Current season, competition or edition: 2023 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship | |
Sport | College lacrosse |
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Founded | 1980 |
No. of teams | 34 |
Country | United States |
Most recent champion(s) | Tufts (4th Title) |
Most titles | Hobart and Salisbury (13 Titles Each) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN CBS College Sports Network |
Official website | NCAA.com |
The NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship is the annual championship in men's lacrosse held by the NCAA for teams competing in Division III.
After the inauguration of the NCAA Division I championship in 1971, the USILA added a "small college" tournament for two years. Hobart defeated Washington College 15-12 to win the 1972 USILA title. And Cortland State beat Washington College to win the 1973 title, 13-8. [1]
The NCAA conducted a combined Division II and III tournament for the 1974 through 1979 seasons, followed by separate tournaments for Division II and Division III beginning in 1980. [2]
Hobart and Salisbury have been the most successful teams at the Division III level, winning thirteen titles each. Hobart, however, has since departed for Division I.
Tufts is the defending national champion, winning their 4th national title in 2024.
NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship | ||||||||||
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Year | Site (Host Team) | Stadium | Championship Results | Semifinalists | ||||||
Champion | Score | Runner-Up | ||||||||
1980 Details | Geneva, NY (Hobart) | Boswell Field | Hobart | 11–8 | Cortland State | Ithaca and Salisbury State | ||||
1981 Details | Hobart(2) | 10–8 | Cortland State | Salisbury State and Washington (MD) | ||||||
1982 Details | Hobart(3) | 9–8 (OT) | Washington (MD) | Roanoke and Salisbury State | ||||||
1983 Details | Hobart(4) | 13–9 | Roanoke | Ohio Wesleyan and Washington (MD) | ||||||
1984 Details | Hobart(5) | 12–5 | Washington (MD) | RIT and Salisbury State | ||||||
1985 Details | Chestertown, MD (Washington (MD)) | Kibler Field | Hobart(6) | 15–8 | Washington (MD) | Cortland State and RIT | ||||
1986 Details | Geneva, NY (Hobart) | Boswell Field | Hobart(7) | 13–10 | Washington (MD) | Cortland State and Ohio Wesleyan | ||||
1987 Details | Hobart(8) | 9–5 | Ohio Wesleyan | RIT and Washington and Lee | ||||||
1988 Details | Delaware, OH (Ohio Wesleyan) | Selby Field | Hobart(9) | 18–9 | Ohio Wesleyan | Franklin & Marshall and Roanoke | ||||
1989 Details | Geneva, NY (Hobart) | Boswell Field | Hobart(10) | 11-8 | Ohio Wesleyan | Nazareth (NY) and Washington (MD) | ||||
1990 Details | Hobart(11) | 18–6 | Washington (MD) | Ohio Wesleyan and Salisbury State | ||||||
1991 Details | Salisbury, MD (Salisbury State) | Sea Gull Stadium | Hobart(12) | 12–11 | Salisbury State | Nazareth (NY) and Ohio Wesleyan | ||||
1992 Details | Philadelphia, PA (Penn) | Franklin Field | Nazareth (NY) | 22–11 | Roanoke | Hobart and Ithaca | ||||
1993 Details | College Park, MD (Maryland) | Byrd Stadium | Hobart(13) | 16–10 | Ohio Wesleyan | Nazareth (NY) and Washington (MD) | ||||
1994 Details | Salisbury State | 15–9 | Hobart | Gettysburg and Nazareth (NY) | ||||||
1995 Details | Salisbury State(2) | 22–13 | Nazareth (NY) | Gettysburg and Ohio Wesleyan | ||||||
1996 Details | Nazareth (NY)(2) | 11–10 (OT) | Washington (MD) | Ohio Wesleyan and Salisbury State | ||||||
1997 Details | Nazareth (NY)(3) | 15–14 (OT) | Washington (MD) | Gettysburg and Ohio Wesleyan | ||||||
1998 Details | Piscataway, NJ (Rutgers) | Rutgers Stadium | Washington (MD) | 16–10 | Nazareth (NY) | Ohio Wesleyan and Salisbury State | ||||
1999 Details | College Park, MD (Maryland) | Byrd Stadium | Salisbury State(3) | 13–6 | Middlebury | Denison and RIT | ||||
2000 Details | Middlebury | 16–12 | Salisbury State | Nazareth (NY) and Washington & Lee | ||||||
2001 Details | Piscataway, NJ (Rutgers) | Rutgers Stadium | Middlebury(2) | 15–10 | Gettysburg | Denison and Nazareth (NY) | ||||
2002 Details | Middlebury(3) | 14–9 | Gettysburg | Ithaca and Washington & Lee | ||||||
2003 Details | Baltimore, MD | M&T Bank Stadium | Salisbury(4) | 14–13 (OT) | Middlebury | SUNY Cortland and Whittier | ||||
2004 Details | Salisbury(5) | 13–9 | Nazareth (NY) | Middlebury and Washington (MD) | ||||||
2005 Details | Philadelphia, PA | Lincoln Financial Field | Salisbury(6) | 11–10 | Middlebury | Nazareth and Roanoke | ||||
2006 Details | SUNY Cortland | 13–12 (OT) | Salisbury' | Roanoke and Wesleyan | ||||||
2007 Details | Baltimore, MD | M&T Bank Stadium | Salisbury(7) | 15–9 | SUNY Cortland | Gettysburg and Wesleyan | ||||
2008 Details | Foxborough, MA | Gillette Stadium | Salisbury(8) | 19–13 | SUNY Cortland | Ithaca and Gettysburg | ||||
2009 Details | SUNY Cortland(2) | 9–7 | Gettysburg | Middlebury and Stevenson | ||||||
2010 Details | Baltimore, MD | M&T Bank Stadium | Tufts | 9–6 | Salisbury | SUNY Cortland and Stevenson | ||||
2011 Details | Salisbury(9) | 19–7 | Tufts | Roanoke and RIT | ||||||
2012 Details | Foxborough, MA | Gillette Stadium | Salisbury(10) | 14–10 | SUNY Cortland | Stevenson and Tufts | ||||
2013 Details | Philadelphia, PA | Lincoln Financial Field | Stevenson | 16–14 | RIT | SUNY Cortland and Salisbury | ||||
2014 Details | Baltimore, MD | M&T Bank Stadium | Tufts(2) | 12–9 | Salisbury | RIT and Washington (MD) | ||||
2015 Details | Philadelphia, PA | Lincoln Financial Field | Tufts(3) | 19–11 | Lynchburg | RIT and Gettysburg | ||||
2016 Details | Salisbury(11) | 14-13 | Tufts | St. Lawrence and Gettysburg | ||||||
2017 Details | Foxborough, MA | Gillette Stadium | Salisbury (12) | 15-7 | RIT | Denison and Wesleyan | ||||
2018 Details | Wesleyan | 8-6 | Salisbury | Gettysburg and RIT | ||||||
2019 Details | Philadelphia, PA | Lincoln Financial Field | Cabrini | 16–12 | Amherst | Williams and Salisbury | ||||
2020 Details | Canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||||||
2021 Details | East Hartford, CT | Pratt & Whitney Stadium | RIT | 15–14 (2OT) | Salisbury | Tufts and Christopher Newport | ||||
2022 Details | RIT (2) | 12–10 | Union | Tufts and York | ||||||
2023 Details | Philadelphia, PA | Lincoln Financial Field | Salisbury (13) | 17-12 | Tufts | Christopher Newport and RIT | ||||
2024 Details | Tufts (4) | 18-14 | RIT | Bowdoin and Washington & Lee | ||||||
2025 Details | Foxborough, MA | Gillette Stadium | ||||||||
2026 Details | TBD | TBD |
Team | Titles | Years |
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Salisbury | 13 | 1994, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023 |
Tufts | 4 | 2010, 2014, 2015, 2024 |
Middlebury | 3 | 2000, 2001, 2002 |
Nazareth | 3 | 1992, 1996, 1997 |
RIT | 2 | 2021, 2022 |
Cortland | 2 | 2006, 2009 |
Stevenson | 1 | 2013 |
Wesleyan (CT) | 1 | 2018 |
Washington College | 1 | 1998 |
Team | Titles | Years |
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Hobart | 13 [lower-alpha 1] | 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993 |
Cabrini | 1 | 2019 |
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