April 21, 2006

Michigan State Game to be Televised Live

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - This upcoming Saturday, April 22, the #1 University of Michigan men’s lacrosse team will be able to display their talents to an even broader audience than usual as their contest vs. interstate rival #22 Michigan State will be broadcast live on Comcast Local Sports.  The game will take place in Grand Rapids, Michigan at Forest Hills Central High School at 7:30pm EST.  Tickets have been selling for several weeks, and a crowd of several thousand is anticipated.

The day's events begin with a high school match-up between Forest Hills and East Lansing.  Following the high school game, the Powell brothers, Mikey, Ryan and Casey, will be doing an on-field demonstration for the crowd, beginning at approximately 5:30 p.m.  Michigan and Michigan State take the field as the showcase event to finish the day.

Comcast Local Sports is a 24-hour regional sports network serving Indiana and Michigan focusing on collegiate and professional sports.  In Ann Arbor, Comcast Local Sports can be found on channel 8, while in Grand Rapids it is channel 23 and Lansing is channel 22.  The game will shown live and repeated several times.  It may also be picked in other markets nationally.  Check local listings.

The game will feature two teams looking to finish off their regular season with a win as they head into the CCLA Conference Championship.  With a victory, the Wolverines would capture the regular-season conference title, and a #1 seed headed into the playoffs next weekend.

Current USL-MDIA Division A Top 25 Poll Presented by Shamrock Lacrosse (Poll #5)

1. Michigan (22 First Place Votes) - 738 pts
2. Colorado State (5 First Place Votes) - 713 pts
3. Sonoma State (3 First Place Votes) - 687 pts
4. Brigham Young University - 654 pts *
5. Colorado - 616 pts
6. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara - 604 pts *
7. Florida State - 531 pts
8. Arizona - 517 pts *
9. Univ. of California, San Diego - 507 pts *
10. Oregon - 486 pts
11. Cal Poly SLO - 452 pts
12. Utah - 431 pts
13. Lindenwood University - 407 pts *
14. Minnesota-Duluth - 334 pts *
15. Virginia Tech - 314 pts
16. Oakland University - 290 pts *
17. Arizona State - 278 pts
18. Chapman University - 225 pts
19. Northeastern University - 162 pts
20. Georgia Tech - 142 pts
21. Texas Tech - 137 pts
22. Michigan State - 122 pts *
23. Georgia - 98 pts
24. UCLA - 81 pts
25. Connecticut - 50 pts

*Wolverine Opponents in 2006

Contact: Joe Hennessy (734) 276-8493 - jjhennes@umich.edu