2017 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

The 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship was played on Memorial Day weekend in May 2017 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

2017 NCAA Division I men's
lacrosse tournament
Teams17
Finals siteGillette Stadium
Foxborough, MA
ChampionsMaryland (3rd title)
Runner-upOhio State (1st title game)
SemifinalistsTowson (3rd Final Four)
Denver (5th Final Four)
Winning coachJohn Tillman (1st title)
MOPTim Muller, Maryland
Attendance30,530 semi-finals
28,971 finals
59,501 total
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«2016 2018»

This was the 47th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college lacrosse.

Seventeen teams competed in the tournament, based upon their performance during the regular season. For nine teams entry into the tournament was by means of a conference tournament automatic qualifier, eight teams received at-large selections.[1]

Maryland won their 3rd NCAA title, defeating Ohio State 9-6. This was Maryland's first national title since 1975.

Matt Rambo led the Terps to their long delayed next national title, in the Terps third straight championship game.

Teams

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Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI[2] Record
Air Force Southern Automatic 24 12-5
8 Albany America East Automatic 3 14-2
Bryant Northeast Automatic 35 10-7
5 Denver Big East At-large 8 11-3
Duke ACC At-large 9 12-4
6 Johns Hopkins Big Ten At-large 7 8-6
Loyola Patriot Automatic 17 10-5
Marquette Big East Automatic 21 8-7
1 Maryland Big Ten Automatic 1 12-3
Monmouth MAAC Automatic 38 14-3
North Carolina ACC At-large 10 8-7
4 Notre Dame ACC At-large 4 8-5
3 Ohio State Big Ten At-large 6 13-4
7 Penn State Big Ten At-large 5 12-3
2 Syracuse ACC At-large 2 12-2
Towson CAA Automatic 11 10-4
Yale Ivy Automatic 13 10-5

Bracket

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Play In
May 10th
   
Bryant 10
Monmouth 7
First Round

Campus sites: seeded teams host May 13–14

Quarterfinals
May 20–21

James M. Shuart Stadium
Delaware Stadium

Semifinals
May 27

Gillette Stadium

Championship
May 29

Gillette Stadium

            
1 Maryland 13
Bryant 10
1 Maryland 18
8 Albany 9
8 Albany 15
North Carolina 12
1 Maryland 9
5 Denver 8
5 Denver 17
Air Force 10
5 Denver 16
4 Notre Dame 4
4 Notre Dame 15
Marquette 9
1 Maryland 9
3 Ohio State 6
3 Ohio State 7
Loyola 4
3 Ohio State 16
Duke 11
6 Johns Hopkins 6
Duke 19
3 Ohio State 11
Towson 10
7 Penn State 8
Towson 12
Towson 10
2 Syracuse 7
2 Syracuse 11
Yale 10

Tournament boxscores

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Tournament Finals

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Maryland 3 2 1 3 9
Ohio State 2 0 1 3 6
  • Maryland scoring – Tim Rotanz 3, Dylan Maltz 2, Adam DiMillo 2, Matt Rambo, Connor Kelly
  • Ohio State scoring – Tre Leclaire, Johnny Pearson, Austin Shanks, Jake Withers, Logan Maccani, Colin Chell 1
  • Shots: Maryland 41, Ohio State 25

Tournament Semi-Finals

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Maryland 3 2 3 1 9
Denver 1 2 3 2 8
  • Maryland scoring – Connor Kelly 3, Dylan Maltz 2, Colin Heacock 2, Matt Rambo, Tim Rotanz
  • Denver scoring – Nate Marano 2, Ethan Walker 2, Connor Donahue, Connor Cannizzaro, Colton Jackson, Joe Reid
  • Shots: Maryland 32, Denver 22
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Ohio State 2 6 3 3 11
Towson 2 5 2 1 10
  • Ohio State scoring – Tre Leclaire 3, Eric Fannell 2, Austin Shanks 2, Johnny Pearson, JT Blubaugh, Jack Jasinski, Logan Maccani
  • Towson scoring – Ryan Drenner 3, Joe Seider 3, Jon Mazza, Mike Lynch, Tyler Young, Brian Bolewicki
  • Shots: Towson 40, Ohio State 35
  • Saves: Ohio State 10, Towson 6

Tournament Quarterfinals

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Maryland 6 6 5 1 18
Albany 2 2 1 4 9
  • Maryland scoring – Connor Kelly 5, Matt Rambo 4, Tim Rotanz 2, Dylan Maltz 2, Jared Bernhardt, Ben Chisolm, Colin Heacock, Tim Muller, Bryce Young
  • Albany scoring – Connor Fields 3, Adam Osika 2, Sean Eccles , John Glance , Jack Burgmaster , Troy Reh
  • Shots: Maryland 41, Albany 29
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Ohio State 2 7 4 3 16
Duke 1 3 1 6 11
  • Ohio State scoring – Eric Fannell 5, Jack Jasinski 2, Johnny Pearson 2, JT Blubaugh 2, Lukas Buckley 2, Tre Leclaire, Freddy Freibott, Austin Shanks
  • Duke scoring – Jack Bruckner 3, Justin Guterding 2, Sean Cerrone, Brad Smith, Mitch Russell, Sean Lowrie, Joey Manown, John Prendergast
  • Shots: Duke 45, Ohio State 31
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Denver 2 6 5 3 16
Notre Dame 1 0 1 2 4
  • Denver scoring – Austin French 4, Tyler Pace 3, Ethan Walker 3, Connor Cannizzaro 2, Trevor Baptiste, Colton Jackson, Colin Rutan, Nate Marano
  • Notre Dame scoring – Mikey Wynne 3, Sergio Perkovic
  • Shots: Denver 39, Notre Dame 16
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Towson 6 2 1 1 10
Syracuse 0 2 1 4 7
  • Towson scoring – Joe Seider 4, Mike Lynch 2, Matt Wylly 2, Tyler Konen, Jon Mazza
  • Syracuse scoring – Nate Solomon 4, Ryan Simmons, Brendan Bomberry, Sergio Salcido
  • Shots: Towson 40, Syracuse 31
  • Shots: Towson 12, Syracuse 12

Tournament First Round

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Maryland 4 2 5 2 13
Bryant 2 2 1 5 10
  • Maryland scoring – Tim Rotanz 5, Matt Rambo 2, Colin Heacock 2, Dylan Maltz, Jared Bernhardt, Matt Neufeldt, Adam DiMillo
  • Bryant scoring – Tucker James 4, Cam Ziegler 3, Tom Forsberg, Brett Baker, Ryan Sharpe
  • Shots: Bryant 35, Maryland 28
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Ohio State 2 1 3 1 7
Loyola 0 2 2 0 4
  • Ohio State scoring – Tre Leclaire 3, Eric Fannell, Jack Jasinski, Colin Chell, Austin Shanks
  • Loyola scoring – Romar Dennis, Pat Spencer, Zack Sirico, Jared Mintzlaff
  • Shots: Loyola 44, Ohio State 22
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Denver 3 3 7 4 17
Air Force 2 1 4 3 10
  • Denver scoring – Austin French 3, Max Planning 3, Connor Cannizzaro 3, Trevor Baptiste 2, Connor Donahue 2, Ethan Walker 2, Colton Jackson, Jeremy Bosher
  • Air Force scoring – Grant Gould 3, Matthew Schwartz 2, Chet Dunstan 2, Austin Smith, Trent Harper, Cameron Carter
  • Shots: Denver 43, Air Force 35
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Duke 4 6 3 3 16
High Point 1 4 2 3 10
  • Duke scoring – Michael Sowers 4, Sean Lowrie 3, Owen Caputo 2, Brennan O'Neill 2, Garrett Leadmon, Nakeie Montgomery, JPBasile, Dyson Williams, Jake Naso
  • High Point scoring – Jack Vanoverbeke 2, Brayden Mayea 2, Kevin Rogers 2, Koby Russell, Asher Nolting, Tyler Stinson, Colin Clothier
  • Shots: Duke 43, High Point 34
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Towson 1 2 4 5 12
Penn State 1 3 1 3 8
  • Towson scoring – Joe Seider 4, Ryan Drenner 2, Mike Lynch 2, Tyler Konen, Tyler Young, Alex Woodall, Dylan Kinnear
  • Penn State scoring – Grant Ament 3, Mac O'Keefe 3, Nick Aponte 2
  • Shots: Towson 43, Penn State 23
  • Saves: Penn State 16, Towson 9
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Syracuse 3 1 5 2 11
Yale 3 3 2 2 10
  • Syracuse scoring – Jamie Trimboli 2, Nick Mariano 2, Brad Voigt, Nate Solomon, Ryan Simmons, Jordan Evans, Stephen Rehfuss, Brendan Bomberry, Sergio Salcido
  • Yale scoring – Ben Reeves 4, Lucas Cotler 2, Matt Gaudet 2, Joseph Sessa, Jackson Morrill
  • Shots: Yale 42, Syracuse 29
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Albany 7 7 0 1 15
North Carolina 2 1 6 3 12
  • Albany scoring – Bennett Drake 5, Adam Osika 3, Kyle McClancy 3, Connor Fields, Sean Eccles, Mitch Laffin, Eli Lasda
  • North Carolina scoring – Chris Cloutier 5, Luke Goldstock 2, Jack Rowlett 2, Timmy Kelly, Justin Anderson, William McBride
  • Shots: Albany 46, North Carolina 43
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame 3 4 5 3 15
Marquette 1 3 3 2 9
  • Notre Dame scoring – Brendan Gleason 5, Brendan Collins 4, Mikey Wynne 2, Ryder Garnsey, Bryan Costabile, Brian Willetts, Timmy Phillips
  • Marquette scoring – John Wagner 3, Ryan McNamara 2, Andy Demichiei 2, Tanner Thomson, Joseph Dunn
  • Shots: Notre Dame 35, Marquette 35

All-Tournament Team

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  • Tim Muller, Maryland (Most Outstanding Player)
  • Tom Carey, Ohio State
  • Ryan Drenner, Towson
  • Connor Kelly, Maryland
  • Tre Leclaire, Ohio State
  • Dylan Maltz, Maryland
  • Dan Morris, Maryland
  • Matt Rambo, Maryland
  • Tim Rotanz, Maryland
  • Ethan Walker, Denver

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship selections". NCAA.com. May 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "selection nitty 2017" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 25, 2019.