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Final week of the 2007 regular season is underway. With numerous games on tap holding major playoff implications it should be an exciting weekend. Good luck to all teams as they finish out thier regular seasons!


DIVISION A
Wed 18-Apr Minnesota 9 v. St. Olaf 4 FINAL

Fri 20-Apr St. Olaf v. St. Cloud @ St. Cloud 5:30pm
Fri 20-Apr UWSP v. Mankato @ Minnesota – Mankato 8:15pm

Sat 21-Apr Duluth v. St. Cloud @ St. Cloud 10:00am
Sat 21-Apr UWSP v. St. Olaf @ Northfield, MN 10:00am
Sat 21-Apr Iowa v. Iowa State @ Ames 3:00pm

Sun 22-Apr Iowa v. Mankato @ Ames 11:00am
Sun 22-Apr St. Cloud v. UWSP @ St Paul, MN (Minnesota) 12:30pm
Sun 22-Apr St. Olaf v. Duluth @ Griggs Stadium, Duluth, MN 2:00pm


DIVISON B
Wed 18-Apr Bethel 5 St. Thomas 17 FINAL

Fri 20-Apr St. Thomas v. UWEC @ Eau Claire, WI 6:00pm

Sat 21-Apr Bethel v. North Dakota @ St. John's 11:00am
Sat 21-Apr NDSU v. St. John's @ St. John's 1:30pm
Sat 21-Apr Moorhead v. Nebraska @ Rec Services Grass Field 3:00pm
Sat 21-Apr Creighton v. St. Thomas @ St. Paul, MN (St Thomas) 7:00pm

Sun 22-Apr Creighton v. Bethel @ Mounds View High School 10:00am
Sun 22-Apr Moorhead v. South Dakota @ Rec Services Grass Field 12:00pm
Sun 22-Apr Carleton v. St. John's @ St. John's 12:00pm
Sun 22-Apr NDSU v. UWEC @ Eau Claire, WI 12:30pm

Tue 24-Apr Carleton v. Bethel @ St. Paul, MN (Bethel) 5:00pm
Tue 24-Apr St. John's v. Moorhead @ St. John's 6:00pm

The SCSU vs. St. Olaf game is at 5:30

games at SJU will be played on the IM fields (right behind the baseball field)

UST 14
UWEC 8

Thanks again to St. Thomas. They are the classiest bunch of players and coaches in the league.

It was a great game. UWEC opened with a 2-0 lead, St. Thomas clawed back to take a 5-4 with a few moments left in the first half. In the second half we came out flat, and the Thommies frequently exposed and took advantage of our continuous defensive ineptitude, and came out with the lopsided victory.

Congrats, and good luck this postseason, St. Thomas! Thanks for making the trip.

Great night for a game in Mankato under the lights at Blakeslee Stadium. First time a club time as even stepped on the field. Mankato wins 10-5 over Stevens Point with a good crowd in the stands.

Final from St Cloud:

St Olaf - 11
St Cloud - 10

No team had a lead of more then two goals all night. Good hard hitting lacrosse game. The St Cloud goalie played OUTSTANDING. Olaf scored with 2 minutes left to secure the victory.

tiebreaker update:

Due to Mankato's win, Case 2,3 and 6 are now eliminated from contention - see UMLL tiebreaker thread for explanation of remaining options 1, 4 and 5.

If UWSP games are going to count to the final seeding then the tournament should be seeded with UWSP in the equation and then remove them and bump everyone under them up one place. If that were the case then if St Cloud beats UWSP tomorrow and gives up less then 5 goals we would be in and Marquette would be out. Or the easy way would be if the UWSP games were not a factor in the tournament seeding at all. If that were the case if we beat UWSP then we would be in and Mankato would be out. I understand with tiebreakers not everyone is going to be happy, what I’m looking for is some consistency. You can’t have a team be a factor in one way and not in another. Either UWSP is a factor in the seeding or they are not, but we have to choose.

Final From Northfield

St Olaf - 20
Stevens Point - 8

Olaf really had the offense clicking in the second half with some nice possessions. Eric Busse played very well in net for Olaf.

Just a quick question regarding UWSP not playing 3 OOC games. After reading in some other boards on the site, I am wondering is it an UMLL by-law that states a team is in-eligible for Conference championships if the no OOC games are played? I've never seen the by-laws so I have no idea. I was always under the 3 OOC were used in consideration for an at-large bid to the National Tournament, not conference tournament.

I do not believe that the UMLL is willing to take the chance that their automatic bid be ruined by a team winning the conference tournament that is not eligible for the national tournament. I think this is the reasoning behind making 3 OCC games a requirement for entry into the UMLL conference tournament. Anything to protect that AQ.

Brandon Carlson wrote:I do not believe that the UMLL is willing to take the chance that their automatic bid be ruined by a team winning the conference tournament that is not eligible for the national tournament. I think this is the reasoning behind making 3 OCC games a requirement for entry into the UMLL conference tournament. Anything to protect that AQ.

As I understand, the 3 OOC game are not required to compete in the National Tournament, so no AQ would be lost. The 3 OOC games are required for an at-large bid to the national tournament.

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