Lacrosse Role Reversals: 5/6/10

Nightmare on Fallon Field:

The Women's Lacrosse team, who was the number one seed in the AEC tournament, was upset today in the semi-final rounds by UMBC, 11-9. The Danes blew a 5-2 halftime lead en-route to the loss against a UMBC team that Albany had defeated on their home turf just a few weeks ago.


Table Turning:

A similar story occured down in Maryland yesterday in a Men's Lacrosse game. However, it was the 3rd seeded UAlbany team who upset the 2nd seeded UMBC Retrievers 11-7, reversing a 7-12 defeat there just 2.5 weeks ago. The win moved Albany to 5-10, and it is notable that 4 of their five wins have come against conference rival teams. However, their next challenge is a tough one. The team will have to travel to play at Stony Brook on saturday with the conference title on the line, the same Stony Brook team that embaressed the Great Danes in front of their home crowd at the Big Purple Stomp back on April 24th, by a score of 15-0. With yesterday's win against UMBC, Stony stands as the only conference team Albany has not beaten this year.