NCAA Division II men's lacrosse tournament

NCAA Division II men's lacrosse tournament
Association	NCAA
Sport	College field lacrosse
Founded	1974; 51 years ago
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.

History

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win the subsequent 1972 USILA title, and Cortland State then beat Washington College in 1973.^[2] This tournament was superceded by this new Division II tournament in 1974.

Results

NCAA Division II men's lacrosse tournament (NCAA Men's College Division Lacrosse Championship)
Year	Site (Host Team)	Stadium	Championship Results			Semifinalists
Year	Site (Host Team)	Stadium	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Semifinalists
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	Geneva, NY (Hobart)	Boswell Field	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)	No semifinals held
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	Brookville, NY (C.W. Post)	C.W. Post Stadium	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	College Park, MD (Maryland)	Byrd Stadium	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	Piscataway, NJ (Rutgers)	Rutgers Stadium	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	Baltimore, MD	M&T Bank Stadium	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	Philadelphia, PA	Lincoln Financial Field	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	Foxborough, MA	Gillette Stadium	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	Baltimore, MD	M&T Bank Stadium	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	Philadelphia, PA	Lincoln Financial Field	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	Philadelphia, PA	Lincoln Financial Field	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	East Hartford, CT	Pratt & Whitney Stadium	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	Philadelphia, PA	Lincoln Financial Field	Adelphi (8)	12-10	Lenoir-Rhyne	Tampa and St. Anselm
2025 Details	Foxborough, MA	Gillette Stadium
2026 Details	TBD	TBD

Team championship records

Team	Championships	Appearances	Winning years
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

✝ indicates schools which are closed or no longer sponsor athletics.
‡ indicates schools which have reclassified athletics from NCAA Division II.

^ Known as C.W. Post before the 2012 season.
^ The LIU Post athletic program was merged with the Division I program of Long Island University's Brooklyn campus in July 2019. The new program, playing as the LIU Sharks, maintains Brooklyn's Division I membership, but the men's lacrosse program inherited Post's records, since it was the only one of the campuses that sponsored men's lacrosse.
^ Current NCAA Division III member that plays Division I men's lacrosse.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Current NCAA Division I member.
^ Known as Towson State before the 1998 season.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Current NCAA Division III member.

Finals appearances by state

State	Titles	University	Runners-up	University
New York	25	Adelphi (8), Le Moyne (6), NY Tech (4), LIU Post (3), Hobart (2), Dowling (1), SUNY Cortland (1)	21	LIU Post (5), Adelphi (5), LeMoyne (4), Hobart (3), NY Tech (2), Mercy (1), Dowling (1)
South Carolina	5	Limestone (5)	7	Limestone (7)
Massachusetts	3	Merrimack (2), Springfield (1)	2	Merrimack (1), Springfield (1)
Maryland	2	UMBC (1), Towson (1)	3	UMBC (1), Loyola (1), Washington (1)
Pennsylvania	1	Mercyhurst (1)	2	Mercyhurst (2)
North Carolina	1	Lenoir-Rhyne (1)	2	Lenoir-Rhyne (2)
Florida	1	Tampa (1)	1	St. Leo (1)
Virginia	1	Roanoke (1)	0

References

^ "DIVISION II MEN'S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
^ Scott, Bob (1976). Lacrosse Technique and Tradition. The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-2060-X.

External links

Division II men's lacrosse

[3] Known as C.W. Post before the 2012 season.

[4] The LIU Post athletic program was merged with the Division I program of Long Island University's Brooklyn campus in July 2019. The new program, playing as the LIU Sharks, maintains Brooklyn's Division I membership, but the men's lacrosse program inherited Post's records, since it was the only one of the campuses that sponsored men's lacrosse.

[5] Current NCAA Division III member that plays Division I men's lacrosse.

[DI-6] Current NCAA Division I member.

[7] Known as Towson State before the 1998 season.

[DIII-8] Current NCAA Division III member.

[1] "DIVISION II MEN'S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved 21 January 2025.

[Scott-2] Scott, Bob (1976). Lacrosse Technique and Tradition. The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-2060-X.

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