May 3, 2009

#4 Men’s Lacrosse Selected to First-Ever NCAA Final Four

NORTH ANDOVER, MA – The Merrimack men’s lacrosse team is going to its first-ever NCAA Final Four, as announced late Sunday night.

The Warriors are the one at-large team selected to the NCAA Division II Men’s Lacrosse Final Four and will take on top-ranked Le Moyne College on May 16 in Syracuse.

This marks the first time Merrimack has been selected to the NCAA field in program history. The Warriors were 14-2 this season, losing both games to top-ranked and unbeaten Le Moyne. They lost 5-4 on April 11 in North Andover and 10-2 earlier Sunday in the Northeast-10 Championship.

Other teams in the Final Four are C.W. Post and Limestone, who will battle on May 16 in Brookville, New York.

The winners of the NCAA Semifinals will play in the National Championship on May 24 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro.

The Warriors are led by the three-time All-American and the Northeast-10 Player of the Year Greg Rogowski (Cohoes, NY), who led the conference with 52 goals and 82 points this season. Rogowski sits at 209 career goals, third all-time in Division II history and has 311 career points, fourth all-time.

Other key players to the 14 win season include first-team all-conference selections Jo Pisano (Dedham, MA) and Michael Miano (Branford, CT). All-American Cory Spinale (Wakefield, MA) was named to the second-team all-conference as were Mark Webber (Mansfield, MA) and Michael Balbuena (Falmouth, MA).

This will mark the first time Merrimack will play the same opponent three times in a season.

The Dolphins are headed to their eighth straight Final Four after their eighth conference championship in nine years. Last season, Le Moyne defeated Bryant in the NCAA Semifinals, before falling to NYIT in the championship.


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