NCAA Division II men's lacrosse tournament

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]

NCAA Division II men's lacrosse tournament
SportField lacrosse
Founded1974
No. of teams8
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)
Lenoir-Rhyne (1st Title)
Most titlesAdelphi (7 Titles)
TV partner(s)ESPN
CBS College Sports Network
Official websiteNCAA.com

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 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 edit

NCAA Division II men's lacrosse tournament
(NCAA Men's College Division Lacrosse Championship)
Year Site
(Host Team)
Stadium Championship Results Semifinalists
Champion Score Runner-Up
1974
Details
Cortland, NY
(Cortland State)
SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex Towson State 18–17 Hobart Adelphi and Cortland State
1975
Details
Brookville, NY
(C.W. Post)
C.W. Post Stadium Cortland State 12–11 Hobart Towson State and Washington College
1976
Details
Catonsville, MD
(UMBC)
UMBC Stadium Hobart 18–9 Adelphi Ohio Wesleyan and Washington College
1977
Details
Geneva, NY
(Hobart)
Boswell Field Hobart (2) 23–13 Washington College Roanoke and UMBC
1978
Details
Roanoke 14–13 Hobart Cortland State and UMBC
1979
Details
Garden City, NY
(Adelphi)
Motamed Field Adelphi 17–12 UMBC St. Lawrence and Towson State
1980
Details
Catonsville, MD
(UMBC)
UMBC Stadium UMBC 23–14 Adelphi No semifinals held
1981
Details
Garden City, NY
(Adelphi)
Motamed Field Adelphi (2) 17–14 Loyola (MD)
1982–1992 No championship held
1993
Details
Brookville, NY
(C.W. Post)
C.W. Post Stadium Adelphi (3) 11–7 C.W. Post No semifinals held
1994
Details
Springfield 15–12 NYIT
1995
Details
Springfield, MA
(Springfield)
Stagg Field Adelphi (4) 12–10 Springfield
1996
Details
Brookville, NY
(C.W. Post)
C.W. Post Stadium C.W. Post 15–10 Adelphi
1997
Details
Garden City, NY
(Adelphi)
Motamed Field NYIT 18–11 Adelphi
1998
Details
Piscataway, NJ
(Rutgers)
Rutgers Stadium Adelphi (5) 18–6 C.W. Post
1999
Details
College Park, MD
(Maryland)
Byrd Stadium Adelphi (6) 11–8 C.W. Post
2000
Details
Limestone 10–9 C.W. Post
2001
Details
Piscataway, NJ
(Rutgers)
Rutgers Stadium Adelphi (7) 14–10 Limestone C.W. Post and Wingate
2002
Details
Limestone (2) 11–9 NYIT Le Moyne and St. Andrew's (NC)
2003
Details
Baltimore, MD M&T Bank Stadium NYIT 9–4 Limestone Le Moyne and Mercyhurst
2004
Details
Le Moyne 11–10
(2OT)
Limestone Mercyhurst and NYIT
2005
Details
Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field NYIT (2) 14–13
(OT)
Limestone C.W. Post and Le Moyne
2006
Details
Le Moyne (2) 12–5 Dowling Limestone and Mercyhurst
2007
Details
Baltimore, MD M&T Bank Stadium Le Moyne (3) 6–5 Mercyhurst Limestone and NYIT
2008
Details
Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium NYIT (3) 16–11 Le Moyne Bryant and Limestone
2009
Details
C.W. Post (2) 8–7 Le Moyne Limestone and Merrimack
2010
Details
Baltimore, MD M&T Bank Stadium C.W. Post (3) 14–9 Le Moyne Dowling and Limestone
2011
Details
Mercyhurst 9–8 Adelphi C.W. Post and Limestone
2012
Details
Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium Dowling 11–10 Limestone Le Moyne and Mercyhurst
2013
Details
Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field Le Moyne (4) 11–10 Mercyhurst Adelphi and Limestone
2014
Details
Baltimore, MD M&T Bank Stadium Limestone (3) 12–6 LIU Post Adelphi and Tampa
2015
Details
Philadelphia, PA 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
Details
Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium Limestone (5) 11-9 Merrimack Adelphi and Tampa
2018
Details
Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium Merrimack 23-6 St. Leo Seton Hill and Lenoir–Rhyne
2019
Details
Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field Merrimack (2) 16-8 Limestone Le Moyne and Indianapolis
2020
Details
Canceled due to COVID-19
2021
Details
East Hartford, CT Pratt & Whitney Stadium Le Moyne (6) 12–6 Lenoir–Rhyne Mercyhurst and Wingate
2022
Details
Tampa (1) 11–7 Mercy Le Moyne and Limestone
2023
Details
Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field Lenoir-Rhyne 20-5 Mercyhurst Le Moyne and Limestone
2024
Details
2025
Details
Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium
2026
Details
TBD TBD

Team championship records edit

Team Championships Appearances Winning years
Adelphi 7 12 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
Towson ‡[e][d] 1 1 1974
Cortland ‡[f] 1 1 1975
Roanoke ‡[f] 1 1 1978
UMBC ‡[d] 1 2 1980
Springfield ‡[f] 1 2 1994
Mercyhurst 1 4 2011
Dowling ✝ 1 2 2012
Tampa 1 1 2022
Lenoir–Rhyne 1 2 2023
Mercy (NY)] 0 1
Loyola Maryland ‡[d] 0 1
Saint Leo 0 1
Washington College ‡[f] 0 1
  • ✝ indicates schools which are closed or no longer sponsor athletics.
  • ‡ indicates schools which have reclassified athletics from NCAA Division II.
  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, but the men's lacrosse program inherited Post's records, since it was the only one of the campuses that sponsored men's lacrosse.
  3. ^ Current NCAA Division III member that plays Division I men's lacrosse.
  4. ^ a b c d Current NCAA Division I member.
  5. ^ Known as Towson State before the 1998 season.
  6. ^ a b c d Current NCAA Division III member.

Finals appearances by state edit

State Titles University Runners-up University
  New York 24 Adelphi (7), LeMoyne (6), NY Tech (4), LIU Post (3), Hobart (2), Dowling (1), SUNY Cortland (1) 21 LIU Post (5), Adelphi (5), LeMoyne (4), Hobart (3), NY Tech (2), Mercy (1), Dowling (1)
  South Carolina 5 Limestone (5) 7 Limestone (7)
  Massachusetts 3 Merrimack (2), Springfield (1) 2 Merrimack (1), Springfield (1)
  Maryland 2 UMBC (1), Towson (1) 3 UMBC (1), Loyola (1), Washington (1)
  Virginia 1 Roanoke (1) 0
  Florida 1 Tampa (1) 1 St. Leo (1)
  Pennsylvania 1 Mercyhurst (1) 2 Mercyhurst (2)
  North Carolina 1 Lenoir-Rhyne (1) 1 Lenoir-Rhyne (1)

See also edit

References edit

  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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