Foxborough, Mass.
To reach its first national championship game, the University at Albany men's lacrosse team must go through the team that handed the Great Danes their latest loss.
What a lopsided defeat it was, a 14-6 setback at Yale on April 22 that caused the Great Danes to take a long look at themselves.
No. 2 seed UAlbany (16-2) has won five straight since then and claims to be ready for the rematch with the third-seeded Bulldogs (15-3) on Saturday in an NCAA semifinal at Gillette Stadium at noon Saturday on ESPN2.
"The first time we played them, it was just a disaster," UAlbany head coach Scott Marr said. "It's just a different team right now, mentally and physically, and so we're in a really good spot as opposed to where we were when we went to New Haven."
In that game, the Great Danes were outplayed all over the field. Yale had a 41-15 advantage in ground balls and forced 13 turnovers, several with an aggressive 10-man ride UAlbany had trouble handling.
UAlbany even got outperformed in the faceoff X with specialist TD Ierlan and his wings winning only 8 of 21, the only time the Great Danes have been under 50 percent this season.
"It was a low point for sure," Marr said. "Nobody played well that day. We kind of got overwhelmed by a few things. ... But we learned from it, we got better from it. We've played really well since that loss and we haven't lost since. I think every experience you have on the field is a learning one and that one we learned about ourselves and what we were going to do moving forward."
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