Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's lacrosse

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Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's lacrosse
Mount Saint Mary's M.png
Founded1970
University Mount St. Mary's University
Athletic directorLynne Robinson
Head coachChris Ryan (1st season)
Other staffRyan O'Hagan
StadiumWaldron Family Stadium
(capacity: 1000)
Location Emmitsburg, Maryland
Conference Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Past conferences Eastern College Athletic Conference, Northeast Conference
Nickname Mountaineers
ColorsBlue, White, and Bronze
   
Website MSMU Mens' Lacrosse
NCAA Tournament appearances
2003, 2010
Conference Tournament championships
2001, 2003, 2010, 2011
Conference regular season championships
1999, 2001, 2010, 2011, 2019, 2023

Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's lacrosse is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) division I men's college lacrosse team representing Mount St. Mary's University in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The Mountaineers earned regular season conference titles in 1999, 2001, 2010, 2011, 2019, and 2023; won conference tournament championships in 2001, 2003, 2010, and 2011; and faced the University of Virginia in their 2003 and 2010 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament appearances.

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Current season

Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers head coach Chris Ryan [1] was assisted by coaches Ryan O'Hagan, [2] Matthew Dugan, [3] and Kevin Murphy. Ben Ward, Kyle Cullen, Jackson Phillips, and Caden Cote served as team captains.

Defenseman Mitchell Dunham earned USA Lacrosse Preseason All-American honorable mention [4] and MAAC Co-Preseason Player of the Year honors, [5] after being named the MAAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2023. Although the Mount lost their season opener to Navy, attackman Brody Atkinson earned MAAC Rookie of the Week honors. [6]

Athletic divisions and conferences

Inaugural seasonFinal seasonNCAA DivisionConference
1970–711988–89Division II
1989–901994–95Division I Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)
1995–962009–10Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)
2010–112021–22Division I Northeast Conference (NEC)
2022–23presentDivision IMAAC

Team records

SeasonOverallConferencePostseason
WinLossWin%WinLossWin%
2024 1130%170%
2023 8850%7278%
2022 51033%2529%
20214931%2529%
20203538%000%
20199756%5183%NEC Champions
20185936%2433%
201741029%1517%
20166843%2433%
201551033%2433%
20141156%1517%
20136940%2340%
20126940%2340%
20119660%4180%NEC Champions
NEC Tournament Champions
201012571%7188%MAAC Champions
MAAC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament First Round
200951033%5361%
200821214%2625%
200741029%4450%
20067944%
20058947%
20045838%
200310856%MAAC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament First Round
200261135%
200111665%MAAC Champions
MAAC Tournament Champions
20008850%
199911665%MAAC Champions
199871041%
19979756%
19967944%
199531121%
199431023%
19934931%
19924931%
199110377%
19906555%
19897464%

Conference awards

National awards

Professional draftees

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