There will be one final, final four this coming weekend and the sport is Lacrosse. This Saturday in Baltimore UVA, Duke, Cornell, and Notre Dame meet to see who will take the crown. However, with all that is at stake on the field the game is the last thing people are talking about. The debate between UVA and Duke is more about their past scandals rather than who will win the third meeting this year between these teams.
Everyone is familiar with the Duke "rape" scandal that occurred 4 years ago. Drama swarmed the Duke campus as people were ready to throw the lacrosse team under the bus for their actions. Months later the world found out that the accuser was a crazy liar. Earlier this year she was arrested for attempted murder. Despite their names being cleared and a number of the former players moving on the Duke team still can not escape that label as being a group of rapist.
Just when it seemed like Duke would forever hold the crown as the most hated sports team ever tragedy struck the University of Virginia when a member of the men's lacrosse team decided to take the life of a member of the women's lacrosse team. Unlike in the Duke case and despite the loss both teams decided to continue with their seasons. Last weekend the women were knocked out in the quarterfinals by Northwestern.
With all of the attention on UVA's scandal Duke and its own past has been dug up from the grave. This match Saturday will really test who can bury the demons of their past and leave it all out on the field.
Game Notes
UVA is the number 1 overall seed and only lost one game this season, but the loss came to Duke
Duke is the number 5 overall seed and after a rough start to the season they have only lost one game and that was to UVA in the ACC tournament. Before that loss Duke had not loss to UVA in 5 years.
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