members in 62 regional chapters around the country.
Through responsive and effective leadership, US Lacrosse strives to
provide programs and services to inspire participation while
protecting the integrity of the game. To learn more about US
Lacrosse, please visit www.uslacrosse.org .
