2004 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
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The 2004 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 34th annual tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team champion of men's college lacrosse among its Division I programs, held at the end of the 2004 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.[2]
2004 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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Dates | May 15–31, 2004 | ||||
Teams | 16 | ||||
Finals site | M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore, Maryland | ||||
Champions | Syracuse (8th title) | ||||
Runner-up | Navy (2nd title game) | ||||
Semifinalists | Johns Hopkins (24th Final Four) Princeton (10th Final Four) | ||||
Winning coach | John Desko (3rd title) | ||||
MOP | Michael Powell, Syracuse | ||||
Attendance[1] | 46,923 semi-finals 43,898 finals 90,821 total | ||||
Top scorer | Michael Powell, Syracuse (19 goals) | ||||
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Syracuse won the championship with a 14–13 win over Navy. The Orange, led by senior Michael Powell, scored the game winner with one minute left in the fourth quarter, claiming their eighth national title.[3] Powell finished the game with one goal and five assists. Syracuse outscored Navy 3–1 in the final five minutes to overcome a 12-11 fourth-quarter deficit. Navy got the ball back with 15 seconds left, but could not get a shot off.
With Syracuse's 2004 national championship win Michael Powell joins his brothers Casey and Ryan as the first set of brothers to win a national championship with the same school.
The championship game was played at M&T Bank Stadium, the home of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens, in Baltimore, Maryland in front of 43,898 fans.[4]