Chris Burdick Named US Lacrosse Coach Of The Week

May 1, 2006

BALTIMORE, MD. - Providence College Head Men's Lacrosse Coach Chris Burdick and Stanford University Women's Lacrosse Coach Michele Uhlfelder were selected at US Lacrosse Men's and Women's Coaches of the Week, for the week ending April 30. Both coaches will be recognized for this honor on an upcoming CSTV lacrosse broadcast.

Burdick led the Providence men's lacrosse program to a share of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Regular-Season title with two victories last week over Marist (9-6) and Mount St. Mary's (8-3). It marks the Friars' third regular-season title overall and the second-straight season in which the Friars have claimed the No. 1 seed. The Friars enter the MAAC Tournament with an 8-6 overall record and will face No. 4 seed Marist in the semifinals on Friday, May 5 in Buffalo, N.Y.

Uhlfelder led the No. 19 Stanford women to a pair of road victories, capped with a 5-4 upset of No. 10 Cornell on Sunday. The Cardinal also posted a 10-7 win over Connecticut on Friday. Stanford improved to 10-5 overall with the two wins and carries a five-game winning streak into Saturday's semifinal round game (opponent TBD) of the MPSF Tournament in Eugene, Oregon.

US Lacrosse and CSTV are in the third year of a partnership to help bring college lacrosse to fans around the nation. CSTV has a 26-game schedule of men's and women's lacrosse this season, including five NCAA championship games as well as the championship games from the 2006 US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates National Championships in Dallas, Texas.

2006 Recipients US Lacrosse Coach of the WeekWeek    Men WomenFeb. 27 Jamie Munro, Denver Lisa Miller, SyracuseMarch 6 Ed Stephenson, Binghamton   Janine Tucker, Johns HopkinsMarch 13    Brian Voelker, Penn Julie Myers, VirginiaMarch 20    John Danowski, Hofstra  Jenny Levy, North CarolinaMarch 27    Jeff Tambroni, Cornell  Jenny Graap, CornellApril 3 Dom Starsia, Virginia   Ricky Fried, GeorgetownApril 10    Richie Meade, Navy  Kerstin Kimel, DukeApril 17    Charley Toomey, Loyola  Tony Zostant, St. BonaventureApril 24    Jim Nagle, Colgate  Kelly Amonte Hiller, NorthwesternMay 1   Chris Burdick, Providence  Michele Uhlfelder, Stanford

US Lacrosse, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the national governing body for men's and women's lacrosse. To learn more about the organization, please visit its Web site at www.uslacrosse.org. CSTV Networks, Inc., now part of CBS Corporation,is the leading digital and cable programming network dedicated to college sports. Connecting more fans to more college sports than any other company, its many platforms for programming distribution include CSTV:College Sports TV, televising regular-season and championship events for 35 men's and women's college sports; CSTV.com and its network of nearly 250 official athletic sites; CSTV All Access, broadband services providing live audio and video of more than 7,000 events annually; as well as satellite television and radio, in-flight entertainment, wireless networks and more. CSTV was acquired by CBS in January 2006. Further information is available at www.cstv.com

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