NCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament

The NCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament is the annual championship in men's lacrosse held by the NCAA for teams competing in Division III.^[1]

NCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament

Current season, competition or edition: 2023 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship
Association	NCAA
Sport	College lacrosse
Founded	1980; 45 years ago (1980)
Division	Division III
No. of teams	34
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Tufts (5th title)
Most titles	Hobart (13) Salisbury (13)
Broadcaster(s)	ESPN CBS College Sports Network
Official website	NCAA.com

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.^[2]

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.

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 5th national title in 2025.

Results

NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship
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		Tufts (5)	25-8	Dickinson		Bowdoin and RIT
2026 Details	TBD	TBD

Champions

Active programs

Team	Titles	Years
Salisbury	13	1994, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023
Tufts	5	2010, 2014, 2015, 2024, 2025
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

Former programs

Team	Titles	Years
Hobart	13[a]	1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993
Cabrini	1	2019

1. Currently plays NCAA Division I men's lacrosse despite being a Division III member

Finals appearances by state

State	Champions	School	Runners-up	School
New York	20	Hobart (13), Nazareth (3), RIT (2), SUNY Cortland (2)	14	SUNY Cortland (5), RIT (3), Nazareth (3), Hobart (2), Union (1)
Maryland	15	Salisbury (13), Washington (1), Stevenson (1)	13	Washington (7), Salisbury (6)
Massachusetts	5	Tufts (5)	4	Tufts (3), Amherst (1)
Vermont	3	Middlebury (3)	3	Middlebury (3)
Pennsylvania	1	Cabrini (1)	4	Gettysburg (3), Dickinson (1)
Connecticut	1	Wesleyan (1)	0
Ohio	0		4	Ohio Wesleyan (4)
Virginia	0		3	Roanoke (2), Lynchburg (1)

See also

• NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships (Division I, Division II)
• NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
• NAIA Men's Lacrosse Invitational
• United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
• Wingate Memorial Trophy
• North–South Senior All-Star Game
• Pre-NCAA Lacrosse Champion