UC-Santa Barbara and Colorado State Advance

#1 UC-Santa Barbara 15, #5 Sonoma State 5
UC-Santa Barbara has lined themselves up for the rematch they have been waiting over a year for. The top-seed Gauchos took down 5th seed Sonoma State in the semifinals rather easily 15-5 in the US Lacrosse Men's Division Intercollegiate Associates National Championships this afternoon. UCSB will now take on 2nd seed Colorado State in a rematch of last year's national championship. The Rams won that game 6-4. The temperatures dropped drastically this afternoon but that didn't keep Gaucho scoring machine Luke Wilson from cooling off. The junior attackman scored a game-high seven goals to lead the UCSB attack. Wilson broke open the second quarter with three goals, part of a 6-1 Gaucho quarter. UCSB led 9-2 at halftime. The Gauchos will be making their third appearance in the US Lacrosse MDIA Championship game. UCSB has never won the national title. CSTV (College Sports Television) will be airing the US Lacrosse MDIA Championship over Memorial Day Weekend with highlights of the championship game and the rest of the men's action from the week.

#2 Colorado State 16, #6 Brigham Young 10
For the sixth straight year the Colorado State Rams will be playing in the US Lacrosse Men's Division Intercollegiate Associates National Championship game. The Rams advanced to Saturday's title game by taking care of 6th seed Brigham Young in the semifinals this afternoon 16-10. Colorado State, the defending champions, will take on top-seed and No. 1 ranked UC-Santa Barbara here on Saturday afternoon. The national championship game will be a rematch of last season's title game that the Rams won 6-4. Colorado State has won three titles in their six tries. BYU went on a 4-0 run to close the second quarter and only trailed by one, 9-8, at halftime. In the third quarter the Rams threw up five goals on the scoreboard and never looked back. Junior attackman Nick Stanitz-Harper (4 goals) scored two goals in each half to lead the Rams. CSTV (College Sports Television) will be airing the US Lacrosse MDIA Championship over Memorial Day Weekend with highlights of the championship game and the rest of the men's action from the week.

FINAL RECAP:
#1 UC-Santa Barbara 8, #2 Colorado State 7
The second time around for top-seed #1 UC-Santa Barbara and 2nd seed Colorado State was more exciting in the US Lacrosse Men's Division Intercollegiate Associates National Championship game then last year. This time the roles were reversed as top-ranked UCSB held off a surging Rams squad in the final minutes to win 8-7 here before several thousand people. The championship is the first for the Gauchos as they lost 6-4 a year ago in the same title game against Colorado State. UCSB's balance attack, seven different goal scorers, and their strong defense allowed then to hold the Rams in check. Gaucho Will Patton was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Colorado State captain Nick Stanitz-Harper scored his third goal of the day with 5:42 left to go in the game to pull the Rams to within one. CSU had several opportunities in the waining minutes but they couldn't get anything past UCSB junior goalie Ryan Brittain (10 saves). The Rams were making their sixth straight appearance in the championship game having won three previous titles. CSTV (College Sports Television) will be airing the US Lacrosse MDIA Championship over Memorial Day Weekend with highlights of the championship game and the rest of the men's action from the week.

From USLacrosse releases.