NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
Sport | Field lacrosse |
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Founded | 1971 |
No. of teams | 17 |
Country | United States |
Most recent champion(s) | Virginia (7) |
Most titles | Syracuse (10) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN CBS Sports Network |
Official website | NCAA.com |
2021 Championship |
The NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament determines the annual top men's field lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I. This tournament has determined the national champion since the inaugural 1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. From 1936 through 1970, the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) awarded the Wingate Memorial Trophy to the NCAA Division I annual champion based on regular season records.
History[]
The first Division I Championship tournament held in 1971 replaced the USILA and Wingate Memorial Trophy national title awards. As of 2021, 50 NCAA tournaments have been held (not held in 2020). In that span eleven teams — Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, Princeton, North Carolina, Virginia, Cornell, Duke, Maryland, Loyola University (Maryland), Denver and Yale — have won the national title, with Syracuse leading with ten titles (plus one vacated by the NCAA[a]). In all, 41 teams have participated in the NCAA tournament since its inception. Only seven unseeded teams — the 1988 Cornell Big Red, the 1991 Towson Tigers, the 2006 Massachusetts Minutemen, the 2010 Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the 2011 and 2012 Maryland Terrapins and the 2016 North Carolina Tar Heels — have made it to the championship game, and only ten unseeded teams have made it to the tournament semi-finals, the most recent being North Carolina in 2016. Johns Hopkins has appeared in every tournament but three (1971, 2013, 2021). The Number One seed in the tournament has won the title 17 times and there have been 13 undefeated National Champions. North Carolina in 2016 was the first unseeded team to win the national title.
Originally consisting of eight teams, the size of the tournament field has changed over the years, increasing to 10 in 1986, 12 in 1987, 16 in 2003, and 18 in 2014, and finally decreasing to the current 17-team field. The two semifinal games and the final have been played on the same weekend at the same stadium since 1986. All three matches have always been scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, with the semifinals doubleheader on Saturday afternoon and the final held on the holiday itself.
The sport has historically been focused in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, with the sport's U.S. heartland today extending from New England to North Carolina. Only six schools from outside the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic have played in the NCAA tournament—Air Force, Butler, Denver, Marquette, Notre Dame, and Ohio State. No team west of the Eastern Time Zone won an NCAA championship until Denver in 2015.
19 coaches have won Division I titles: Richie Moran, Glenn Thiel, Bud Beardmore, Bob Scott, Henry Ciccarone, Willie Scroggs, Jr., Roy Simmons, Jr., Dave Klarmann, Don Zimmerman, Bill Tierney, Dom Starsia, John Desko, Dave Pietramala, John Danowski, Charley Toomey, John Tillman, Joe Breschi, Andy Shay, and Lars Tiffany. Tierney is the only one to have won at two different schools (Princeton and Denver).
Results[]
NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship | ||||||
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Year | Host City (University) |
Host Stadium | Final | |||
Winner (Record) (Seed) |
Score | Runner-up (Record) (Seed) | ||||
1971 Details |
Hempstead, New York (Hofstra) |
Hofstra Stadium | Cornell (13–1) (#1) |
12–6 | Maryland (9–4) (#3) | |
1972 Details |
College Park, Maryland (Maryland) |
Byrd Stadium | Virginia (11–4) (n/a) |
13–12 | Johns Hopkins (11–2) (n/a) | |
1973 Details |
Philadelphia (Penn) |
Franklin Field | Maryland (10–0) (#1) |
10–9 (OT) |
Johns Hopkins (11–2) (#2) | |
1974 Details |
Piscataway, New Jersey (Rutgers) |
Rutgers Stadium I | Johns Hopkins (12–2) (#2) |
17–12 | Maryland (8–2) (#1) | |
1975 Details |
Baltimore (Johns Hopkins) |
Homewood Field | Maryland (8–2) (#3) |
20–13 | Navy (10–5) (#4) | |
1976 Details |
Providence, Rhode Island (Brown) |
Brown Stadium | Cornell (16–0) (#2) |
16–13 (OT) |
Maryland (10–1) (#1) | |
1977 Details |
Charlottesville, Virginia (Virginia) |
Scott Stadium | Cornell (13–0) (#1) |
16–8 | Johns Hopkins (11–2) (#2) | |
1978 Details |
Piscataway, New Jersey (Rutgers) |
Rutgers Stadium I | Johns Hopkins (13–1) (#2) |
13–8 | Cornell (13–1) (#1) | |
1979 Details |
College Park, Maryland (Maryland) |
Byrd Stadium | Johns Hopkins (13–0) (#1) |
15–9 | Maryland (9–2) (#2) | |
1980 Details |
Ithaca, New York (Cornell) |
Schoellkopf Field | Johns Hopkins (14–1) (#2) |
9–8 (2OT) |
Virginia (12–2) (#1) | |
1981 Details |
Princeton, New Jersey (Princeton) |
Palmer Stadium | North Carolina (12–0) (#2) |
14–13 | Johns Hopkins (13–1) (#1) | |
1982 Details |
Charlottesville, Virginia (Virginia) |
Scott Stadium | North Carolina (14–0) (#1) |
7–5 | Johns Hopkins (11–3) (#2) | |
1983 Details |
Piscataway, New Jersey (Rutgers) |
Rutgers Stadium I | Syracuse (14–1) (#2) |
17–16 | Johns Hopkins (12–2) (#1) | |
1984 Details |
Newark, Delaware (Delaware) |
Delaware Stadium | Johns Hopkins (14–0) (#1) |
13–10 | Syracuse (15–1) (#2) | |
1985 Details |
Providence, Rhode Island (Brown) |
Brown Stadium | Johns Hopkins (13–1) (#1) |
11–4 | Syracuse (14–2) (#2) | |
1986 Details |
Newark, Delaware (Delaware) |
Delaware Stadium | North Carolina (11–3) (#5) |
10–9 (OT) |
Virginia (12–3) (#3) | |
1987 Details |
Piscataway, New Jersey (Rutgers) |
Rutgers Stadium I | Johns Hopkins (10–3) (#4) |
11–10 | Cornell (13–1) (#2) | |
1988 Details |
Syracuse, New York (Syracuse) |
Carrier Dome | Syracuse (15–0) (#2) |
13–8 | Cornell (9–6) (unseeded) | |
1989 Details |
College Park, Maryland (Maryland) |
Byrd Stadium | Syracuse (14–1) (#1) |
13–12 | Johns Hopkins (11–2) (#2) | |
1990 Details |
Piscataway, New Jersey (Rutgers) |
Rutgers Stadium I | Syracuse (Vacated) (13–0) (#1) [a] |
21–9 | Loyola (11–3) (#3) | |
1991 Details |
Syracuse, New York (Syracuse) |
Carrier Dome | North Carolina (16–0) (#1) |
18–13 | Towson (12–4) (unseeded) | |
1992 Details |
Philadelphia (Penn) |
Franklin Field | Princeton (13–2) (#3) |
10–9 (OT) |
Syracuse (13–2) (#1) | |
1993 Details |
College Park, Maryland (Maryland) |
Byrd Stadium | Syracuse (12–2) (#3) |
13–12 | North Carolina (14–2) (#1) | |
1994 Details |
College Park, Maryland (Maryland) |
Byrd Stadium | Princeton (14–1) (#3) |
9–8 (OT) |
Virginia (13–4) (#5) | |
1995 Details |
College Park, Maryland (Maryland) |
Byrd Stadium | Syracuse (13–2) (#3) |
13–9 | Maryland (12–4) (#4) | |
1996 Details |
College Park, Maryland (Maryland) |
Byrd Stadium | Princeton (14–1) (#1) |
13–12 (OT) |
Virginia (12–4) (#3) | |
1997 Details |
College Park, Maryland (Maryland) |
Byrd Stadium | Princeton (15–0) (#1) |
19–7 | Maryland (11–5) (#7) | |
1998 Details |
Piscataway, New Jersey (Rutgers) |
Rutgers Stadium II | Princeton (14–1) (#2) |
15–5 | Maryland (14–3) (#5) | |
1999 Details |
College Park, Maryland (Maryland) |
Byrd Stadium | Virginia (13–3) (#3) |
12–10 | Syracuse (12–5) (#8) | |
2000 Details |
College Park, Maryland (Maryland) |
Byrd Stadium | Syracuse (15–1) (#1) |
13–7 | Princeton (12–3) (#3) | |
2001 Details |
Piscataway, New Jersey (Rutgers) |
Rutgers Stadium II | Princeton (14–1) (#2) |
10–9 (OT) |
Syracuse (13–3) (#1) | |
2002 Details |
Piscataway, New Jersey (Rutgers) |
Rutgers Stadium II | Syracuse (15–2) (#2) |
13–12 | Princeton (10–5) (#4) | |
2003 Details |
Baltimore | M&T Bank Stadium | Virginia (15–2) (#2) |
9–7 | Johns Hopkins (14–2) (#1) | |
2004 Details |
Baltimore | M&T Bank Stadium | Syracuse (15–2) (#4) |
14–13 | Navy (15–3) (#2) | |
2005 Details |
Philadelphia (Penn) | Lincoln Financial Field | Johns Hopkins (16–0) (#1) |
9–8 | Duke (17–3) (#2) | |
2006 Details |
Philadelphia (Penn) | Lincoln Financial Field | Virginia (17–0) (#1) |
15–7 | Massachusetts (13–5) (unseeded) | |
2007 Details |
Baltimore | M&T Bank Stadium | Johns Hopkins (13–4) (#3) |
12–11 | Duke (17–3) (#1) | |
2008 Details |
Foxborough, Massachusetts | Gillette Stadium | Syracuse (16–2) (#3) |
13–10 | Johns Hopkins (11–6) (#5) | |
2009 Details |
Foxborough, Massachusetts | Gillette Stadium | Syracuse (15–2) (#2) |
10–9 (OT) |
Cornell (13–4) (#5) | |
2010 Details |
Baltimore | M&T Bank Stadium | Duke (16–4) (#5) |
6–5 (OT) |
Notre Dame (12–6) (unseeded) | |
2011 Details |
Baltimore | M&T Bank Stadium | Virginia (13–5) (#7) |
9–7 | Maryland (13–5) (unseeded) | |
2012 Details |
Foxborough, Massachusetts | Gillette Stadium | Loyola (18–1) (#1) |
9–3 | Maryland (12–6) (unseeded) | |
2013 Details |
Philadelphia (Drexel) | Lincoln Financial Field | Duke (16–5) (#7) |
16–10 | Syracuse (16–4) (#1) | |
2014 Details |
Baltimore | M&T Bank Stadium | Duke (17–3) (#1) |
11–9 | Notre Dame (12–6) (#6) | |
2015 Details |
Philadelphia (Drexel) | Lincoln Financial Field | Denver (17–2) (#4) |
10–5 | Maryland (15–4) (#6) | |
2016 Details |
Philadelphia (Drexel) | Lincoln Financial Field | North Carolina (12–6) (unseeded) |
14–13
(OT) |
Maryland (17–3) (#1) | |
2017 Details |
Foxborough, Massachusetts | Gillette Stadium | Maryland (16–3) (#1) |
9–6 | Ohio State (16–5) (#3) | |
2018 Details |
Foxborough, Massachusetts | Gillette Stadium | Yale (17–3) (#3) |
13–11 | Duke (16–4) (#4) | |
2019 Details |
Philadelphia (Drexel) | Lincoln Financial Field | Virginia (17–3) (#3) |
13–9 | Yale (15–4) (#5) | |
2020 Details |
Philadelphia (Drexel) | Lincoln Financial Field | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | |||
2021 Details |
East Hartford, Connecticut (Fairfield) | Rentschler Field | Virginia (14–4) (#4) |
17–16 | Maryland (15–1) (#3) | |
2022 |
East Hartford, Connecticut (Fairfield) | Rentschler Field | TBD (#TBD) |
TBD | TBD (#TBD) |
Team titles[]
Johns Hopkins
Loyola
Team | Titles | Finals lost | Years won |
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Syracuse[a] | 10 | 6 | 1983, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009 |
Johns Hopkins | 9 | 9 | 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2005, 2007 |
Virginia | 7 | 4 | 1972, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2019, 2021 |
Princeton | 6 | 2 | 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001 |
North Carolina | 5 | 1 | 1981, 1982, 1986, 1991, 2016 |
Maryland | 3 | 12 | 1973, 1975, 2017 |
Cornell | 3 | 4 | 1971, 1976, 1977 |
Duke | 3 | 3 | 2010, 2013, 2014 |
Denver | 1 | 0 | 2015 |
Loyola | 1 | 1 | 2012 |
Yale | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
Navy | 0 | 2 | |
Notre Dame | 0 | 2 | |
Towson | 0 | 1 | |
Massachusetts | 0 | 1 | |
Ohio State | 0 | 1 |
Finals appearances by state[]
State | Titles | University | Runners-up | University |
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Maryland | 13 | Johns Hopkins (9), Maryland (3), Loyola (1) | 22 | Maryland (12), Johns Hopkins (6), Navy (2), Loyola (1), Towson (1) |
New York | 13 | Syracuse (10), Cornell (3) | 10 | Syracuse (6), Cornell (4) |
North Carolina | 8 | North Carolina (5), Duke (3) | 4 | Duke (3), North Carolina (1) |
Virginia | 7 | Virginia (7) | 4 | Virginia (4) |
New Jersey | 6 | Princeton (6) | 2 | Princeton (2) |
Connecticut | 1 | Yale (1) | 1 | Yale (1) |
Colorado | 1 | Denver (1) | 0 | |
Indiana | 0 | 1 | Notre Dame (1) | |
Massachusetts | 0 | 1 | Massachusetts (1) | |
Ohio | 0 | 1 | Ohio State (1) |
See also[]
- NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship all-time team records
- NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship appearances by school
- NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship
- NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship
- NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
- North–South Senior All-Star Game
- United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
- Wingate Memorial Trophy
Notes[]
- ^ a b c Syracuse's championship in the 1990 tournament was vacated by the NCAA. The NCAA Committee on Infractions determined that Paul Gait had played in the 1990 championship while ineligible. Under NCAA rules, Syracuse and Paul Gait's records for that championship were vacated. The NCAA does not recognize Syracuse and coach Roy Simmons, Jr.'s record in the 1990 tournament.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Men's Lacrosse Championship History". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
External links[]
- NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
- Recurring sporting events established in 1971
- 1971 establishments in the United States