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Cal Poly Reign Ends 

Colorado State snaps Cal Poly's 28-game WDIA winning streak

DENVER -- Colorado State scored the final six goals of the game to beat Cal Poly 8-5 in overtime at Invesco Field at Mile High to win the US Lacrosse Women's Division Intercollegiate Associates National Championship.

The victory ended Cal Poly's seven-year run as the US Lacrosse Women's Division Intercollegiate Associates champion. Cal Poly had gone a perfect 28-0 in the national tournament before today's loss.

After CSU scored first, Cal Poly seemed to have control of the game. The Mustangs scored three goals in the final six and a half minutes of the first half to take a 3-1 halftime lead. Sarina Madnick scored just 1:40 into the second half to make it 4-1 and after a Erin O'Brien goal for CSU, Cal Pol went back up by three at 5-2 on a goal by Ashley Hennen with 17:22 left in regulation.

"This team has come back several times this year in those kinds of situations," said CSU head coach Bob Vlahakis. "We felt pretty good about stopping them and we knew that we could score."

CSU All-American goalie Brooke Lewis took care of things on the defensive end, blanking the Mustangs for the final 23 minutes of the game. Lewis finished with nine saves.

The offense got going with Andee Barocas, Katie Nepil and Kristen Kasney scoring consecutive goals for CSU, with Kasney's second of the game tying the score 5-5 with 4:27 left to play.

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WDIA: Cal Poly, CSU in Final

Cal Poly aims for eighth straight title

DENVER - Cal Poly worked its magic one more time, defeating top-seeded and unbeaten UC Santa Barbara 11-10 in overtime in the semifinals of the US Lacrosse Women's Division Intercollegiate Associates National Championship at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Cal Poly will meet Colorado State in the championship game on Saturday at noon at Invesco Field at Mile High in a game that will be televised on a tape-delayed basis by CBS College Sports. CSU beat Colorado 11-6 in the semifinals.

Cal Poly has never lost a game in the US Lacrosse WDIA championships, having won all seven championships held since the inaugural event in 2001. The Mustangs 28th consecutive WDIA victory didn't come easily.

UCSB took an 8-7 lead on a goal Ashley Antoon-Algieri with 2:16 remaining in regulation, but Cal Poly's Bonnie Burtis scored with just seven seconds remaining to force overtime.

Hayley Saxton gave Cal Poly a 9-8 lead in the first overtime period, but UCSB's Katie Moran answered to tie the game again. Saxton then scored as the horn expired of the first overtime period to give the Mustangs a 10-9 lead.

Allegra Cabellon scored with 2:06 left in the second overtime period to stretch Cal Poly's lead to 11-9. UCSB's Kristyn Gherardi scored just 24 seconds later to pull the Gauchos to within one, but they were unable to get another shot off and Cal Poly won 11-10. The victory avenged two previous losses to UCSB, including a 12-11 overtime loss in the Western Women's Lacrosse League championship.

Colorado State had beaten Colorado twice earlier this season and jumped out of the gates to take a 6-1 halftime lead. The Buffaloes got back into it, scoring the first three goals of the second half to get within 6-4, but could get no closer. Andee Barocas, Katie Nepil and Erin O'Brien each had two goals for CSU. Colorado was led by Jody Weisenhorn, Allison Scholbe and Maia McPherson with two goals each.

Colorado State beat Cal Poly 3-1 in a regular-season matchup on Feb. 17.

3rd place game: Colorado 12, UCSB 10: Colorado raced out to an 8-1 lead and held off a second half comeback to defeat UCSB 12-10. UCSB scored four straight goals to pull within 11-9 with 8:51 remaining, but Amy Long scored for Colorado to stop the streak and put the game out of reach. Jody Weisenhorn led the Buffaloes with five goals, including the first three goals of the second half. Sam Lutz and Ashley Anton-Algieri led UCSB with three goals each.

5th place game: Pittsburgh 13, Michigan 11: Hilary Engel capped off her outstanding tournament with a five-goal performance to lead Pitt to a 13-11 victory over Michigan. The Panthers also got four goals from Katie Wheeler and 19 saves from goalie Lauren Masciantonio. Ashley Steitz led Michigan with four goals.

7th place game: Santa Clara 12, Lindenwood 8: Renee Eligio made 19 saves to shut down the Lindenwood offense and lead Santa Clara to a 12-8 victory. Lindsay Campbell had five goals for Santa Clara while Jackie Noble led Lindenwood with four.

11th place game: Georgia 17, Army 15 (OT): Georgia scored two goals in the final 13 seconds of the first overtime period to beat Army 17-15. The Black Knights rallied from a 15-10 deficit, tying the game 15-15 with four seconds left on Mary Katherine O'Rourke's seventh goal. Angela Alfano and Lindsey Gipson scored in overtime for the Bulldogs. Bethany Kotun led Georgia with five goals, while O'Rourke's seven paced Army. Jenna Burneskis added two goals and six assists for Army.

13th place game: UCLA 14, Minnesota 6: UCLA closed the tournament with two straight victories to finish in 13th place. Sarah Strock had four goals and two assists to pace the Bruins offense while Emily Beugelmans made 13 saves. Morgan Paldron and Kimberly Sauer each had two goals for Minnesota.

15th place game: Michigan State 14, Texas A&M 10: Michelle Signorello scored five goals to lead Michigan State past Texas A&M. Rachel Rideout added three goals while Lisa Raines led Texas A&M with three.

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WDIA All-Americans Announced

CSU's Lindsay Brown Named MVP

DENVER -- The 2008 US Lacrosse Women's Division Intercollegiate Associates All-Americans were honored at a banquet on Wednesday evening in Denver. Colorado State senior midfielder Lindsay Brown was honored as the most valuable player.

The US Lacrosse WDIA is made up of nearly 170 college club teams representing all regions of the country. A complete list of honorees follows:

Most Valuable Player: Lindsay Brown, Colorado State
Attacker of the Year: Katie Wheeler, Pittsburgh
Midfielder of the Year: Krista Shaw, Santa Clara
Defender of the Year: Kristyn Gherardi, UCSB
Rookie of the Year: Renee Eligio, Santa Clara
Co-Coach of the Year: Janet Holdsworth, Minnesota; Brendan O'Brien, Santa Clara

First Team All-Americans
Attack: Lindsay Campbell (Santa Clara), Kristen Dickey (UCSB), Emily Ruby (UCSB), Katie Wheeler (Pittsburgh).

Midfield: Julie Baskind (Michigan), Lindsay Brown (Colorado State), Amy Long (Colorado), Lisa Long (Colorado State), Katie Moran (UCSB), Kandee Schroeder (Lindenwood), Krista Shaw (Santa Clara).

Defense: Kristyn Gherardi (UCSB), Lindsey Hudek (Colorado State), Rebecca Miller (Michigan).

Goal: Renee Eligio (Santa Clara), Brooke Lewis (Colorado State)

Second Team All-Americans
Attack: Andee Barocas (Colorado State), Hilary Engle (Pittsburgh), Sarah Strock (UCLA), Lacy Vatland (Lindenwood).

Midfield: Maggie Aker (UCSB), Kaitlin Chandler (Cal Poly), Rachel Lary (Michigan), Jackie Noble (Lindenwood), Rachae Perkins (Chico State), Katie Popovich (Michigan State), Lisa Raines (Texas A&M), Whitney Turnbull (Arkansas).

Defense: Sara Herscovici (Santa Clara), Jamie Oetman (Cal Poly), Christi Woods (Georgia).

Goal: Lauren Masciantonio (Pittsburgh).

The Univeristy of Colorado ended the Broncos shot a championship today with a 13-9 victory in the quarterfinals of the WDIA National Tournament. Colorado will move on to face Colorado State in the semifinals tomorrow while the Broncos will face Pittsburgh tomorrow at 11:00 am in the consolation bracket.

Congrats to the Broncos on a great run this year and thank you to all those fans, family, friends, alumni and more who supported the team for this trip and throughout the entire season.  Stay tuned for more updates tomorrow...

DENVER - Four Broncos received WDIA All American honors at the 2008 US Lacrosse WDIA All American Awards banquet held this evening. Senior captain, Lindsay Campbell (Darien, CT), received 1st team honors at attack. Sophomore, Krista Shaw (Denver, CO), received 1st team honors at midfield. Freshman, Renee Eligio (South San Francisco, CA), received first team honors at goalie. Junior captain, Sarah Herscovici (Littleton, CO), received 2nd team honors at defense. All four players had previously received an WWLL All Star award two weeks prior at their league playoff award ceremony, while Shaw was also named as the WWLL's MVP for 2008.

To finish off an already great night of awards for the Broncos, Shaw was named as the WDIA Midfielder of Year while Eligio received the Rookie of the Year award for the WDIA in 2008. Last, Brendan O'Brien was named as the Co-Coach of the Year along with the University of Minnesota's coach Janet Holdsworth.

Congrats to those Broncos who received awards tonight!