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In the Charlottesville Summer Lacrosse League semifinal game Monday evening at St. Anneâ??s-Belfield, top seed Red ended the championship hopes of #5 seed Maroon 19-14. Red takes on Black in the CSLL Grand Final Championship game tonight (Tuesday) at STAB.

The Championship game is open to the public without charge.

In the Charlottesville Summer Lacrosse League play-in game Sunday afternoon at St. Anne’s-Belfield, #5 seed Maroon defeated #4 seed Royal Blue 10-4. In the second game of Sunday’s lacrosse double-header, #3 seed Black downed White in a 18-17 overtime thriller.

The CSLL post-season tournament continues tonight at STAB with semi-final action at 7:00pm between top-seed Red and Maroon. The winner will play Black in the CSLL Grand Final Championship game will be played on Tuesday evening at STAB.

All games are open to the public without charge.

Updated: 5:15pm
The weather in the Charlottesville region has stabilized; tonight’s Charlottesville Summer Lacrosse League playoff games will be played as scheduled.

Previous Update: 1:30pm
The Charlottesville Summer Lacrosse League has been carefully monitoring this afternoon’s weather situation. The Charlottesville area is currently under a severe thunderstorm watch which is scheduled to last through this evening’s playoff games, and a number of severe thunderstorms have begun to appear throughout the region.

Players for tonight’s Royal Blue v. Maroon (5:45pm) and Black v. While (7:00pm) should monitor cville-lax.com for any weather-related schedule changes today.

Note that all CSLL playoff games are to be played at the St. Anneâ??s-Belfield Lower School Turf Field.

The 2008 Playoffs for the Charlottesvile Summer Lacrosse League will begin on Sunday, July 27, at the St. Anne’s-Belfield Lower School Turf Field. (Note: this is a change in venue from Darden Towe Park, where regular season league games were played.)

The playoffs will kick off Sunday afternoon at 5:45pm with the play-in matchup between Royal Blue and Maroon. In the second game of the evening, Black will take on White in the first semifinal game at 7:00pm.

Monday evening (July 28th), undefeated Red will take on the winner of the Royal Blue / Maroon game in the second semifinal game. The game will be at 7:00pm at the St. Anne’s-Belfield Lower School Turf Field.

The CSLL Grand Final Championship game will be played on Tuesday evening at 7:00pm at the STAB Turf Field.

In the event of inclement weather, games will simply be shifted one day later. All games are open to the public without charge.

UPDATED: 6:00pm
Reports from Darden Towe Park are that the fields are under considerable standing water. Tonight’s ACAC Lacrosse Travel Team practice is cancelled. Practice will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday evening.

UPDATED: 6:00pm
Reports from Darden Towe Park are that the fields are under considerable standing water. All lacrosse events for this evening are cancelled.

Original Post
After a successful exhibition trip to Miller School, the Charlottesville Women’s Summer Lacrosse League returns to its regular venue at Darden Towe Park.

Despite recent rain, the fields at Darden Towe Park are (as of 1:00PM) in very good condition. Barring adverse weather events, this afternoonâ??s Charlottesville Women’s Summer Lacrosse League game will be held as scheduled.

Despite yesterday’s heavy rains, the fields at Darden Towe Park are in very good condition. Therefore, this afternoon’s Charlottesville Summer Lacrosse League games will be held as scheduled.

UPDATED: 10:40am
Conditions on the fields at Darden Towe Park, which had been closed by Albemarle County due to heavy rainfall, have improved considerably throughout the morning. Additionally, the storms which moved through the area this morning have moved well to the east of Charlottesville. Therefore, this morning’s Seminole Players League games will be held as scheduled.

Original Post: 8:30 am
The Seminole Lacrosse League has been carefully monitoring this morning’s weather situation. A large thunderstorm passed through Charlottesville and Albemarle County, delivering very heavy rainfall to the area of Darden Towe Park. Field conditions are expected to be poor for most of the morning until the precipitation has had a chance to drain away.

Therefore, based on expected field conditions and the continuing threat of thunderstorms throughout the morning, this morning’s Seminole League games are canceled for all age groups EXCEPT the Player’s League. Field and weather conditions will be reevaluated and a decision made on the Player’s League game by approximately 11:00am.

The Charlottesville Women’s Summer Lacrosse League (CWSLL) will move its Wednesay night scrimmage from Darden Towe to the Miller School for this week only, July 2nd, in order to give campers at Camp Wahoo the opportunity to watch women’s lacrosse. Players should meet at the Miller School in Western Albemarle County at 6:00 OR at Darden Towe park at 5:30 to carpool. Please contact Natalie Wood (434-825-2021) or Heather Maher (917-613-3787) with further questions.

Directions to Miller School:

• I-64 West towards Crozet
• Get off at the crozet exit (107) and head East on Rt. 250
• At the first light take a right on Miller School Road
• Follow it about 3-4 miles and Miller will be on your right
• The Women’s Summer League game will be on the field at the top of the hill when you drive up, next to the bell tower.