2024 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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Dates | May 11–27, 2024 | ||||
Teams | 17 | ||||
Finals site | Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA | ||||
Champions | Notre Dame (2nd title) | ||||
Runner-up | Maryland (17th title game) | ||||
Semifinalists | Denver (6th Final Four) Virginia (26th Final Four) | ||||
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The 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship is the 53rd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for NCAA Division I men's college lacrosse. The semifinals and final are hosted by Drexel University and held at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1]
Seventeen (17) teams competed in the tournament based upon their performance during the regular season. For nine (9) conferences, entry into the tournament was by means of a conference tournament automatic qualifier, while for ACC teams and the remaining eight (8) teams, at-large selection was determined by the NCAA selection committee. [2]
Seed | School | Conference | Berth Type | RPI | Record |
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1 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | ACC | At-large | 1 | 12–1 |
2 | Duke Blue Devils | ACC | At-large | 2 | 12–5 |
3 | Johns Hopkins Blue Jays | Big Ten | At-large | 3 | 10–4 |
4 | Syracuse Orange | ACC | At-large | 4 | 11–5 |
5 | Denver Pioneers | Big East | At-large | 6 | 11–3 |
6 | Virginia Cavaliers | ACC | At-large | 5 | 10–5 |
7 | Maryland Terrapins | Big Ten | At-large | 7 | 8–5 |
8 | Georgetown Hoyas | Big East | Automatic | 10 | 12–3 |
Penn State Nittany Lions | Big Ten | At-large | 9 | 11–4 | |
Princeton Tigers | Ivy League | Automatic | 8 | 11–4 | |
Saint Joseph's Hawks | Atlantic 10 | Automatic | 15 | 12–3 | |
Michigan Wolverines | Big Ten | Automatic | 13 | 10–6 | |
Towson Tigers | CAA | Automatic | 16 | 13–3 | |
Lehigh Mountain Hawks | Patriot League | Automatic | 21 | 10–6 | |
Utah Utes | ASUN | Automatic | 24 | 12–4 | |
Albany Great Danes | America East | Automatic | 36 | 9–7 | |
Sacred Heart Pioneers | MAAC | Automatic | 32 | 13–4 |
Play–in game [3] May 8 Albany, NY | ||||
Albany | 13 | |||
Sacred Heart | 7 |
First round May 11–12, ESPNU Hosted by seeded team | Quarterfinals May 18–19, ESPNU Hempstead, NY and Towson, MD | Semifinals May 25, ESPN2 Philadelphia, PA | National Championship May 27, ESPN Philadelphia, PA | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Notre Dame | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
Albany | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Notre Dame | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Georgetown | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Georgetown | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Notre Dame | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Denver | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Denver | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Denver | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Syracuse | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Syracuse | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
Towson | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Notre Dame | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Maryland | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Johns Hopkins | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Johns Hopkins | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Virginia | 11** | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Virginia | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
Saint Joseph's | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Virginia | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Maryland | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Maryland | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Maryland | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Duke | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Duke | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
Utah | 7 |
* denotes overtime period
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Notre Dame | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
Maryland (11–7) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Maryland | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
Virginia (12–6) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Notre Dame | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
Denver (13–4) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT1 | OT2 | Total |
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Virginia | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Johns Hopkins (11–5) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Maryland | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
Duke (13–6) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Notre Dame | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
Georgetown (13–4) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Denver | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
Syracuse (12–6) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Notre Dame | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
Albany (10–8) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Georgetown | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
Penn State (11–5) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Syracuse | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
Towson (13–4) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Johns Hopkins | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
Lehigh (10–7) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Virginia | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
Saint Joseph's (12–4) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Maryland | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
Princeton (11–5) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Denver | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
Michigan (10–7) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Duke | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
Utah (12–5) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Albany | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
Sacred Heart (13–5) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
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Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | PG | R16 | QF | SF | CG | NC |
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ACC | 4 | 8–3 | .727 | – | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Big Ten | 4 | 4–4 | .500 | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
Big East | 2 | 3–2 | .600 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
America East | 1 | 1-1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
ASUN | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Atlantic 10 | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
CAA | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Ivy League | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Patriot | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
MAAC | 1 | 0-1 | .000 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
Chris Kavanagh, A, Notre Dame: Most Outstanding Player
Pat Kavanagh, A, Notre Dame
Connor Shellenberger, A, Virginia
Daniel Kelly, A, Maryland
Devon McLane, M, Notre Dame
Ben Ramsey, SSDM, Notre Dame
Luke Wierman, FO, Maryland
Ajax Zappitello, D, Maryland
Shawn Lyght, D, Notre Dame
Liam Entenmann, G, Notre Dame
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