May 10, 2004

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - The University of North Carolina received its first bid to the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament since 1998 on Monday and will play host to Ohio State in the first round of the championship Saturday at 1 p.m. at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels are the No. 8 seed in the tournament and they will face a Buckeyes' team they defeated just this past Saturday 12-6 in the regular-season finale at Fetzer Field.

The gates at Fetzer Field will open this Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Tickets will be $5 for adults and $3 for students.

The winner of the game between North Carolina (9-4) and Ohio State (12-3) will play a quarterfinal game the on Saturday, May 22 against either top-seeded Johns Hopkins or Providence in Charlottesville, Va.

Following is a complete list of games in this year's tournament:

First-Round Games

Saturday, May 15

Providence (9-7) at No. 1 Johns Hopkins (11-1)

Ohio State (12-3) at No. 8 North Carolina (9-4)

Army (10-4) at No. 3 Maryland (12-2)

Rutgers (8-5) at No. 6 Princeton (9-3)

Sunday, May 16

Towson (11-4) at No. 5 Georgetown (10-3)

Albany (10-5) at No. 4 Syracuse (11-2)

Hobart (9-6) at No. 7 Cornell (8-4)

Pennsylvania (7-6) at No. 2 Navy (12-2)

Quarterfinals

Saturday, May 22 at Charlottesville, Va.

Games at Noon and 3 p.m.

Johns Hopkins/Providence Winner vs. Ohio State/North Carolina Winner

Maryland/Army Winner vs. Princeton/Rutgers Winner

Sunday, May 23 at Ithaca, N.Y.

Games at Noon and 3 p.m.

Georgetown/Towson Winner vs. Syracuse/Albany Winner

Cornell/Hobart Winner vs. Navy/Pennsylvania Winner

Semifinals

Saturday, May 29

M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Md., 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Championship Game

Monday, May 31

M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Md., 2:30 p.m.