HISTORY. WELCOME TO THE NBC5 SPORTS DESK.. I'M JACK MAIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND OF THE MEN'S LACROSSE TOURNAMENT BRINGS US A STORIED RIVALRY. VERMONT AND ALBANY.. TWO TOP DOGS IN THE CONFRENCE.. BATTLING FOR ONE SPOT IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT.. AND THE AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP CASEY STADIUM.. ONE OF THE BEST BACKDROPS IN THE CONFRENCE... VERMONT COMES IN ON A FOUR GAME HEATER.. LOOKING TO GET BACK TO IT'S THIRD NCAA TOURNAMENT SINCE 2021. 1. (1Q 1-0 ALB) great danes draw first blood.. Vermont native FINN O'HARA ties it up at 1 2. (2q 3-1 UVM) GRIFFIN FENECH a twister! VERMONT up 4-1! 3. (6-3 UVM under 1 minute) Albany claws back SILAS RICHMOND gets Albany within 1.. 4. GRAYDON HOGG ties it at 6.. deja vu for the cats 5. second half... Vermont starts turning over the ball.. ALBANY buckles in on defense... 6. (4q 10-10) HOGG gives the Great Danes a one goal edge.. they would score again to make it a two goal game 7. Less than 20 seconds.. BROCK HALEY snipes one.. VERMONT NEEDS TO WIN THE FACEOFF... THEY DO... BUT TURN IT OVER.. AND THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE. ALBANY IS GOING BACK TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT! TAKING DOWN THE UNDERDOG CATAMOUNTS. <CHRIS FEIFS, HEAD COACH - "AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, ONLY ONE TEAM CAN WIN. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE MORE PLAYS IN US. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING OUR YOUNG GUYS CAN LEARN FROM AS WELL, THAT WE GOT TO PLAY FOR 60 MINUTES AND WE HAVE TO EXECUTE IT A LITTLE BIT OF A HIGHER LEVEL. WE HAD A LOT OF TURNOVERS TODAY IN OUR LAST GAME, 20 TODAY AND 27 LAST GAME AND DIDN'T REALLY GIVE OURSELVES A CHANCE AND SOME SOME SITUATIONS. BUT OVERALL THEY COMPETED REALLY HARD. THEY LEFT THEIR HEARTS ON THE FIELD AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD TO BE HEAD COACH OF VERMONT AND JUST BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THESE YOUNG MEN."> <GRIFFIN FENECH, SENIOR ATTACK - "MEAN, IT DIDN'T START OUT AS YOU WANTED, BUT I THINK THE WHOLE SEAS