The Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet approved future site recommendations in several sports at its September meeting in Indianapolis, including in men's lacrosse, men's soccer and wrestling.

Cabinet members approved the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Committee recommendation that the 2007 Divisions I, II and III Men's Lacrosse Championships be held in Baltimore and the 2008 events in Boston.

Johns Hopkins University, Loyola College (Maryland), Towson University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will host the 2007 finals May 26-28 at M&T Bank Stadium, home of the NFL Baltimore Ravens. Those four institutions hosted the championships in 2003 and 2004 at which the attendance mark for the Division I semifinals of 46,923 was set. Johns Hopkins also hosted the 1975 Division I championship in Baltimore.

The Eastern College Athletic Conference and Harvard University will co-host the 2008 championships May 24-26 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The home of the NFL New England Patriots is the farthest north the championships will have been since 1991, when Syracuse University hosted.

"A traditional hotbed for men's lacrosse and an outstanding host in 2003 and 2004, Baltimore was a natural choice for the return of the championships," said Jon Hind, chair of the men's lacrosse committee and associate athletics director at Butler University. "And with the explosive growth of the sport, Boston is perfect for showcasing the championships in New England. Both venues are state-of-the-art facilities that offer exceptional amenities that enhance the quality and excitement of the championship weekend experience for our student-athletes, fans, and all those associated with the sport."

Quarterfinal sites for the 2006 and 2007 Division I championships also were approved. Stony Brook University will host the North region quarterfinal games May 20, 2006, at its Kenneth P. Lavalle Stadium. Towson will host the South region games May 21 in Baltimore. In 2007, Princeton University will host the North region quarterfinals at Princeton Stadium, while the U.S. Naval Academy will host the South region quarterfinals at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.

St. Louis gets wrestling, soccer

St. Louis will be a frequent stop for future NCAA championships, as the cabinet awarded the city the 2008 and 2009 Division I wrestling finals and the 2006 Men's College Cup.

The University of Missouri, Columbia, will co-host the 2008 and 2009 championships along with the St. Louis Sports Commission. Dates are March 20-22, 2008, and March 19-21, 2009. St. Louis has been the site of three previous wrestling championships in 2000, 2004 and 2005. The all-session attendance record of 96,944 fans was set in 2000.

Saint Louis University and the St. Louis Sports Commission will host the 2006 NCAA Men's College Cup.

"We're excited to take the 2006 College Cup to St. Louis," said Terry Gawlik, chair of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Committee and assistant athletics director at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. "The setting provided at Saint Louis University's Robert R. Hermann Stadium will provide a great atmosphere for the four participating teams, and the community has a great track record for hosting NCAA events."

The College Cup, which consists of the two national semifinals and the championship game, will be played December 1-3. It will be the sixth time that St. Louis has hosted the championship, but the first since 1974.

The city of St. Louis has hosted six NCAA championship events during the past five years, including the 2005 Men's Final Four, the 2001 Women's Final Four, the 2004 and 2005 Division I Wrestling Championships, the 2002 men's basketball first and second rounds and a 2004 men's basketball regional.

"St. Louis has done a tremendous job of hosting the wrestling championships in the past," said Tom Bold, the chair of the Wrestling Committee when the site selections were made. "The committee has been extremely impressed with the dedication of the staff from Missouri, the Savvis Center and the St. Louis Sports Commission to the championships. In addition, the feedback the committee received from the student-athletes, coaches and fans during the last two years in St. Louis was overwhelmingly positive, so we are excited to go back."

Wrestling championship sites also were awarded for 2010 and 2011. In 2010, the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, will co-host the event along with the Omaha Sports Commission March 18-20 at the Qwest Center. It will mark the first time the championships have been held in the state of Nebraska.