Colorado State Wins Fourth MDIA Title with 8-7 Victory Over Colorado - 5/13/06
Dallas, TX - The #1 Colorado State Rams trailed RMLC rival #3 Colorado 7-5 midway through the fourth quarter in the USL-MDIA Championship Game and the Buffaloes were certainly playing well enough to beat CSU for the first time since 2000. But the Rams' offense finally woke up and reeled off three goals in just over five minutes to claim their fourth national title since 1999. The Rams were led once again by junior midfielder Pat Bird (Bishop O'Dowd HS; Oakland, CA), who scored the tying goal and assisted the game-winner with under two minutes to go for CSU's first MDIA title since 2003.

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#1 Colorado State Moves to USL-MDIA Finals with 12-7 Win vs. #5 BYU - 5/12/06
Dallas, TX - After losing an 11-8 decision in Denver, CO in March, the #1 Colorado State Rams avenged their only MDIA loss of the year against RMLC rival Brigham Young in the national semifinals. The Rams scored three goals in each quarter and got points from 11 different players in a complete and balanced effort to move to their seventh MDIA championship game. They will face another RMLC team as the #3 Colorado Buffaloes defeated #10 UC-Santa Barbara in the other semifinals by a score of 6-5.

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#1 Colorado State Puts Away Pesky Laxcats 11-7 to Advance to Semifinals - 5/10/06
Dallas, TX - The #8 Arizona Laxcats led 2-1 in the first quarter, but ended up chasing the #1 Colorado State Rams for most of the day as the Rams pulled away for an 11-7 victory on Wednesday afternoon. Junior midfielder Pat Bird (Bishop O'Dowd HS; Oakland, CA) scored three of his four goals in the fourth quarter as the Rams outscored Arizona 4-2 in the final frame. Colorado State moves on to the USL-MDIA final four where they will do battle with RMLC rival Brigham Young on Friday night.

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#1 Colorado State Dismantles #16 Texas 18-6 - 5/9/06
Dallas, TX - The #1 Colorado State Rams jumped out to a 7-1 first quarter lead against the 16th seeded Texas Longhorns and never looked back en route to a convincing 18-6 victory. Colorado State got points from 14 different players in the USL-MDIA first round game and advanced to the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The Rams will play the #8 Arizona Laxcats who defeated #9 Oregon 6-5 on Tuesday.

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Colorado State Rides into Texas with #1 Seed - 5/8/06
Dallas, TX - The #1 Colorado State Rams arrived in Texas on Monday morning ready to take on the best the country has to offer in the USL-MDIA national championship tournament. The Rams will battle with #16 Texas on Tuesday in a first round match-up.

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#2 Colorado State Recaptures RMLC Crown with 8-7 Win over Colorado - 4/29/06
Logan, UT - One year after losing 8-7 to Brigham Young in the RMLC championship game, the #2 Colorado State Rams reclaimed the RMLC title by beating #5 Colorado in Logan, UT by the exact same 8-7 score. CSU posted their second win in as many weeks against the Buffaloes after a 9-6 decision at INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Showdown last weekend. CSU held a 7-3 lead at one point in the third quarter and were able to hold off a Buffalo rally that tied the game at 7. In what has become a recurring theme this season, Tyler Treece (Upper Arlington HS; Columbus, OH) finished a fast break on a feed from Danny Stevens (Suffern HS; Suffern, NY) with 2:36 left in the game and the Rams salted away the rest of the time for the victory.

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#2 Colorado State Scores Seven in Fourth to Defeat #12 Utah in RMLC Semis - 4/28/06
Logan, UT - The #2 Colorado State Rams needed seven fourth period goals to put away the #12 Utah Utes in a Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference semifinal game on Friday evening. The Utes scored the first three goals of the game and played their best game against the Rams since a 5-4 upset over CSU in 2003. Utah led 8-7 at one point in the fourth quarter before the Rams scored seven of the next eight goals to put the game away and win 14-10.

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#2 Colorado State Wins Showdown Slugfest 9-6 Over #5 Colorado - 4/22/06
Denver, CO - In front of a loud and boisterous crowd of almost 4,000 people, the #2 Colorado State Rams erased a 3-0 deficit and defeated the #5 Colorado Buffaloes 9-6 at INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium on Saturday night. The win was the third straight for the Rams in the annual Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Showdown and it extended their winning streak over Colorado to 12 games. It also gives CSU the #1 seed in the upcoming RMLC playoffs by virtue of their out of conference victory over UC-Santa Barbara.

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#6 Brigham Young Upsets #1 Colorado State 11-8 - 4/14/06
Denver, CO - Playing in the University of Denver's Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium, the #1 Colorado State Rams and the #6 Brigham Young University Cougars renewed one of the best rivalries in the MDIA on a hot Friday afternoon. CSU was not able to hold onto an 8-5 lead after three quarters and BYU scored six in a row to take home an important 11-8 upset victory.

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#1 Colorado State Crushes #13 Utah 13-3 - 4/9/06
Fort Collins, CO - On a beautiful Sunday afternoon on the campus of Colorado State University, the #1 Colorado State Rams scored four first quarter goals and got points from ten different players to put away the visiting #13 Utah Utes. CSU's attack unit combined for fourteen points as the Rams never trailed en route to their second RMLC victory of the season.

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#1 CSU Overcomes Slow Start to Defeat #17 Oakland 14-5 - 4/8/06
Fort Collins, CO - The #1 Colorado State Rams outscored the visiting #17 Oakland Grizzlies 10-2 in the second half to come away with a 14-5 victory on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Fort Collins, CO. CSU was plagued by penalties throughout the tightly officiated game, but finally started to get things going their way after a sluggish start to the game.

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Colorado State Too Much for Division B Northern Colorado - 3/29/06
Fort Collins, CO - Colorado State's second home game of the year against the Northern Colorado Bears was held up by a lightening alarm on campus that delayed the start of the game for about ten minutes. Once the clouds dissipated and the sun came out, the only storm left was the Colorado State offense as the Rams rained shots on the UNC goal for much of the first quarter en route to a 5-0 lead after one quarter. CSU scored 11 goals in the second period to make the halftime score 16-1 against Division B's #13 team. The Rams outscored the Bears 5-1 in the second half for a 21-2 win.

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Treece and Stevens Score 7 Points Each as CSU Outruns Arizona State 15-6 - 3/25/06
Fort Collins, CO - #1 Colorado State led 7-5 early in the third quarter over the visiting #20 Arizona State Sundevils before going on a six-goal run that ended the suspense on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Fort Collins. CSU got a stellar performance from their attack unit as Tyler Treece (Upper Arlington HS; Columbus, OH) and Danny Stevens (Suffern HS; Suffern, NY) exploded for seven points a piece while Campbell Diebolt (Central Bucks East; Downingtown, PA) pitched in with three points as well. While the Sundevils battled hard throughout the game, CSU simply had too much depth as this physical game wore into its latter stages.

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Colorado State Dominates Utah State 22-2 - 3/24/06
Lakewood, CO - The newly anointed #1 Colorado State Rams scored two goals in the first two minutes of the game and staked a 17-0 lead through three quarters against RMLC foe Utah State on Friday evening. Everyone on the roster got significant minutes and 13 players registered at least a point as the Rams dominated every statistical category against the Aggies in Lakewood, CO.

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#2 Colorado State Downs Missouri 14-5 - 3/20/06
Lakewood, CO - After a snowstorm hit the Front Range over the weekend and rendered all fields snowbound, the #2 Colorado State Rams had to scramble to find a field location for their game against the visiting Missouri Tigers. Luckily for both teams, they were able to secure an indoor turf facility in west Denver at the last minute to keep the game as scheduled. Colorado State was able to fight off their Spring Break hangover and beat the Tigers 14-5 in their first on-field action since their 17-3 victory over Stanford last Tuesday.

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#2 Colorado State Blows Out Stanford 17-3 - 3/14/06
Palo Alto, CA - The #2 Colorado State Rams jumped all over the Stanford Cardinal by scoring four goals in the first seven minutes of the game and never looked back en route to a 17-3 win. Thirteen different Rams scored points in the victory as everyone on the travel squad got time in the game.

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Notre Dame de Namur (Div. II) Downs Colorado State 12-8 - 3/13/06
Novato, CA - Division II Notre Dame de Namur raced out to a 5-2 lead after the end of the first quarter and never looked back as they outpaced the #2 Colorado State Rams for a 12-8 victory on Monday afternoon. The game was played about an hour north of San Francisco at San Marin High School in Novato, CA under intermittent rain showers. CSU closed the gap to 8-7 early in the third quarter but were unable to get on top of the Argonauts and fell to 1-1 on their second trip to California this season.

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#2 Colorado State Beats #1 Sonoma State in Overtime for Second Straight Year - 3/11/06
Rohnert Park, CA - The #2 Colorado State Rams used a six-goal second quarter and got a huge goal from sophomore Ryan MacDonald (Smokey Hill HS; Aurora, CO) with 3:37 left in overtime to beat the #1 Sonoma State Seawolves 11-10 in Rohnert Park. Ten different Rams registered at least a point as CSU beat Sonoma in overtime for the second consecutive year.

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Bird and Treece Score Three Each to Propel #2 Colorado State Over Div. III Colorado College 9-3 - 3/4/06
On a warm day at Colorado College's Washburn Field, the #2 Colorado State Rams outscored the Colorado College Tigers 5-1 in the second half en route to their third consecutive victory over CSU head coach Flip Naumburg's Alma Matter. The Rams got three goals apiece from sophomore attackman Tyler Treece (Upper Arlington HS; Columbus, OH) and junior midfielder Pat Bird (Bishop O'Dowd HS; Oakland, CA) as they slowly distanced themselves from a young and rebuilding Tiger team.

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#2 CSU Undone by Five-Goal Whittier Run - 2/25/06
The Colorado State Rams held a three-goal advantage in the fourth quarter against Division III Whittier, but the Poets scored five goals in just over five minutes to come away with a hard fought 12-10 victory on a sunny Saturday afternoon in California. With the game tied or within one goal for most of the day, #2 Colorado State scored four in a row at the start of the fourth quarter to turn a 7-6 deficit into a 10-7 lead, but they were unable to stave off Whittier's potent offense at the end of the game.

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#2 Colorado State Holds on for 6-5 Win Over #3 UCSB - 2/23/06
In their first spring action of 2006, the #2 ranked Colorado State Rams scored the first three goals of the game against the #3 UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos and held off a furious fourth quarter rally to win 6-5 at UCSB's Harder Stadium on Thursday night. UCSB had a two-man advantage with :45 seconds left in the game, but a key save by senior goaltender Pete Jokisch (Overland Park, KS; Rockhurst Jesuit) and some gritty defensive work by the man-down unit gave the Rams an important season opening victory while handing the Gauchos their first home loss in over three seasons.

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Rams Headed to SoCal: Colorado State Anxious to Kick Off 2006 - 2/21/06
After seven straight years reaching the USL-MDIA Final Four, Colorado State's run was stopped in 2005 after self-reporting an eligibility violation when the team discovered a player who briefly dropped below 12 credits during the season. The MDIA national board barred the 18-1 Rams from the national tournament and ended their other unprecedented run of six straight championship games. CSU, ranked #2 in the preseason MDIA poll, finally gets a chance at redemption as they head to Southern California for a two-game road trip this weekend.

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CSU Lacrosse Winter Family Dinner - 12/02/05
Colorado State men's lacrosse will host its first annual family dinner for all players, parents and friends on Friday, December 2nd at CB & Potts on Elizabeth St. in Fort Collins. Please call (970) 377-1390 if you are interested in attending and haven't already received an invitation. The party will be generously sponsored by John Fitzgerald.

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CSU Announces Team Captains - 11/6/05
The Colorado State University men's lacrosse team held its annual fall banquet on Sunday afternoon and named its team captains for the 2006 spring season. Three seniors and a junior highlight the leadership for a team that is hoping to redeem itself from a disappointing end to the 2005 year.