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The Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic is an annual college lacrosse event played in Baltimore, Maryland early in the NCAA Division I season. From 2007 to 2009, the event consisted of a doubleheader; in 2010 it was expanded to include a third game. The event takes place in M&T Bank Stadium, the home field of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League, and it was first held 2007. [1] The event is hosted by the manufacturer Konica Minolta. The inaugural Face-Off Classic in 2007 set the attendance record for a regular season lacrosse-only event with 20,130 spectators. That was broken by the 2009 Big City Classic. [2] The event was not held in 2014.

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Results

YearDateWinning teamLosing teamNotesAttendance
2013Saturday, March 23 Colgate 11 Navy 310,487 [3] [4]
Johns Hopkins 15 Virginia 8
2012Saturday, March 10 North Carolina 9 Princeton 817,138 [5] [6] [7]
Virginia9 Cornell 8OT
Johns Hopkins12 UMBC 5
2011Saturday, March 12 Syracuse 9 Georgetown 8OT17,057 [8] [9] [10]
Virginia11Cornell9
Johns Hopkins16UMBC5
2010Saturday, March 6 Maryland 11 Duke 10OT19,742 [11] [12] [13]
Princeton11Johns Hopkins10OT
Notre Dame 11 Loyola 9
2009Saturday, February 28Princeton14Johns Hopkins817,119 [14] [15]
Maryland11Duke8
2008Saturday, March 1Johns Hopkins14Princeton919,165 [16] [17]
Virginia 14 Syracuse13OT
2007Saturday, March 3Johns Hopkins7Princeton62OT20,180 [18] [19]
Virginia11Syracuse8

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Big City Classic

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References

  1. ↑ Inside Lacorsse preview the 2009 Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic, ESPN, February 27, 2009.
  2. ↑ Inside Lacrosse Big City Classic sets attendance record for regular-season lacrosse event Archived 2009-04-13 at the Wayback Machine , Inside Lacrosse , April 6, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Navy Falls Short Against Colgate in Face-Off Classic," United States Naval Academy Athletics, Saturday, March 23, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Early Surge Powers Hopkins Past Virginia, 15–8," Johns Hopkins University Athletics, Saturday, March 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Rastivo's MVP Performance Sparks Tar Heels Past Princeton," University of North Carolina Athletics, Saturday, March 10, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Briggs Lifts Cardiac Cavaliers Past Cornell in an Overtime Thriller," University of Virginia Athletics, Saturday, March 10, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Palmer, Benn, Defense Carry Hopkins Past UMBC, 12–5," Johns Hopkins University Athletics, Saturday, March 10, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Georgetown Falls to No. 1 Syracuse in Overtime in Face-Off Classic at M&T Bank Stadium," Georgetown University Athletics, Saturday, March 12, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Briggs Paces No. 2 UVa to Triumph over No. 14 Cornell at the Face-Off Classic, 11–9," University of Virginia Athletics, Saturday, March 12, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Johns Hopkins Races Past UMBC, 16–5, in Face-Off Classic," Johns Hopkins University Athletics, Saturday, March 12, 2011.
  11. ↑ "No. 7 Terps Tame No. 9 Duke In OT," University of Maryland Athletics, Saturday, March 6, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Princeton Slips Past Johns Hopkins, 11–10, in Overtime," Johns Hopkins University Athletics, Saturday, March 6, 2010.
  13. ↑ "#10 Men's Lacrosse Edged By #3 Notre Dame," Loyola University Maryland Athletics, Saturday, March 6, 2010.
  14. ↑ "Princeton Races Past Johns Hopkins, 14–8, in Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic," Johns Hopkins University Athletics, Saturday, February 28, 2009.
  15. ↑ "No. 7 Terps Topple No. 12 Duke, 11–8, in Huge ACC Showdown," University of Maryland Athletics, Saturday, February 28, 2009.
  16. ↑ "Top-Ranked Johns Hopkins Powers Past Princeton, 14–9," Johns Hopkins University Athletics, Saturday, March 1, 2008.
  17. ↑ "Wahoos Down Syracuse in OT Thriller," University of Virginia Athletics, Saturday, March 1, 2008.
  18. ↑ "Rabil's Overtime Game-Winner Lifts Hopkins Past Princeton, 7–6," Johns Hopkins University Athletics, Saturday, March 3, 2007.
  19. ↑ "UVa Men's Lacrosse Downs Syracuse Before NCAA Record Crowd," University of Virginia Athletics, Saturday, March 3, 2007.


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