Bloomsburg - 2012 PSAC Lacrosse Champions
Bloomsburg Claims First PSAC Lacrosse Championship in Nine Seasons
Box Score
Lock Haven, Pa. - Tournament MVP Julie Falk scored a team-high five goals and recorded a team-high six points while Samantha King scored four goals and Bloomsburg never trailed en route to defeating Mercyhurst 15-9 on Saturday afternoon to win the PSAC lacrosse championship. It is the first PSAC title for Bloomsburg since 2003 and it is the fourth in program history, which is the third-most of all PSAC programs behind only West Chester (20) and Lock Haven (6).
Bloomsburg's title also marks the lowest seed to win a PSAC championship in league history in any sport, as the Huskies were the sixth and final seed in the tournament. They knocked off third-seeded Gannon on the road in a quarterfinal before topping second-seeded West Chester in a weather-delayed semifinal yesterday and topped it off with a win over the fourth-seeded Lakers.
It was a close game for most of the first half as the Huskies never led by more than two goals until late in the half. With the Huskies leading 5-4, they scored three straight unanswered goals to end the half with an 8-4 advantage. Mercyhurst would get no closer than within four goals for the rest of the game.
Falk was named the tournament MVP after recorded a total of 11 goals and nine assists for 20 points during Bloomsburg's three tournament matches.
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Host Lock Haven's Championship Page
Lock Haven will host the 2012 PSAC Lacrosse Tournament semifinals and championship game May 4-5. The Lady Eagles won the right to host by tying for the regular season championship and winning the tiebreaker by virtue of its two wins over fellow tri-champions West Chester and Gannon.
The tournament will begin on Tuesday, May 1 with quarterfinal matches on campus. Both quarterfinal matches will both be in Erie as No. 3 Gannon will host No. 6 Bloomsburg while No. 4 Mercyhurst hosts No. 5 IUP, which will be making its first ever PSAC Tournament appearance.
PSAC Lacrosse Tournament Schedule/Results
Tuesday, May 1
(6) Bloomsburg 20, (3) Gannon 13 Box Score I Bloomsburg Story I Gannon Story
(4) Mercyhurst 19, (5) IUP 11 Box Score I Mercyhurst Story I IUP Story
Friday, May 4 (at Lock Haven)
Mercyhurst 10, Lock Haven 9 Box Score I Mercyhurst Story I Lock Haven
Bloomsburg 15, West Chester 11 Box Score I Bloomsburg Story I West Chester
Saturday, May 5 (at Lock Haven)
Bloomsburg 15, Mercyhurst 9 Box Score