May 2, 2018 2018 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
Semifinals
No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Furman
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| Thursday, May 3 | 7:30 p.m.
Five Star Stadium | Macon, Ga. |
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Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
MACON, Ga. - There will be no 'co' anything now.
The Central Michigan lacrosse team, fresh off its Southern Conference co-championship just three years after the program's launching, will open the four-team league tournament on Thursday (7:30 p.m.) against Furman.
Detroit Mercy, which shared the regular-season title with the Chippewas, plays Mercer in Thursday's first semifinal at 5 p.m. CMU is the No. 2 seed, Furman is the No. 3, and Mercer is seeded fourth.
The title game is Saturday at noon. The tourney champion receives a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
CMU dropped its regular-season finale at Detroit Mercy on Sunday, 17-9. Both teams finished 4-1 in league play, and therefore shared the crown.
"We're excited and this is where their focus has been," CMU coach Sara Tisdale said. "We're disappointed that we're not outright champs, but we're proud of all that we've put into the process.
"Everything's been an experience for us and I think we're looking to take small pieces from every situation. Everybody knows what it is, but at the same time, it's a game. We wouldn't be in this place had we not won big games already this year."
One of those wins came at Furman, 13-10, three weeks ago. That result clinched the regular-season co-championship for the Chippewas and it came in the midst of a program-record six-game win streak.
That streak came to an end last weekend at Detroit Mercy.
"I think we know what part of our game we need to clean up," Tisdale said in reference to the loss at Detroit Mercy. "I think that was easily exposed and for us it's all things we can control. There wasn't anything that happened in the Detroit game that isn't fixable.
"For us it's clearing the ball and valuing the possession … Not to take away from Detroit, but we beat ourselves in that game. We haven't seen that in a long time."
CMU also defeated Mercer during the regular season, 15-13.
