NCAA Division II men's lacrosse tournament

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]

NCAA Division II men's lacrosse tournament

Association	NCAA
Sport	College field lacrosse
Founded	1974; 51 years ago (1974)
Division	Division II
No. of teams	16
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Adelphi (9th)
Most titles	Adelphi (9)
Broadcaster(s)	ESPN CBS College Sports Network
Official website	NCAA.com

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win the subsequent 1972 USILA title, and Cortland State then beat Washington College in 1973.^[2] This tournament was superseded by this new Division II tournament in 1974.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
				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		Adelphi (9)	9-8 (OT)	Tampa		Maryville University and St. Anselm
2026 Details	TBD	TBD

Team championship records

Team	Championships	Appearances	Winning years
Adelphi	9	14	1979, 1981, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2024, 2025
Le Moyne ‡	6	10	2004, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2021
Limestone ‡	5	12	2000, 2002, 2014, 2015, 2017
NYIT ✝	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 ‡ (Towson State)[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	2	2022
Lenoir–Rhyne	1	3	2023
Mercy (NY)	0	1
Loyola (MD) ‡[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.

1. Known as C.W. Post before the 2012 season.
2. 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.
3. Current NCAA Division III member that plays Division I men's lacrosse.
4. Current NCAA Division I member.
5. Known as Towson State before the 1998 season.
6. Current NCAA Division III member.

Finals appearances by state

State	Titles	University	Runners-up	University
New York	26	Adelphi (9), 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)	2	St. Leo (1), Tampa (1)
Virginia	1	Roanoke (1)	0

See also

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