Face-Off Classic

File:FaceOffClassic.pngThe 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.[https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=3940797 Inside Lacorsse preview the 2009 Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic], ESPN, February 27, 2009. 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.[http://insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?pagerid=2&news=fdetail&storyid=203820 Inside Lacrosse Big City Classic sets attendance record for regular-season lacrosse event] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413132555/http://insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?pagerid=2&news=fdetail&storyid=203820 |date=2009-04-13 }}, Inside Lacrosse, April 6, 2009. The event was not held in 2014.

Results

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!colspan=2|Losing team

!Notes

!Attendance

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|rowspan=2|2013

rowspan=2|Saturday, March 23Colgate11Navy3rowspan=2|10,487[http://www.navysports.com/sports/m-lacros/recaps/032313aaa.html "Navy Falls Short Against Colgate in Face-Off Classic," United States Naval Academy Athletics, Saturday, March 23, 2013.][http://www.hopkinssports.com/sports/m-lacros/recaps/032313aaa.html "Early Surge Powers Hopkins Past Virginia, 15–8," Johns Hopkins University Athletics, Saturday, March 23, 2013.]
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| Johns Hopkins

15Virginia8
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|rowspan=3|2012

rowspan=3|Saturday, March 10North Carolina9Princeton8rowspan=3|17,138[http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=668162&SPID=12968&DB_LANG=C&SITE=UNC&DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=205495341 "Rastivo's MVP Performance Sparks Tar Heels Past Princeton," University of North Carolina Athletics, Saturday, March 10, 2012.][http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/031012aaa.html "Briggs Lifts Cardiac Cavaliers Past Cornell in an Overtime Thriller," University of Virginia Athletics, Saturday, March 10, 2012.][http://www.hopkinssports.com/sports/m-lacros/recaps/031012aaa.html "Palmer, Benn, Defense Carry Hopkins Past UMBC, 12–5," Johns Hopkins University Athletics, Saturday, March 10, 2012.]
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| Virginia

9Cornell8OT
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| Johns Hopkins

12UMBC5
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|rowspan=3|2011

rowspan=3|Saturday, March 12Syracuse9Georgetown8OTrowspan=3|17,057[http://www.guhoyas.com/sports/m-lacros/recaps/031211aaa.html "Georgetown Falls to No. 1 Syracuse in Overtime in Face-Off Classic at M&T Bank Stadium," Georgetown University Athletics, Saturday, March 12, 2011.][http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/031311aaa.html "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.][http://www.hopkinssports.com/sports/m-lacros/recaps/031211aac.html "Johns Hopkins Races Past UMBC, 16–5, in Face-Off Classic," Johns Hopkins University Athletics, Saturday, March 12, 2011.]
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| Virginia

11Cornell9
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| Johns Hopkins

16UMBC5
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|rowspan=3|2010

rowspan=3|Saturday, March 6Maryland11Duke10OTrowspan=3|19,742[http://www.umterps.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=716313&SPID=120711&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=29700&ATCLID=207272718 "No. 7 Terps Tame No. 9 Duke In OT," University of Maryland Athletics, Saturday, March 6, 2010.][http://www.hopkinssports.com/sports/m-lacros/recaps/030610aaa.html "Princeton Slips Past Johns Hopkins, 11–10, in Overtime," Johns Hopkins University Athletics, Saturday, March 6, 2010.][http://www.loyolagreyhounds.com/sports/m-lacros/recaps/030610aaa.html "#10 Men's Lacrosse Edged By #3 Notre Dame," Loyola University Maryland Athletics, Saturday, March 6, 2010.]
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| Princeton

11Johns Hopkins10OT
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| Notre Dame

11Loyola9
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|rowspan=2|2009

rowspan=2|Saturday, February 28Princeton14Johns Hopkins8rowspan=2|17,119[http://www.hopkinssports.com/sports/m-lacros/recaps/022809aaa.html "Princeton Races Past Johns Hopkins, 14–8, in Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic," Johns Hopkins University Athletics, Saturday, February 28, 2009.][http://www.umterps.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=716313&SPID=120711&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=29700&ATCLID=207273095 "No. 7 Terps Topple No. 12 Duke, 11–8, in Huge ACC Showdown," University of Maryland Athletics, Saturday, February 28, 2009.]
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| Maryland

11Duke8
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|rowspan=2|2008

rowspan=2|Saturday, March 1Johns Hopkins14Princeton9rowspan=2|19,165[http://www.hopkinssports.com/sports/m-lacros/recaps/030108aaa.html "Top-Ranked Johns Hopkins Powers Past Princeton, 14–9," Johns Hopkins University Athletics, Saturday, March 1, 2008.][http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/030108aaa.html "Wahoos Down Syracuse in OT Thriller," University of Virginia Athletics, Saturday, March 1, 2008.]
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| Virginia

14 Syracuse13OT
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|rowspan=2|2007

rowspan=2|Saturday, March 3Johns Hopkins7Princeton62OTrowspan=2|20,180[http://www.hopkinssports.com/sports/m-lacros/recaps/030307aaa.html "Rabil's Overtime Game-Winner Lifts Hopkins Past Princeton, 7–6," Johns Hopkins University Athletics, Saturday, March 3, 2007.][http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-lacros/recaps/030307aaa.html "UVa Men's Lacrosse Downs Syracuse Before NCAA Record Crowd," University of Virginia Athletics, Saturday, March 3, 2007.]
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| Virginia

11Syracuse8

See also

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