Association | NCAA |
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Sport | College field lacrosse |
Founded | 1974 |
Division | Division II |
No. of teams | 8 |
Country | United States |
Most recent champion(s) | Adelphi (8th) |
Most titles | Adelphi (8) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN CBS College Sports Network |
Official website | NCAA.com |
The NCAA Division II men's lacrosse tournament is the annual championship organized by the NCAA to determine the national champion of men's collegiate field lacrosse among its Division II programs in the United States. [1]
The tournament has been played every year, except 2020, in two stints: first from 1974 to 1981 and then again from 1993 the present.
Before the implementation of a separate Division III tournament in 1979, the first five iterations of the event featured teams from both Divisions II and III.
During the eleven-year period (1982 to 1992) in which no Division II championship existed, all Division II men's lacrosse programs were allowed by the NCAA to compete as Division I members in that sport, and several D II teams received invitations to the Division I tournament during this period (Adelphi in 1982; C.W. Post in 1986; Adelphi again in 1987, where they upset Army; and Adelphi once more in 1989, where they received a number five seeding).
Adelphi have been the most successful program, with 8 national titles.
Adelphi are the reigning national champions, winning their record eighth national title in 2024.
After the NCAA began to sponsor a lacrosse in 1971 and before the creation of a standalone Division II event in 1974, the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association added a "small college" tournament for two years for non-Division I schools. Hobart defeated Washington College to win the subsequent 1972 USILA title, and Cortland State then beat Washington College in 1973. [2] This tournament was superceded by this new Division II tournament in 1974.
NCAA Division II men's lacrosse tournament (NCAA Men's College Division Lacrosse Championship) | ||||||||||
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Year | Site (Host Team) | Stadium | Championship Results | Semifinalists | ||||||
Champion | Score | Runner-Up | ||||||||
1974 Details | Cortland, NY (Cortland State) | SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex | Towson State | 18–17 | Hobart | Adelphi and Cortland State | ||||
1975 Details | Brookville, NY (C.W. Post) | C.W. Post Stadium | Cortland State | 12–11 | Hobart | Towson State and Washington College | ||||
1976 Details | Catonsville, MD (UMBC) | UMBC Stadium | Hobart | 18–9 | Adelphi | Ohio Wesleyan and Washington College | ||||
1977 Details | Geneva, NY (Hobart) | Boswell Field | Hobart (2) | 23–13 | Washington College | Roanoke and UMBC | ||||
1978 Details | Roanoke | 14–13 | Hobart | Cortland State and UMBC | ||||||
1979 Details | Garden City, NY (Adelphi) | Motamed Field | Adelphi | 17–12 | UMBC | St. Lawrence and Towson State | ||||
1980 Details | Catonsville, MD (UMBC) | UMBC Stadium | UMBC | 23–14 | Adelphi | No semifinals held | ||||
1981 Details | Garden City, NY (Adelphi) | Motamed Field | Adelphi (2) | 17–14 | Loyola (MD) | |||||
1982–1992 | No championship held | |||||||||
1993 Details | Brookville, NY (C.W. Post) | C.W. Post Stadium | Adelphi (3) | 11–7 | C.W. Post | No semifinals held | ||||
1994 Details | Springfield | 15–12 | NYIT | |||||||
1995 Details | Springfield, MA (Springfield) | Stagg Field | Adelphi (4) | 12–10 | Springfield | |||||
1996 Details | Brookville, NY (C.W. Post) | C.W. Post Stadium | C.W. Post | 15–10 | Adelphi | |||||
1997 Details | Garden City, NY (Adelphi) | Motamed Field | NYIT | 18–11 | Adelphi | |||||
1998 Details | Piscataway, NJ (Rutgers) | Rutgers Stadium | Adelphi (5) | 18–6 | C.W. Post | |||||
1999 Details | College Park, MD (Maryland) | Byrd Stadium | Adelphi (6) | 11–8 | C.W. Post | |||||
2000 Details | Limestone | 10–9 | C.W. Post | |||||||
2001 Details | Piscataway, NJ (Rutgers) | Rutgers Stadium | Adelphi (7) | 14–10 | Limestone | C.W. Post and Wingate | ||||
2002 Details | Limestone (2) | 11–9 | NYIT | Le Moyne and St. Andrew's (NC) | ||||||
2003 Details | Baltimore, MD | M&T Bank Stadium | NYIT | 9–4 | Limestone | Le Moyne and Mercyhurst | ||||
2004 Details | Le Moyne | 11–10 (2OT) | Limestone | Mercyhurst and NYIT | ||||||
2005 Details | Philadelphia, PA | Lincoln Financial Field | NYIT (2) | 14–13 (OT) | Limestone | C.W. Post and Le Moyne | ||||
2006 Details | Le Moyne (2) | 12–5 | Dowling | Limestone and Mercyhurst | ||||||
2007 Details | Baltimore, MD | M&T Bank Stadium | Le Moyne (3) | 6–5 | Mercyhurst | Limestone and NYIT | ||||
2008 Details | Foxborough, MA | Gillette Stadium | NYIT (3) | 16–11 | Le Moyne | Bryant and Limestone | ||||
2009 Details | C.W. Post (2) | 8–7 | Le Moyne | Limestone and Merrimack | ||||||
2010 Details | Baltimore, MD | M&T Bank Stadium | C.W. Post (3) | 14–9 | Le Moyne | Dowling and Limestone | ||||
2011 Details | Mercyhurst | 9–8 | Adelphi | C.W. Post and Limestone | ||||||
2012 Details | Foxborough, MA | Gillette Stadium | Dowling | 11–10 | Limestone | Le Moyne and Mercyhurst | ||||
2013 Details | Philadelphia, PA | Lincoln Financial Field | Le Moyne (4) | 11–10 | Mercyhurst | Adelphi and Limestone | ||||
2014 Details | Baltimore, MD | M&T Bank Stadium | Limestone (3) | 12–6 | LIU Post | Adelphi and Tampa | ||||
2015 Details | Philadelphia, PA | Lincoln Financial Field | Limestone (4) | 9–6 | Le Moyne | Lake Erie and Merrimack | ||||
2016 Details | Le Moyne (5) | 8-4 | Limestone | Merrimack and Tampa | ||||||
2017 Details | Foxborough, MA | Gillette Stadium | Limestone (5) | 11-9 | Merrimack | Adelphi and Tampa | ||||
2018 Details | Foxborough, MA | Gillette Stadium | Merrimack | 23-6 | St. Leo | Seton Hill and Lenoir–Rhyne | ||||
2019 Details | Philadelphia, PA | Lincoln Financial Field | Merrimack (2) | 16-8 | Limestone | Le Moyne and Indianapolis | ||||
2020 Details | Canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||||||
2021 Details | East Hartford, CT | Pratt & Whitney Stadium | Le Moyne (6) | 12–6 | Lenoir–Rhyne | Mercyhurst and Wingate | ||||
2022 Details | Tampa | 11–7 | Mercy | Le Moyne and Limestone | ||||||
2023 Details | Philadelphia, PA | Lincoln Financial Field | Lenoir-Rhyne | 20-5 | Mercyhurst | Le Moyne and Limestone | ||||
2024 Details | Adelphi (8) | 12-10 | Lenoir-Rhyne | Tampa and St. Anselm | ||||||
2025 Details | Foxborough, MA | Gillette Stadium | ||||||||
2026 Details | TBD | TBD |
Team | Championships | Appearances | Winning years |
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Adelphi | 8 | 14 | 1979, 1981, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2024 |
Le Moyne ‡ | 6 | 10 | 2004, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2021 |
Limestone | 5 | 12 | 2000, 2002, 2014, 2015, 2017 |
New York Tech | 4 | 6 | 1997, 2003, 2005, 2008 |
LIU Post ✝ [a] [b] | 3 | 8 | 1996, 2009, 2010 |
Hobart ‡ [c] | 2 | 5 | 1976, 1977 |
Merrimack ‡ [d] | 2 | 3 | 2018, 2019 |
Towson ‡ [e] [d] | 1 | 1 | 1974 |
Cortland ‡ [f] | 1 | 1 | 1975 |
Roanoke ‡ [f] | 1 | 1 | 1978 |
UMBC ‡ [d] | 1 | 2 | 1980 |
Springfield ‡ [f] | 1 | 2 | 1994 |
Mercyhurst | 1 | 4 | 2011 |
Dowling ✝ | 1 | 2 | 2012 |
Tampa | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
Lenoir–Rhyne | 1 | 3 | 2023 |
Mercy (NY) ] | 0 | 1 | |
Loyola Maryland ‡ [d] | 0 | 1 | |
Saint Leo | 0 | 1 | |
Washington College ‡ [f] | 0 | 1 |
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