2025 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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Dates | May 7–26, 2025 | ||||
Teams | 18 | ||||
Finals site | Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts | ||||
Champions | Cornell (4th title) | ||||
Runner-up | Maryland (18th title game) | ||||
Semifinalists | Penn State (3rd Final Four) Syracuse (27th Final Four) | ||||
Winning coach | Connor Buczek (1st title) | ||||
MOP | CJ Kirst, Cornell | ||||
Attendance | 31,524 semi-finals 32,512 finals 64,036 total | ||||
Top scorer | CJ Kirst, Cornell (14 goals) | ||||
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The 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship was the 54th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for NCAA Division I men's college lacrosse. The semifinals and final were hosted by Harvard University and were held at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. [1] Cornell captured the school's 4th lacrosse title, and first since 1977, with a 13–10 win over Maryland. CJ Kirst scored six goals in the final, tying the all-time single-season NCAA scoring record.
Eighteen (18) teams competed in the tournament based upon their performance during the regular season. For ten (10) conferences, entry into the tournament was by means of a conference tournament automatic qualifier, while the remaining eight (8) teams, at-large selection was determined by the NCAA selection committee. [2]
Seed | School | Conference | Berth Type | RPI | Regular Season Record |
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1 | Cornell Big Red | Ivy League | Automatic | 1 | 15–1 |
2 | Maryland Terrapins | Big Ten | At-large | 2 | 12–4 |
3 | Princeton Tigers | Ivy League | At-large | 3 | 13–4 |
4 | Ohio State Buckeyes | Big Ten | Automatic | 5 | 14–2 |
5 | Penn State Nittany Lions | Big Ten | At-large | 4 | 10–5 |
6 | Syracuse Orange | ACC | At-large | 6 | 12–5 |
7 | Duke Blue Devils | ACC | At-large | 7 | 12–5 |
8 | North Carolina Tar Heels | ACC | At-large | 9 | 10–4 |
Richmond Spiders | Atlantic 10 | Automatic | 8 | 13–3 | |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish | ACC | At-large | 10 | 8–4 | |
Harvard Crimson | Ivy League | At-large | 11 | 10–4 | |
Colgate Raiders | Patriot League | Automatic | 15 | 10–7 | |
Georgetown Hoyas | Big East | Automatic | 16 | 11–4 | |
Towson Tigers | CAA | Automatic | 19 | 11–5 | |
Siena Saints | MAAC | Automatic | 25 | 11–4 | |
Robert Morris Colonials | Northeast | Automatic | 26 | 11–5 | |
Albany Great Danes | America East | Automatic | 37 | 9–8 | |
Air Force Falcons | Atlantic Sun | Automatic | 38 | 8–7 |
Opening Round May 7, ESPNU Hosted by seeded team | First round May 10–11, ESPN2 & ESPNU Hosted by seeded team | Quarterfinals May 17–18, ESPNU Hempstead, NY and Annapolis, MD | Semifinals May 24, ESPN2 Foxborough, MA | National Championship May 26, ESPN Foxborough, MA | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Cornell | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albany | 11 | Albany | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Siena | 9 | 1 | Cornell | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | North Carolina | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Cornell | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Penn State | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Penn State | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Penn State | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Ohio State | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Cornell | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Maryland | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Maryland | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Morris | 9 | Air Force | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 14 | 2 | Maryland | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Duke | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Maryland | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Syracuse | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Syracuse | 13* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Syracuse | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Princeton | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Princeton | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 12 |
* denotes overtime period
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Maryland (14-4) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
Cornell | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Syracuse (13-6) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
Maryland | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cornell | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | |
Penn State (12-5) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Maryland | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
Georgetown (12-5) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Penn State | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |
Notre Dame (9-5) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Syracuse | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | |
Princeton (13-4) | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cornell | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
Richmond (14-4) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cornell | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |
Albany (10-9) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
Harvard (10-5) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Maryland | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
Air Force (9-8) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Ohio State (14-3) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Notre Dame | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Duke (12-6) | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
Georgetown | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Penn State | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
Colgate (10-8) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Princeton | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
Towson (11-6) | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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North Carolina (10-5) | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
Richmond | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Albany | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
Siena (11–5) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Robert Morris (11–6) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Air Force | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
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As of 26 May 2025
Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | OR | R16 | QF | SF | CG | NC |
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America East | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
ACC | 4 | 3–4 | .429 | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
ASUN | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Atlantic 10 | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Big Ten | 3 | 5–3 | .625 | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – |
Big East | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
CAA | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Ivy League | 3 | 5–2 | .714 | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
MAAC | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
Northeast | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
Patriot | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |