"Sports Illustrated" said it was "perhaps the most one-sided game in the history of NCAA sports", rivaling the Cumberland-Georgia Tech game. CMU was criticized for continuing to shoot on goal and not letting the shot clock (a new rule in NCAA men's lacrosse that season) expire. The university's athletic department later issued a statement apologizing for "the unsportsmanlike nature of the final score", saying that the team's coaches regret the decisions they made which contributed to that outcome and players and fans "deserve better".