NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship

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NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship
SportField lacrosse
Founded1974
No. of teams8
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)		Le Moyne (6th)
Most titlesAdelphi (7)
TV partner(s)ESPN
CBS College Sports Network
Official websiteNCAA.com

The NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship is the annual championship in men's lacrosse held by the NCAA for teams competing in Division II.[1]

Following the institution of a tournament for Division I in 1971 by the NCAA, the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association added a "small college" tournament for two years for all non-Division I schools. In 1972, Hobart defeated Washington College 15-12 to win the USILA title. And Cortland State beat Washington College to win the 1973 title, 13-8.[2]

Beginning in 1974, a combined NCAA Division II and III tournament was played through the 1979 season, after which separate divisional championships were instituted. The Division II championship was discontinued after the 1981 season. Following a twelve-year interruption, the tournament was resumed in 1993.

During the 1982–1992 period in which no Division II championship existed, all Division II men's lacrosse programs were allowed by NCAA rules to compete as Division I members in that sport. Several D-II teams received invitations to the D-I tournament in this period, including Adelphi in 1982; C.W. Post in 1986; Adelphi again in 1987, where they upset Army; and Adelphi once more in 1989, where they received a number five seeding.

Results[]

NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship
(NCAA Men's College Division Lacrosse Championship)
Year Site
(Host Team) 		Stadium Championship Semifinalists
Champion Score Runner-up
1974
Details 		Cortland, New York
(Cortland State) 		Towson State 18–17 Hobart Adelphi and Cortland State
1975
Details 		Brookville, New York
(C.W. Post) 		C.W. Post Stadium Cortland State 12–11 Hobart Towson State and Washington College
1976
Details 		Catonsville, Maryland
(UMBC) 		UMBC Stadium Hobart 18–9 Adelphi Ohio Wesleyan and Washington College
1977
Details 		Geneva, New York
(Hobart) 		Hobart (2) 23–13 Washington College Roanoke and UMBC
1978
Details 		Roanoke 14–13 Hobart Cortland State and UMBC
1979
Details 		Garden City, New York
(Adelphi) 		Motamed Field Adelphi 17–12 UMBC St. Lawrence and Towson State
1980
Details 		Catonsville, Maryland
(UMBC) 		UMBC Stadium UMBC 23–14 Adelphi No semifinals held
1981
Details 		Garden City, New York
(Adelphi) 		Motamed Field Adelphi (2) 17–14 Loyola (MD)
1982–1992 No championship held
1993
 Brookville, New York
(C.W. Post) 		C.W. Post Stadium Adelphi (3) 11–7 C.W. Post No semifinals held
1994
 Springfield 15–12 NYIT
1995
 Springfield, Massachusetts
(Springfield) 		Stagg Field Adelphi (4) 12–10 Springfield
1996
 Brookville, New York
(C.W. Post) 		C.W. Post Stadium C.W. Post 15–10 Adelphi
1997
 Garden City, New York
(Adelphi) 		Motamed Field NYIT 18–11 Adelphi
1998
 Piscataway, New Jersey
(Rutgers) 		Rutgers Stadium Adelphi (5) 18–6 C.W. Post
1999
 College Park, Maryland
(Maryland) 		Byrd Stadium Adelphi (6) 11–8 C.W. Post
2000
 Limestone 10–9 C.W. Post
2001
 Piscataway, New Jersey
(Rutgers) 		Rutgers Stadium Adelphi (7) 14–10 Limestone C.W. Post and Wingate
2002
 Limestone (2) 11–9 NYIT Le Moyne and St. Andrew's (NC)
2003
 Baltimore M&T Bank Stadium NYIT 9–4 Limestone Le Moyne and Mercyhurst
2004
 Le Moyne 11–10
(2OT) 		Limestone Mercyhurst and NYIT
2005
 Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field NYIT (2) 14–13
(OT) 		Limestone C.W. Post and Le Moyne
2006
 Le Moyne (2) 12–5 Dowling Limestone and Mercyhurst
2007
 Baltimore, Maryland M&T Bank Stadium Le Moyne (3) 6–5 Mercyhurst Limestone and NYIT
2008
 Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette Stadium NYIT (3) 16–11 Le Moyne Bryant and Limestone
2009
 C.W. Post (2) 8–7 Le Moyne Limestone and Merrimack
2010
 Baltimore, Maryland M&T Bank Stadium C.W. Post (3) 14–9 Le Moyne Dowling and Limestone
2011
 Mercyhurst 9–8 Adelphi C.W. Post and Limestone
2012
 Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette Stadium Dowling 11–10 Limestone Le Moyne and Mercyhurst
2013
 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lincoln Financial Field Le Moyne (4) 11–10 Mercyhurst Adelphi and Limestone
2014
 Baltimore, Maryland M&T Bank Stadium Limestone (3) 12–6 LIU Post Adelphi and Tampa
2015
 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lincoln Financial Field Limestone (4) 9–6 Le Moyne Lake Erie and Merrimack
2016
Details 		Le Moyne (5) 8-4 Limestone Merrimack and Tampa
2017
 Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette Stadium Limestone (5) 11-9 Merrimack Adelphi and Tampa
2018
 Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette Stadium Merrimack 23-6 St. Leo Seton Hill and Lenoir–Rhyne
2019
 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lincoln Financial Field Merrimack (2) 16-8 Limestone Le Moyne and Indianapolis
2020
 Canceled due to COVID-19
2021
 East Hartford, Connecticut Pratt & Whitney Stadium Le Moyne (6) 12–6 Lenoir–Rhyne Mercyhurst and Wingate

Team championship records[]

Team Championships Appearances Winning years
Adelphi 7 11 1979, 1981, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001
Le Moyne 6 10 2004, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2021
Limestone 5 12 2000, 2002, 2014, 2015, 2017
New York Tech 4 6 1997, 2003, 2005, 2008
LIU Post[a][b] 3 8 1996, 2009, 2010
Hobart[c] 2 5 1976, 1977
Merrimack[d] 2 3 2018, 2019
Mercyhurst 1 3 2011
Dowling 1 2 2012
Springfield[e] 1 2 1994
UMBC[d] 1 2 1980
Roanoke[e] 1 1 1978
Cortland State[e] 1 1 1975
Towson[f][d] 1 1 1974
Lenoir–Rhyne 0 1
Loyola[d] 0 1
St. Leo 0 1
Washington (MD)[e] 0 1
  1. ^ Known as C.W. Post before the 2012 season.
  2. ^ The LIU Post athletic program was merged with the Division I program of Long Island University's Brooklyn campus in July 2019. The new program, playing as the LIU Sharks, maintains Brooklyn's Division I membership.
  3. ^ Current NCAA Division III member that plays Division I men's lacrosse.
  4. ^ a b c d Current NCAA Division I member.
  5. ^ a b c d Current NCAA Division III member.
  6. ^ Known as Towson State before the 1998 season.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  2. ^ Scott, Bob (1976). Lacrosse Technique and Tradition. The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-2060-X.

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