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Maryland men’s lacrosse is seeking to overcome its Cavalier curse

Here we go again.

It’s 2022 and Maryland and Virginia are once again set to face off in the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament.

A postseason contest between the Terps and Cavaliers is becoming an annual tradition, with the teams meeting in each of the last two NCAA tournaments. Virginia won both of those matchups en route to national championships.

In recent years, the Cavaliers have been the bane of Maryland’s championship hopes.

In 2019, the teams met in the quarterfinals. That game was held in Hempstead, New York, on the campus of Hofstra University, the host of a pair of quarterfinal games this year — Penn vs.