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Catholic University is the 4th seed at Sectionals. Who ever thought we would pull that off after a disastrous 2006-2007 campaign? Well, nobody probably last year, but after our performance this Spring it’s well-deserved. For a team that was 4-13 last Spring, our 15-5 record proves the dramatic change within our team.

Let’s see our match-ups for Saturday:
Round 1 – Johns Hopkins
Round 2 – Salisbury-B
Round 3 – Georgetown University
Crossover - ???

We’ve had some experience playing against J-Hops and Georgetown this year, and we have proved that we can beat these teams. Although we have already done so this year, none of that really matters with a loss this weekend. We’ve got to keep strong through the morning so we can come out hard against Georgetown in the 3rd round. Although I’m not one to make predictions, a 3-0 record will most-likely give us a 4th round rematch against Maryland. For those of you who don’t remember, Maryland goose-egged us in the 4th round of Sectionals just a year ago. I almost want to go 3-0 just to get another shot at these guys.

After looking at the Sunday brackets, it looks as though this crossover game doesn’t really matter for the #1 seeds, but it serves us best to win out in Pool Play. We wouldn’t want to get stuck going in Sunday only to have to face a #1 seed for a shot at the semi finals. The only thing I don’t understand (but I would probably love if I didn’t make it into the semis…) is that every team gets second and third chances to break into the 3rd seed for Regionals. If you lose in Round 1 on Sunday, you have a play-in to Round 3 for a chance at 3rd place. Of course it’s likely you’ll be facing a pissed off top seeded team for that opportunity, but it’s still a chance. If you lose in semis as a #1 seed, you still have to play rounds 3 and 4 to play into 3rd place. Well, I guess we’re in for a long weekend.