TOURNAMENT INFO

2010 Championship Hosts

The 2010 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship is being hosted by Johns Hopkins University, Loyola College (Maryland), University of Maryland - Baltimore County, and Towson University.

Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University was founded in 1876 as part of a $7 million bequest left by Baltimore merchant Johns Hopkins to establish a research university and teaching hospital. It soon became the first modern university in America: a graduate institution offering collegiate preparation where knowledge would be assembled and created and taught. Today, the school continues to reflect the ideals upon which the university was founded. Hopkins students learn, above all, how to think for themselves in an environment that fosters independence and creativity.

Located just north of downtown Baltimore, the Homewood campus combines the best of urban and suburban surroundings. The campus encompasses 140 acres of parks, lawns and gardens, bounded on all sides by residential areas of the city. The campus was originally the Homewood estate, built for Charles Carroll, Jr., son of the signer of the Declaration of Independence. Today, the Homewood campus serves as the university's center for undergraduate studies, housing both the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering.

Johns Hopkins is the nation's smallest major research university has nearly 4.600 full-time undergraduates and 1,600 full-time graduate students. Today, part-time students - primarily master's degree candidates - account for more than 40 percent of Johns Hopkins enrollment.

Campus activities offer numerous ways for students to become involved at Hopkins. More than 150 clubs and organizations provide a wide range of social opportunities on the Homewood campus, from student publications to community service. There is an active Greek system with 14 fraternities and sororities playing an important role in campus life.

Hopkins sponsors 26 intercollegiate sports, with men's and women's lacrosse competing at the NCAA Division I level and the other varsity teams competing at the NCAA Division III level. The university also has a varied program of intramural sports, organized by student members of the board of intramural athletics.

Student housing is provided for freshmen and sophomores in residence halls on the upper campus or across from the library on Charles Street. Juniors and seniors choose between university-owned or off-campus apartments.

Since its establishment, Johns Hopkins has been committed to educating its students to become tomorrow's leaders. That commitment carries over to the student-athletes who give their time and energy to athletics at the university.

Hopkins athletes regularly achieve the proper balance between athletics and academics, as evidenced by the numerous All-America honors, Academic All- America honors, and NCAA postgraduate scholarships that have been earned in recent years.

Success both on the field and in the classroom is not only possible, it is expected. The competing demands of academics, social life and athletics present the student-athlete with a constant challenge. However, it is through this process that student-athletes grow and mature into individuals with the experience and knowledge needed to succeed in any walk of life.

For further information about Johns Hopkins University visit www.jhu.edu

Loyola College (Maryland)

Since its founding, Loyola College has challenged itself to remain grounded in a centuries-old tradition of Jesuit, liberal arts education, while continually seeking to adapt to changing circumstances. In this balance between values and the desire to serve the greater community, the college has managed to create itself anew, time and again.

Loyola College in Maryland rose from humble beginnings in 1852. The first college in the United States to bear the name of Saint Ignatius Loyola, the college was initially headquartered in a house on Holliday Street in downtown Baltimore - a site marked by a commemorative plaque in what is now Baltimore's War Memorial Plaza.

Due to its increasing enrollment, the college moved in 1855 to a new facility at Calvert and Madison Streets - now the home of Center Stage, Baltimore's intimate theatre for professional drama groups, and the St

. Ignatius Loyola Academy, a Catholic high school. The college moved to its present home on the Baltimore Campus in 1921. Today, Loyola College is a Catholic comprehensive university with approximately 3,500 undergraduate and 2,600 graduate students representing two-thirds of the United States and 20 countries. The college adheres to its Jesuit, liberal arts tradition through its modern studies programs. Designed to give the student greater expertise in his or her own field, the program blends tradition with innovation.

A loyal alumni population, strong corporate and civic support, a diverse body of undergraduate and graduate programs, and the dedication and expertise of the faculty, have all helped make Loyola College in Maryland the institution it is today and assure that the education received at the college will remain relevant in an ever-changing world.

Loyola is committed to the educational and spiritual traditions of the Society of Jesus and to the ideals of liberal education and the development of the whole person.

Accordingly, the college will inspire to learn, and serve in a diverse and constantly changing environment

For further information about Loyola College visit www.loyola.edu

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

UMBC is a place that values excellence and achievement. We are an exciting campus with a bold vision and entrepreneurial spirit. It is an amazing story that we have come so far so fast, in 45 years.

• UMBC offers 54 majors and 45 minors and 20 certificate programs in the physical and biological sciences, social and behavioral sciences, engineering, mathematics, information technology, humanities and visual and performing arts. UMBC's graduate school offers 33 master's degree programs, 24 doctoral degree programs and 20 graduate certificate programs.
• One-third of UMBC's graduates immediately g
• on to postgraduate study.
• Located on 41 acres adjacent to UMBC's main campus, bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park provides a continuum of research and development space to meet the needs of businesses, from start-up and growth companies to mature research and development organizations.
• UMBC's rapid development as a major research university is reflected in its classification in recent years as a Carnegie Research Extensive University. Only 151 (four percent) of the nation's 3,500 colleges and universities have been included in this category.
• The university is one of the largest producers of undergraduate information technology degrees in the nation, according to the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education statistics.
• Department of Theatre student productions have been invited to perform six times at the finals of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival - more often than any other university theater program in Maryland.
• According to Thomson Scientific's Science Watch, UMBC's geoscience research ranked third nationally in citation impact for 2001-2005. The only other U.S. universities producing more frequently cited geoscience research papers were Harvard and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
• The University is one of 22 select institutions, including Yale, Cornell and Duke, to receive a three-year grant from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) to support increased completion rates in doctoral programs. UMBC will use the grant to collect and submit data on doctoral completion and attrition implement such support strategies as mentoring and financial assistance and develop rigorous assessment tools to measure the impact of these efforts.
• Department of Theater productions have been invited to perform six times at the finals of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival - more often than any other university theater program in the country.
• In the Fall of 2008 the enrollment was at 12,268 - 9,612 undergraduates & 2,656 graduates.
• UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, has been named to the prestigious U.S. News & World Report "America's Best Leaders 2008" list.
• The Princeton Review features UMBC in its new 2008 edition of the Princeton Review Guide: "Best 366 Colleges" and ranks UMBC 2nd on its Diverse Student Populations list.
• UMBC was named an "Up-and-Coming" campus by college presidents and provosts across the nation - in U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges Guide. UMBC is among the Top 5 national universities recognized as innovators, along with George Mason, Clemson, University of Southern California and Arizona State University.

For further information about University of Maryland, Baltimore County visit www.umbc.edu

Towson University

Founded in 1866, Towson University is recognized among the nation's best regional public universities, offering more than 100 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs in the liberal arts and sciences, and applied professional fields.

Located in suburban Towson, eight miles north of Baltimore, our beautifully landscaped, 328-acre setting offers a pleasant environment for study and a diverse campus life, and easy access to a wealth of university and community resources.

With more than 21,000 students, Towson University is the second-largest public university in Maryland. As a metropolitan university, Towson combines research-based learning with practical application. Our many interdisciplinary partnerships with public and private organizations throughout Maryland provide opportunities for research, internships and jobs. Towson University is a founding member of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU); TU President Robert Caret holds the office of president.

For further information about Towson University visit www.towson.edu