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The NCAA News -- April 26, 1999

Spring Championships Preview -- Division I Men's Lacrosse

Field: Twelve teams are selected, with at least one team representing each of three regions -- Northeast, Southeast and West. The other teams are chosen at large.

Dates and sites: First-round games are May 15 at Brown for the North and May 16 at Towson for the South. Quarterfinals are May 22 at Hofstra for the North and May 23 at Princeton for the South. The semifinals and championship are May 29 and 31 at Maryland.

Information/results: The fax-on-demand telephone number is 770/563-1133 (pin code 1915). The request numbers are 5126 for the semifinals and 5127 for the championship game. These are the only games for which results will be posted. Round-by-round results and pairings will be published in the May 24 issue of The NCAA News. The championship game story and results will be published in the June 7 issue.

Championship notes: Championship weekend moves back to Maryland after one year at Rutgers ... Princeton has won four of the last five championships, including the last three ... The last active coach to win a title other than Princeton's Bill Tierney is North Carolina's Dave Klarmann, whose Tar Heels won in 1991 ... Johns Hopkins leads in all-time championships with seven, but has not won one since 1987 ... Maryland and Princeton have played in the championship game in each of the past two years. The Tigers' winning margin of 10 goals last year was the largest since Syracuse beat Loyola (Maryland), 21-9, in 1990.