The NCAA Division I men?s lacrosse tournament gets under way this weekend with all six local teams qualifying for the 16-team field.
Navy (11-3) was the only local team to receive an automatic bid after winning the Patriot League tournament title.
Johns Hopkins (9-4) reached the postseason again thanks in part to its current five-game winning streak, that included a12-9 win over Loyola Saturday.
Loyola (7-5) may have lost to Hopkins, but the Greyhounds played a tough regular season schedule and own a victory over Atlantic Coast Conference champion Duke.
Maryland (10-5) warmed up for the postseason with a 12-4 rout of Yale Saturday and is starting to get healthy after a season full of injuries to key players.
The University of Maryland-Baltimore County (10-5) won seven of its last nine games, but came up short in its bid to repeat as America East champion after losing Saturday in the conference finals to Albany, 15-14.
Towson (9-6) won the Colonial Athletic Association regular season title, but also fell short of getting an automatic bid after Delaware upset the Tigers, 10-7, in the CAA finals Saturday.
The quarterfinals are set for May 19 and 20 at Princeton and Navy. Then, the national semifinals and finals will take place May 26 and 28, respectively at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.
Here are the complete first round match-ups:
No. 1 Duke (14-2) vs. Providence (7-9)
No. 8 North Carolina (9-5) vs. Navy (11-3)
No. 5 Albany (14-2) vs. Loyola (7-5)
No. 4 Cornell (13-0) vs. Towson (9-6)
No. 3 Johns Hopkins (9-4) vs. Notre Dame (11-3)
No. 6 Georgetown (11-2) vs. Princeton (10-3)
No. 2 Virginia (12-3) vs. Delaware (11-5)
No. 7 Maryland (10-5) vs. UMBC (10-5)
