Face-Off Classic

The Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic is an annual college lacrosse event played in Baltimore, Maryland early in the NCAA Division I season. From 2007 to 2009, the event consisted of a doubleheader; in 2010 it was expanded to include a third game. The event takes place in M&T Bank Stadium, the home field of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League, and it was first held 2007.[1] The event is hosted by the manufacturer Konica Minolta. The inaugural Face-Off Classic in 2007 set the attendance record for a regular season lacrosse-only event with 20,130 spectators. That was broken by the 2009 Big City Classic.[2]

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Results

Year Winning team Losing team Notes Attendance
2010 Maryland 11 Duke 10 OT 19,742
Princeton 11 Johns Hopkins 10 OT
Notre Dame 11 Loyola 9
2009 Princeton 14 Johns Hopkins 8 17,000
Maryland 11 Duke 8
2008 Johns Hopkins 14 Princeton 9 19,165
Virginia 14 Syracuse 13 OT
2007 Johns Hopkins 7 Princeton 6 2OT 20,180
Virginia 11 Syracuse 8

See also

References

  1. ^ Inside Lacorsse preview the 2009 Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic, ESPN, February 27, 2009.
  2. ^ Big City Classic sets attendance record according to Inside Lacrosse, New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, April 7, 2009.

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