Each year, the NCAA Championship determines the top lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III.

Division I 

Year

Champion

Score

Defeated

Venue

 

 

 

 

 

1971

Cornell

12 - 6

Maryland

Hofstra Stadium, Hempstead, NY

1972

Virginia

13 - 12

Johns Hopkins

Byrd Stadium, College Park, MD

1973

Maryland

10 - 9 (2 OT)

Johns Hopkins

Franklin Field, Philadelphia, PA

1974

Johns Hopkins

17 - 12

Maryland

Rutgers Stadium I, Piscataway, NJ

1975

Maryland

20 - 13

Navy

Homewood Field, Baltimore, MD

1976

Cornell

16 - 13 (OT)

Maryland

Brown Stadium, Providence, RI

1977

Cornell

16 - 8

Johns Hopkins

Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, VA

1978

Johns Hopkins

13 - 8

Cornell

Rutgers Stadium I

1979

Johns Hopkins

15 - 9

Maryland

Byrd Stadium

1980

Johns Hopkins

9 - 8 (2 OT)

Virginia

Schoellkopf Field, Ithaca, NY

1981

North Carolina

14 - 13

Johns Hopkins

Palmer Stadium, Princeton, NJ

1982

North Carolina

7 - 5

Johns Hopkins

Scott Stadium

1983

Syracuse

17 - 16

Johns Hopkins

Rutgers Stadium I

1984

Johns Hopkins

13 - 10

Syracuse

Delaware Stadium, Newark, DE

1985

Johns Hopkins

11 - 4

Syracuse

Brown Stadium

1986

North Carolina

10 - 9 (OT)

Virginia

Delaware Stadium

1987

Johns Hopkins

11 - 10

Cornell

Rutgers Stadium I

1988

Syracuse

13 - 8

Cornell

Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY

1989

Syracuse

13 - 12

Johns Hopkins

Byrd Stadium

1990

Syracuse1

21 - 9

Loyola (MD)

Rutgers Stadium I

1991

North Carolina

18 - 13

Towson State

Carrier Dome

1992

Princeton

10 - 9 (2 OT)

Syracuse

Franklin Field

1993

Syracuse

13 - 12

North Carolina

Byrd Stadium

1994

Princeton

9 - 8 (OT)

Virginia

Byrd Stadium

1995

Syracuse

13 - 9

Maryland

Byrd Stadium

1996

Princeton

13 - 12 (OT)

Virginia

Byrd Stadium

1997

Princeton

19 - 7

Maryland

Byrd Stadium

1998

Princeton

15 - 5

Maryland

Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway

1999

Virginia

12 - 10

Syracuse

Byrd Stadium

2000

Syracuse

13 - 7

Princeton

Byrd Stadium

2001

Princeton

10 - 9 (OT)

Syracuse

Rutgers Stadium

2002

Syracuse

13 - 12

Princeton

Rutgers Stadium

2003

Virginia

9 - 7

Johns Hopkins

M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore

2004

Syracuse

14 - 13

Navy

M&T Bank Stadium

2005

Johns Hopkins

9 - 8

Duke

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

2006

Virginia

15 - 7

Massachusetts

Lincoln Financial Field

2007

Johns Hopkins

12 - 11

Duke

M&T Bank Stadium

2008

 

 

 

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA

2009

 

 

 

TBA

 

1 Syracuse’s participation in tournament vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions

 

Team

Championship Record

Winning Years

 

 

 

Johns Hopkins

9 - 8 (0.529)

1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2005, 2007

Syracuse

8* - 5 (0.615)

1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2004

Princeton

6 - 2 (0.750)

1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001

North Carolina

4 - 1 (0.800)

1981, 1982, 1986, 1991

Virginia

4 - 4 (0.500)

1972, 1999, 2003, 2006

Cornell

3 - 3 (0.500)

1971, 1976, 1977

Maryland

2 - 7 (0.222)

1973, 1975

Navy

0 - 2 (0.000)

 

Duke

0 - 2 (0.000)

 

Loyola (MD)

0 - 1 (0.000)

 

Towson

0 - 1 (0.000)

 

Massachusetts

0 - 1 (0.000)

 

 

* Syracuse’s 1990 victory later vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions 

Division II 

Year

Champion

Score

Defeated

 

 

 

 

1974

Towson State

18-17 (ot)

Hobart

1975

Cortland State

12-11

Hobart

1976

Hobart

18-9

Adelphi

1977

Hobart

23-13

Washington (MD)

1978

Roanoke

14-13

Hobart

1979

Adelphi

17-12

UMBC

1980

UMBC

23-14

Adelphi

1981

Adelphi

17-14

Loyola (MD)

1982-1992

No NCAA Division II tournament

 

 

1993

Adelphi

11-7

C.W. Post

1994

Springfield

15-12

New York Tech

1995

Adelphi

12-10

Springfield

1996

C.W. Post

15-10

Adelphi

1997

New York Tech

18-11

Adelphi

1998

Adelphi

18-6

C.W. Post

1999

Adelphi

11-8

C.W. Post

2000

Limestone College

10-9

C.W. Post

2001

Adelphi

14-10

Limestone College

2002

Limestone College

11-9

New York Tech

2003

New York Tech

9-4

Limestone College

2004

LeMoyne

11-10 (2 OT)

Limestone College

2005

New York Tech

14-13 (OT)

Limestone College

2006

LeMoyne

12-5

Dowling

2007

LeMoyne

6-5

Mercyhurst

 

 

Team

Championships

Winning years

 

 

 

Adelphi

7

1979, 1981, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001

New York Tech

3

1997, 2003, 2005

LeMoyne

3

2004, 2006, 2007

Hobart

2

1976, 1977

Limestone College

2

2000, 2002

Towson State

1

1974

Cortland State

1

1975

Roanoke

1

1978