For the first time since 2011, the Virginia Cavalier Men’s Lacrosse team is in the NCAA tournament semifinals. The Hoos would go on to win it all that season, beating Maryland 9-7 on Memorial Day to bring home the title.
This year, Virginia downed Maryland in the NCAA quarterfinals in one of the most exciting and dramatic games of the season (if not the past few seasons), and will face another very familiar foe in the Duke Blue Devils.
Virginia will have to overcome some personal demons against the Blue Devils in Saturday’s game. To say the series has been uneven over the last decade and a half is an huge understatement as Duke has won 19 of the last 20 meetings and 11 straight.