Six Is In SIght

After a very satisfying revenge victory in Friday's 15-10 defeat of North Carolina, the Northwestern Wildcats lacrosse team find themselves in very familiar territory: the NCAA championship game.  Going after their sixth straight championship, the Cats take on a Maryland squad that came into the NCAA tourney ranked number one in the country and has done nothing in the tourney to disabuse anyone of the notion that the ranking was well deserved.  

The Terps rely on a deliberate offense and tough defense although the Terps did put up 14 goals while dispatching Syracuse 14-5 in Friday's semi-final, so don't be surprised if this game resembles the low scoring first half of the NU-UNC match, or the keep away game the Cats played in the last five minutes of the game.  Northwestern is coming into the game with a 23 game NCAA tournament winning streak, while Maryland, whose record of seven straight NCAA titles NU is shooting for, is making its first final since 2001. 

You can watch the Cats claim their sixth straight NCAA championship tonight at 5:30 eastern on CBS College Sports Network