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Virginia Men's Lacrosse Earns No. 6 Seed, Will Host St. Joe's in NCAA First Round

Matt Newton

Connor Shellenberger celebrates after scoring a goal during the Virginia men's lacrosse game at Maryland.
Connor Shellenberger celebrates after scoring a goal during the Virginia men's lacrosse game at Maryland. / Virginia Athletics

Virginia (10-5) has earned the No. 6 seed in the 2024 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship and will host Saint Joseph's (12-3) in the first round on Saturday (May 11) at 12pm at Klockner Stadium.

The winner will advance to take on the winner of No. 3 seed Johns Hopkins (10-4) and Lehigh (9-6) in the quarterfinals May 18-19 in either Hempstead, New York or Towson, Maryland.

See the full bracket for the 2024 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship below:

Virginia started the season 10-1 with wins over Michigan, Towson, Maryland, Albany, Harvard, and North Carolina, but then stumbled down the stretch and enter the NCAA Tournament on a four-game losing streak. Each of UVA's five losses this season have come against top four overall seeds in the NCAA Tournament: No. 1 Notre Dame (twice), No. 2 Duke, No. 3 Johns Hopkins, and No. 4 Syracuse.

UVA had four selections to the 2024 All-ACC Men's Lacrosse Team:
Payton Cormier
Cole Kastner
Griffin Schutz
Connor Shellenberger

Saint Joseph's began the season 0-3, but enters the NCAA Tournament on a 12-game winning streak, capped by a 17-13 victory over Richmond to win the Atlantic 10 Championship. The Hawks have four common opponents with Virginia, beating Richmond twice and Drexel once and suffering a 19-10 loss to Duke and a 15-7 loss to Towson.

Virginia is making its 43rd NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and sixth-consecutive under Lars Tiffany. The Cavaliers are seeking their eighth NCAA national championship and tenth national title overall (two pre-NCAA era championships in 1952 and 1970).

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MATT NEWTON

Managing Editor and Publisher, CavaliersNow Email: mattnewton@virginia.eduTwitter: @mattynewtssWebsite | LinkedInΒ | Instagram Matt Newton is the managing editor and publisher at CavaliersNow. He has been covering UVA athletics since 2019 andΒ has been the managing editor at CavaliersNow since launching the site in August 2021. Matt covers all things UVA sports, including Virginia basketball and football news and recruiting, former Wahoos in the pros, and coverage of all 23 of the NCAA Division I sports teams at the University of Virginia. A native of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Matt grew up a huge Philadelphia sports fan, but has also been a UVA sports fanatic his entire life thanks to his parents, who are alums of the University of Virginia. Matt followed in his parents' footsteps and attended UVA from 2017-2021, graduating with a degree in Media Studies and a minor in Economics in May of 2021.Β