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The Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic is an annual college lacrosse event played in Baltimore, Maryland early in the NCAA Division I season. From 2007 to 2009, the event consisted of a doubleheader; in 2010 it was expanded to include a third game. The event takes place in M&T Bank Stadium, the home field of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League, and it was first held 2007. [1] The event is hosted by the manufacturer Konica Minolta. The inaugural Face-Off Classic in 2007 set the attendance record for a regular season lacrosse-only event with 20,130 spectators. That was broken by the 2009 Big City Classic. [2] The event was not held in 2014.

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Results

YearDateWinning teamLosing teamNotesAttendance
2013Saturday, March 23 Colgate 11 Navy 310,487 [3] [4]
Johns Hopkins 15 Virginia 8
2012Saturday, March 10 North Carolina 9 Princeton 817,138 [5] [6] [7]
Virginia9 Cornell 8OT
Johns Hopkins12 UMBC 5
2011Saturday, March 12 Syracuse 9 Georgetown 8OT17,057 [8] [9] [10]
Virginia11Cornell9
Johns Hopkins16UMBC5
2010Saturday, March 6 Maryland 11 Duke 10OT19,742 [11] [12] [13]
Princeton11Johns Hopkins10OT
Notre Dame 11 Loyola 9
2009Saturday, February 28Princeton14Johns Hopkins817,119 [14] [15]
Maryland11Duke8
2008Saturday, March 1Johns Hopkins14Princeton919,165 [16] [17]
Virginia 14 Syracuse13OT
2007Saturday, March 3Johns Hopkins7Princeton62OT20,180 [18] [19]
Virginia11Syracuse8

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