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Lynchburg coach and Charlottesville Herd member Chris Perzinski’s moves to the top bracket with a 14-4 win over Hong Kong. Poland can finish as high as 9th, or low as 18th.

Lynchburg College assistant coach and Charlottesville Herd member Max Silberlicht’s Latvia crushes Spain 21-3; also moves into the winner’s bracket. Latvia can finish as high as 17th, or low as 26th.

Slovakia moves ahead as well, defeating France 17-12. Former AHS goalie Nathaniel Gaspar played one half, records 1 save. Slovakia can finish as high as 17th, or low as 26th.

New Zealand overpowers the Netherlands 10-14. Charlottesville Herd member John Pritzlaff gets one goal in the fourth quarter. Is in the Championship bracket, and could conceivably win. The lowest they could finish is 10th.

Sweden cruises past Bermuda 19-4. Dickson Smith – 1 shot. Sweden can finish as high as 9th, or low as 18th.

UVa junior Tanner Ottenbreit helps coach Team Uganda to the country’s first win in international lacrosse competition with a six goal run in the fourth quarter. Uganda 10 – Korea 9. Final. Uganda can finish as high as 25th, or low as 34th.

The United States looks for a win over England at 5:30 PM MDT. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN-3. Is in the Championship bracket, and is the odds-on favorite to win.

Coach Mark Van Arsdale and the Iroquois Nationals recover from Sunday night’s heartbreaker with a win over Australia 12-10.

Also of note:

Canada dominates Japan 20 – 3.

Germany overcomes the Czech Republic 9-5.

UVA junior attackman Steele Stanwick was awarded lacrosse’s highest individual honor, the Tewaaraton Award, following the 2011 season. Stanwick is the third Cavalier to win the award, given to the nation’s top male collegiate lacrosse player.

Stanwick finished the season No. 3 in the nation with 2.24 assists per game and No. 4 in the nation with 4.12 points per game. The junior tallied 21 points (9 points, 12 assists) in the 2011 NCAA Tournament, leading Virginia to the program’s fifth all-time title. Stanwick was named to the All-NCAA Championship Tournament team. He also was the ACC Player of the Year and earned USILA first-team All-America accolades in 2011.

Read more about Stanwick and the award here.

The University of Virginia Men’s lacrosse team won their 5th National Championship with a 9-7 over the Maryland Terrapins in front of over 35,000 fans in Baltimore. As a number 7 seed, the Cavs were the lowest seeded team to ever take home the title.

Following a slow start by both teams, UVA rode Colin Briggs to a 5-3 halftime lead. Briggs finished with 5 goals and took home Championship MVP honors.

You can read more about the victory and see video highlights and post-game interviews below and here.

UVa Men’s Lacrosse head coach Dom Starsia has announced that Rhamel Bratton will not play against Cornell in the NCAA Quarterfinals this Saturday. Rhamel was suspended indefinitely earlier in the season. Rhamel’s twin brother Shamel was booted from the team at the same time.

Starsia is quoted in InsideLacrosse:

“Rhamel’s status is unchanged. He’s not activated for this weekend’s game,” Starsia said Tuesday. “He has academic issues this week in Virginia. He may join us at Hofstra, outside of that nothing more to report.”

Meanwhile, Steele Stanwick has been named a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award, given to the nation’s most outstanding player. Stanwick joins four other finalists and is the sole ACC representative. He was named the ACC player of the year earlier this month. Stanwick ranks 8th nationally with 3.77 points per game.

The UVa Men’s lacrosse team defeated Bucknell in a thrilling 13-12 overtime game in the first round of the NCAA Tournament this past Sunday. Following a significant rain and lightning delay, the 7th seeded Cavs were able to come from behind in the fourth quarter and escape with the overtime victory over the unseeded Bison. Steele Stanwick lead the charge with 3 goals and 5 assists, including the final helper to Matt White who sealed the overtime with a nifty sneak around the right pipe for the stuff. You can read more about the game here and here. The men move on to face a very good Cornell team on Saturday. That game is set for noon and will be broadcast on ESPNU. UVa defeated Cornell earlier this season.

The UVa women’s team fell to UNC for the third time this year in their first round NCAA game in Chapel Hill 15-7. The Cavs were not able to get back on track following a rain delay of over an hour and finish their season with a 9-9 record. You can read more about the loss and the season here.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Hofstra at Johns Hopkins      Noon              ESPN2/ESPN3.com 
Penn at Notre Dame            2:30 p.m.         ESPNU 
Delaware at Duke              5 p.m.            ESPNU 
Hartford at Cornell           7:30 p.m.         ESPNU

Sun., May 15, 2011

Maryland at UNC               1 p.m.            ESPN/ESPN3.com 
Bucknell at Virginia          3 p.m.            ESPNU 
Villanova at Denver           5:15 p.m.         ESPNU 
Siena at Syracuse             7:30 p.m.         ESPNU

Both the University of Virginia men’s and women’s teams were selected Sunday to play in the NCAA tournament for the shot at a national championship.

Following a slight hiccup toward the end of the season including losses and the dismissal of one its best players, Shamel Bratton, and the indefinite suspension of another key midfielder, Rhamel Bratton, the men’s squad received an 7th seed. They will host Bucknell on Sunday at 3pm. It is the Cavalier’s lowest seed since 2001. Bucknell is unseeded following their win of the Patriot League, and enter the tournament with a 14-2 record, including eight wins in a row.

The women’s squad earned an at large bid into their tournament, one of five ACC teams to make it. They enter the tournament with a 9-8 record and will face the North Carolina Tarheels (13-5) in the first round. The Cavs and Heels have faced off twice already this season, with North Carolina taking both matches. Game day and time have not been determined.

Courtesy: Thomas Wilson/UVa Media Relations

Shamel Bratton has been dismissed from the University of Virginia Men’s lacrosse team. Citing a consistent violation of team rules, head coach Dom Starsia removed Bratton from the roster effective immediately. Starsia also suspended Shamel’s twin brother Rhamel indefinitely.

Rumors around the net are that the team voted to boot the Bratton’s following repeated violations of the team’s new alcohol policy. The policy was implemented this year following the death of  Yeardley Love and the subsequent arrest of  George Huguely. Both Brattons have already been suspended this season for violating team rules.

Both perenial All-Americans, Shamel finishes his career with 129 points, most all time by a UVA midfielder.

Read more about the situation from the Washington Post and Inside Lacrosse. Read the UVA press release, including a statement from Starsia, here.

The #11 Cavaliers close the regular season on Saturday afternoon against #13 Pennsylvania in Charlottesville with NCAA Tournament berths on the line. The game also marks Senior Day for UVA fourth years.

The Charlottesville Boys Middle School Lacrosse league was featured on the Newsplex as a growing sport attracting the attention of many kids. The piece focused on the increased number of participants at the lower levels and the increase in the team numbers in the league. Very cool. The video also shows plenty of highlights of kids playing from this past Sunday and a sound bite from the man making it happen, Jim Loffredo. See the video below:

Also featured on the Plex were some highlights from the STAB Girl’s battle with Episcopal.

NBC-29 ran highlights of the Albemarle Boy’s win over Brooke Point (Skip ahead past the baseball highlights):

NBC-29 is also running a preview of the UVA Men’s matchup with Duke tomorrow in Durham: