Help: Top Seed Success

by **Jac Coyne** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:52 pm

I'm whipping together a tutorial on the selection process for the MCLA tournament for our readers (Lacrosse Magazine) and was hoping to include a factoid about the success (or lackthereof) of the top seed at the national championships.

I'll admit to not digging terribly deep on the web, but I was wondering if anyone could help me cobble together the top seeds in the tournament for the last decade or so and how they finished up?

Got 'em all now -- much thanks to fsusg, who had the tourney program:

2007
D-I: Top seed BYU; Winner #1 BYU
D-II: Top seed SJU; Winner #3 Montana

2006
D-I: Top seed CSU; Winner #1 CSU
D-II: Top seed San Diego; Winner #1 San Diego

2005
D-I: Top seed BYU; Winner #2 UCSB
D-II: Top seed San Diego; Winner #1 San Diego

2004
D-I: Top seed UCSB; Winner #1 UCSB

2003
D-I: Top seed UCSB; Winner #2 CSU

2002
D-I: Top Seed Sonoma; Winner #1 Sonoma

2001
D-I: Top seed Michigan; Winner #3 CSU

2000
D-I: Top seed Cal; Winner #6 BYU

1999
D-I: Top seed BYU; Winner #3 CSU

1998
D-I: Top seed BYU; Winner #2 Cal

1997
D-I: Top seed Arizona; Winner #4 BYU

Rgrds,
JAC

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by **westcoastlax** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:15 pm

2002
Top Seed: Sonoma State
winner: Sonoma State
I believe it was the first time a #1 seed won the tourney.

by **UkraineNotWeak** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:30 pm

Pretty sure that CSU was seeded #1 in 2003 and won the title and UCSB was seeded #1 in 2004 and won the title.

by **Ravaging Beast** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:33 pm

2001
Top Seed: Michigan?
winner: CSU?

2003
Top Seed: UCSB?
winner: CSU

2004
Top Seed: UCSB
winner: UCSB

2005
Top Seed: BYU
winner: UCSB

2006
Top Seed: CSU?
winner: CSU

by **UkraineNotWeak** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:43 pm

1997 Winner: BYU
Top Seed: BYU?

1998 Winner: Cal
Top Seed: BYU?

1999 Winner: CSU
Top Seed: Probably CSU or BYU

2000 Winner: BYU
Top Seed: Probably CSU, BYU, or Michigan

2001 Winner: CSU
Top Seed: Probably CSU, BYU, or Michigan

by **Sonny** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:46 pm

1997 - I believe Arizona was the top seed.

by **CATLAX MAN** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:04 pm

2001 Top Seed was Michigan.

Pretty sure that Top seed and winner for D2 in 2006 & 2005 was USD. That's as far back as D2 goes, tourney-wise.

by **CATLAX MAN** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:08 pm

westcoastlax wrote:2002
Top Seed: Sonoma State
winner: Sonoma State
I believe it was the first time a #1 seed won the tourney.

Also only team to go undefeated during the season & tourney.

by **UkraineNotWeak** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:20 pm

UCSB was the #2 seed in 2003. CSU was #1 I think.

by **Sonny** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:21 pm

2005 top seed for D1 was BYU..... After FSU upset BYU in OT in the quarters -- UCSB beat Sonoma 8-7 in the final at NSC in Minnesota.

2005 top seed for D2 was San Diego... USD beat UVSC in the final game that year.

by **CATLAX MAN** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:22 pm

Sonny wrote:2005 top seed for D1 was BYU..... After FSU upset BYU in OT in the quarters -- UCSB beat Sonoma 8-7 in the final at NSC in Minnesota.

2005 top seed for D2 was San Diego... USD beat UVSC in the final game that year.

Still haven't quite thawed out from those games yet.

by **onpoint** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:14 pm

UkraineNotWeak wrote:Pretty sure that CSU was seeded #1 in 2003 and won the title and UCSB was seeded #1 in 2004 and won the title.

We were the #3 seed in 1999 and 2001. We were #2 in 2002 and 2003 (we wore green in the championship vs. UCSB).

by **SCLAX** on Sat May 03, 2008 1:13 am

Looks like the MCLA has it's own version of the NCAA's Princeton/Syracuse/Virginia/Hopkins. I don't see anyone other than Duke taking the NCAA's this year. Maybe Michigan can take the MCLA? A new champion for both leagues?

by **PigPen** on Wed May 07, 2008 10:19 am

or maybe a Duluth-maybe a Duluth/Michigan final? Would that be different.