The regular season for men’
s college lacrosse winds down this weekend as the BIG EAST, Ivy League and America East hold their conference championships. Action begins on ESPNU with the semifinals of the first-ever BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse Championship on Thursday, May 3, with No. 2 Notre Dame facing St. John’s at 4:30 p.m. and No. 19 Villanova hosting No. 18 Syracuse at 7 p.m. The BIG EAST Championship final will air Sunday, May 5, at noon, on ESPNU.
The Ivy League Championship semifinals on ESPN3 will take place Friday, May 4, showcasing No. 13 Cornell vs. No. 15 Yale at 5 p.m. and Brown vs. No. 10 Princeton at 8 p.m. The title game moves over to ESPNU on Sunday, May 6, at noon. The final two America East teams will meet in the championship game, also Sunday, at 3 p.m. ESPN3. Army No. 8 visits Johns Hopkins at 2 p.m. in Sunday’s other match on ESPNU.
ESPNU will unveil the 16-team bracket during the hour-long 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship Selection Show Presented by Enterprise Rent-A-Car Sunday, May 6, at 9 p.m. ET. Additional details will follow this week.
| Date | Time (ET) | Games/Commentators | Network |
| Thu, May 3 | 4:30 p.m. | BIG EAST Championship Semifinals (Villanova, Pa.): No. 2 Notre Dame vs. St. John’s Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPNU / ESPN3 |
| 7 p.m. | BIG EAST Championship Semifinals (Villanova, Pa.): No. 19 Villanova vs. No. 18 Syracuse Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPNU / ESPN3 | |
| Fri, May 4 | 5 p.m. | Ivy League Championship Semifinals (Princeton, N.J.): No. 13 Cornell vs. No. 15 Yale Joe Beninati & Matt Ward |
ESPN3 |
| 6 p.m. | ECAC Championship (Denver, Colo.): Final | ESPNU / ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Ivy League Championship Semifinals (Princeton, N.J.): Brown vs. No. 10 Princeton Joe Beninati & Matt Ward |
ESPN3 | |
| Sat, May 5 | Noon | BIG EAST Championship (Villanova, Pa.): Final Eamon McAnaney, Quint Kessenich & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPNU / ESPN3 |
| 2 p.m. | Army at No. 8 Johns Hopkins Mike Corey & Matt Ward |
ESPNU / WatchESPN | |
| 3 p.m. | America East Championship (campus of highest remaining seed): Final Booker Corrigan & Mark Dixon |
ESPN3 | |
| Sun, May 6 | Noon | Ivy League Championship (Princeton, N.J.): Final Joe Beninati & Ryan Boyle |
ESPNU /WatchESPN |
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