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Men’s Lacrosse
UCSB Seeks ‘Three-Peat’

By Kelly Hayes — Staff Writer
Published Tuesday May 9, 2006

If fate is on the side of the UCSB men’s lacrosse team, the third time will be the charm in the first round of the U.S. Lacrosse Men’s Division Intercollegiate Associates (MDIA) National Championships today.

The #10 Gauchos (9-6 overall) travel to Plano, Texas for their third meeting with seventh-seeded UC San Diego (11-5) this season.

The last time the two teams met, the Tritons handed Santa Barbara a 10-7 loss, knocking it out of the Western Collegiate Lacrosse League playoffs. Since then, the Gauchos have had a two-week layoff, while UCSD lost to Sonoma State in the WCLL semifinals April 29.

“[The break] kind of gives us this hunger to play again,” senior co-captain and midfield Nick Schooler said. “It’s been two and a half weeks since we last played and we’re sitting on that last loss, thinking about it every day for two weeks. Every game from now on is our last.”