Game Notes

The #16/16 Fairfield University men's lacrosse team will open the 2012 ECAC Lacrosse League Championship in the second semifinal, Wednesday, May 2 at 10 p.m. ET versus #17/18 Ohio State University.  The league championship is being played at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium in Denver, Colo.

The Stags are 11-3 on the year and seeded third after completing the ECAC slate at 4-2, while the Buckeyes are 8-6 on the year and went 5-1 in league play. The top-seed is Loyola University Maryland who plays fourth-seeded Denver in the 7 p.m. ET semifinal.  The semifinal winners meet in the title game on Friday at 6 p.m. ET in a game televised live on ESPNU and ESPN3.

For complete coverage of the tournament, with links to video, live blogs and tournament information visit ECAC Tournament Central. All-session passes for the four-team championship are $20 for adults and $15 for kids.  Semifinal session tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for kids, while tickets for college students with valid ID are a $5 per game.

Fairfield and Ohio State will be playing for the second time in five games as the Buckeyes defeated the Stags 8-3 on Lessing Field on Saturday.  The Stags jumped out to a 2-0 lead midway through the first quarter, but then didn't score again until there was just three seconds remaining in the game.  Ohio State scored eight goals, the last early in the third quarter, to pull away for the win.  Charlie Cipriano made 13 saves for the Stags.

Wednesday's meeting will be the 11th in the series between the two teams. The Buckeyes snapped a two-game series slide with their win at Fairfield on Saturday.  The Stags had won the previous two meetings, 10-8 on Alumni Field in 2010 and 11-9 at the 2011 Showdown in the Shoe.  The two squads met five times as conference foes in the Great West Lacrosse League with the Stags earning wins in 2002, 8-7, and 2005, 14-10.  The Buckeyes won the first-ever meeting between the two teams, 9-8 in 2000 and the first GWLL meeting, 11-10.  The Stags have equaled a program-best with its 11 victories this season, equaling the 1998 and 2005 squads.  The double-digit win total marks the fifth time in program history that the Stags have reached that plateau. Fairfield is now 4-0 in overtime games this season and 5-0 in games decided by one goal and are 11-0 when reaching seven goals.