Of course, I had to be out of the country for it to happen, but our long national nightmare is over...the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays have reclaimed their rightful place atop the College Lacrosse world with a 9-8 victory over Duke (and its ALWAYS good when Duke loses) in the NCAA Finals in Philadelphia on Monday. Just to give some perspective, no senior class had ever come through Hopkins WITHOUT winning at least one national championship until the class that entered in 1988 (otherwise known as my class). Not only did that class not win, but there has been no championship at Homewood since - sort of a big deal when you only have one sport of note on campus (and the sport's Hall of Fame is in your gym).
Let there be rejoicing in Charles Village...
Now back to our regularly scheduled program...
I was actually at the Linc for the semis and the finals. Mad props to Hopkins for scoring with freakin 1.2 seconds left to tie UVA. That semi-final was one of the most exciting sporting events I've been to. (And that's saying something seeing as how I attended JMU's upset of Purdue in basketball.)
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