1996 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

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1996 NCAA Division I men's
lacrosse tournament
Teams12
Finals site Byrd Stadium
Flag of Maryland.svg College Park, Maryland
Champions Princeton (3rd title)
Runner-up Virginia (5th title game)
Semifinalists Johns Hopkins (20th Final Four)
Syracuse (14th Final Four)
Winning coach Bill Tierney (3rd title)
MOP Michael Watson, Virginia
Attendance [1] 22,102 finals
68,978 total
Top scorers Rob Kavovit, Syracuse
Doug Knight and Tim Whiteley, Virginia
(16 goals)
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The 1996 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 26th annual tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team champion of men's college lacrosse among its Division I programs, held at the end of the 1996 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.

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Princeton defeated Virginia in the final, 13–12 in overtime. Jesse Hubbard scored the game-winning goal for Princeton in overtime. This was Princeton's third national championship under Head Coach Bill Tierney. [1]

The championship game was played at Byrd Stadium at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, with 22,102 fans in attendance. [2]

Qualifying

Twelve NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament. No teams made their debut appearance in the Division I lacrosse tournament in 1996.

Tournament bracket

First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
            
8 Towson State 16
Loyola Maryland 11
1 Princeton 22
8 Towson State 6
1 Princeton11
5 Syracuse 9
4 North Carolina 12
5 Syracuse19
5 Syracuse 12
Army 3
1 Princeton13 *
3 Virginia 12
Harvard 15
6 Hofstra 12
3 Virginia 23
Harvard 12
3 Virginia16
7 Johns Hopkins 10
2 Maryland 7
7 Johns Hopkins9
7 Johns Hopkins 12
Notre Dame 7

All-Tournament Team

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. "Attendance Figures for the NCAA Men's Championships". LaxPower.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-25.