Before Sunday's games, the two remaining Division I teams, Syracuse and Johns Hopkins, met with the media. Here are quotes from the coaches:

Syracuse head coach John Desko
On his reaction to yesterday's second game
"We were at Schoellkopf Field and watched Duke against Ohio State and they were pretty incredible. But I think Dave Pietramala has done a great job. I think if any team was going to have success against [Duke], it would've been [Hopkins]. The tempo, winning some face-offs and obviously their big time players came through for them once again when they really needed it."

On both teams vying for their 10th national championship title:
"I haven't been asked that question, nor did we even know that statistic until you guys asked about it. I guess it adds to it a little bit. But I think if you start to think about those other things and then focus on what it takes to beat the Blue Jays, you could be in trouble. We don't talk too much about it. History has been brought up to these guys through the media and I know they talk about it amongst themselves. For us, it's pretty much all business and what it's going to take to beat the next opponent."

On what it takes to beat Johns Hopkins:
"I think in this game, as opposed to the Virginia game, I think possession is going to be a little more important. I know Hopkins, we watched their tempo yesterday, and they do some great things. They've got guys like Paul Rabil that can really stretch out. Right now his ability to shoot on the run with both hands fro a little further distance than most people makes him very dangerous. Peyser can do that. you need to know their personnel, and Huntley off the ball has been terrific in all their big games. Their goaltender probably played the best lacrosse of the year for them [against Duke] and they're a solid team defense. I think the possession is going to be a little more important, understanding what they do, and their personnel. We've got to do everything we can in the next 24 hours to get these guys to understand that."

On Danny Brennan's importance in Monday's game:
"He's going against another terrific guy in Peyser, who's also very dangerous offensively. It's a great challenge for us and for Danny. Both their strengths are different moves to counter one another. It should be a great match-up tomorrow."

Johns Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala
"We're excited to be here. When we were 3-5, you can imagine the thoughts that were going through our heads. This is a unique championship. When I grew up playing, it was Syracuse and Hopkins. It's interesting, everyone wants to talk about parity, and yet here we are, and here's Syracuse and here's Hopkins. I think we've both kind of gone through a difficult period. For Syracuse, it was last year. They've kind of looked at themselves and made a couple of changes, as the players have. You look at us, and we had the same thing, we were 3-5, had five losses in a row and we kind of looked at ourselves."

On his team bouncing back from a slow start:
"What I am is I am really proud. I'm proud of what these guys and our leaders have done. I was talking to Kyle Fetterly, the equipment manager for Syracuse that I've known for a long time, and he asked 'What did you guys do when you lost five in a row?' We didn't do anything, the guys did it. There was never a question they would stay together, and there was never a question they would continue working like they were. It wasn't like we weren't working hard -- we were -- I guess we just weren't working well or working right."