Kevin Scheitrum: D-II National Championship: Le Moyne vs. NYIT

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D-II National Championship: Le Moyne vs. NYIT

The D-II Championship game between LeMoyne (15-1) and NYIT (12-1) begins at 4:30.

Le Moyne is making its third straight appearance in the D-II national championship, having won the 2006 and 2007 crowns. NYIT is making its fourth overall appearance, having won for the last time in 2005.

The game is the first time that the teams have met in the championship game, although they have played each other three times in the NCAA Tournament, with NYIT going 2-1 in the NCAA Tournament series. Le Moyne took the only regular season meeting of the two teams.

Notes:
- NYIT's last two national titles, 2003 and 2005, have come when the Lacrosse Championships were held in new cities for the first time.
- NYIT's appearing in its eighth NCAA Championship, and Le Moyne, its 7th.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kevin Scheitrum grew up a tortured Philadelphia sports fan in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania, then spent four years at Boston University captaining the BU club baseball team, writing for the Daily Free Press, Metrowest Daily News and Boston Herald and learning how to put up with Red Sox fans.