Face-Off Classic

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.

Results

Year	Date	Winning team		Losing team		Notes	Attendance
2013	Saturday, March 23	Colgate	11	Navy	3		10,487[3][4]
		Johns Hopkins	15	Virginia	8
2012	Saturday, March 10	North Carolina	9	Princeton	8		17,138[5][6][7]
		Virginia	9	Cornell	8	OT
		Johns Hopkins	12	UMBC	5
2011	Saturday, March 12	Syracuse	9	Georgetown	8	OT	17,057[8][9][10]
		Virginia	11	Cornell	9
		Johns Hopkins	16	UMBC	5
2010	Saturday, March 6	Maryland	11	Duke	10	OT	19,742[11][12][13]
		Princeton	11	Johns Hopkins	10	OT
		Notre Dame	11	Loyola	9
2009	Saturday, February 28	Princeton	14	Johns Hopkins	8		17,119[14][15]
		Maryland	11	Duke	8
2008	Saturday, March 1	Johns Hopkins	14	Princeton	9		19,165[16][17]
		Virginia	14	Syracuse	13	OT
2007	Saturday, March 3	Johns Hopkins	7	Princeton	6	2OT	20,180[18][19]
		Virginia	11	Syracuse	8

See also

• Big City Classic, an NCAA men's lacrosse tournament held annually at Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey

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.

External links

• Face-Off Classic Official Website