Boys and Girls Lacrosse State Tournaments set for this week at Stillwater

For Immediate Release:

Lacrosse State Tournaments set to play this week at Stillwater High School

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. --- Eight boys teams and eight girls teams will be in action this week when the 2021 Minnesota State High School League’s Lacrosse State Tournaments are played at Stillwater High School.  The boys begin play on Tuesday, June 15 and will conclude on Saturday, June 19. The girls tournament will be played from Wednesday, June 16 through Friday, June 18. This will be the first state tournament held after a one-season hiatus when no events were held last spring during the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Here is a look at the tournaments:

Schedule

Boys

Tuesday, June 15

Quarterfinals

·       Chisago Lakes (15-1) vs. No. 3 Prior Lake (13-3) 11 a.m.

·       Lakeville North (11-5) vs. No. 2 Chanhassen (15-1), 1 p.m.

·       No. 5 St. Thomas Academy (12-4) vs. No. 4 Stillwater (14-2), 3 p.m.

·       Moorhead (11-3) vs. No. 1 Benilde-St. Margaret’s (15-2), 5 p.m.

Thursday, June 17

Semifinals

·       11 a.m., 1 p.m.

Saturday, June 19

Third place

·        1 p.m.

Championship

·       3 p.m.

Girls

Wednesday, June 16

Quarterfinals

·       Maple Grove (15-1) vs. No. 3 Rosemount (12-4), 11 a.m.

·       Hill-Murray (11-5) vs. No. 2 Lakeville South (14-1), 1 p.m.

·       No. 5 Eden Prairie (10-6) vs. No. 4 Benilde-St. Margaret’s (13-3), 3 p.m.

·       Andover (14-2) vs. No. 1 Prior Lake (15-1), 5 p.m.

Thursday, June 17

Semifinals

·       3 p.m., 5 p.m.

Friday, June 18

Third place

·       1 p.m.

Championship

·       3 p.m.

Tickets

·       All tickets must be purchased online. There are no cash sales at the gate. For more information: www.mshsl.org/tickets

Streaming

·       School Space Media, the League’s streaming partner, will stream every game of the tournament. For streaming information, see www.prepspotlight.tv

Media Guidance

Specific Tournament Media Details

·       Postgame in-person interviews permitted in TBD designated area; see on-site League media representative for details.

·       No press box access

·       See League media representative for details on photo shooting locations.

2019 champions

·       Boys --- Prior Lake

·       Girls --- Prior Lake

Briefly:

·       Three South Suburban Conference schools have the top three seeds in the girls tournament: No. 1 Prior Lake, No. 2 Lakeville South and No. 3 Rosemount.

·       Chisago Lakes, Chanhassen, Moorhead and Stillwater are making their first appearance in the boys state tournament.

·       In the girls tournament, Andover, Benilde-St. Margaret’s, Hill-Murray and Rosemount are making debut appearances.

·       Eden Prairie has qualified for every girls state tournament since its inception in 2007. In that span, the Eagles have won five championships. That trails Blake which has six crowns.

·       Prior Lake set a state tournament record with 57 goals in three games en route to winning the girls championship in 2019.

·       Benilde-St. Margaret’s, the first boys champion in 2007, won two more titles and has finished as the boys runner-up the past three tournaments.

·       In winning the title in 2019, Prior Lake surrendered a state-tournament record low of 10 goals in three games.