2026 DI men’s lacrosse championship: Bracket, schedule, scores
The 2026 DI men’s lacrosse championship continues with the ultimate two quarterfinal matchups on Sunday, May 17. The championship might be on Monday, May 25 at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, VA.
The DI men’s lacrosse championship is an 18-team, single elimination event. Ten groups acquired computerized {qualifications} and eight have been at-large choices. The 4 lowest-ranked AQ groups compete within the opening spherical for the ultimate two spots within the first spherical.
2026 DI men’s lacrosse championship bracket
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2026 DI men’s lacrosse championship schedule
- Quarterfinals:
- Semifinals: Saturday, May 23 | Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, VA.
- Championship: Monday, May 25 | Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, VA.
- Selection present: Sunday, May 3 at 9:30 pm ET on ESPNU
- Opening spherical
- First spherical
- Saturday, May 9
- Sunday, May 10
- Quarterfinals:
Championship historical past
The Cornell Big Red beat the Maryland Terrapins, 13-10, to seize the 2025 nationwide championship, the college’s first in practically 50 years (1977).
🏆 HOW IT HAPPENED: Rewatch the Big Red win it all, from the bleachers
Check out the record beneath of each DI men’s lacrosse nationwide champion relationship again to 1971.
| Year | Champion | coach | Score | Runner-Up | Host or Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cornell (18-1) | Connor Buczek | 13-10 | Maryland | Foxborough, Mass. |
| 2024 | Notre Dame (15-1) | Kevin Corrigan | 15-5 | Maryland | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 2023 | Notre Dame (14-2) | Kevin Corrigan | 13-9 | duke | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 2022 | Maryland (18-0) | John Tillman | 9-7 | Cornell | East Hartford, Conn. |
| 2021 | Virginia (14-4) | Lars Tiffany | 17-16 | Maryland | East Hartford, Conn. |
| 2020 | Canceled as a consequence of COVID-19 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | Virginia (17-3) | Lars Tiffany | 13-9 | Yale | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 2018 | Yale (17-3) | Andy Shay | 13-11 | duke | Foxborough, Mass. |
| 2017 | Maryland (16-3) | John Tillman | 9-6 | Ohio State | Foxborough, Mass. |
| 2016 | North Carolina (12-6) | Joe Breschi | 14-13 (ot) | Maryland | Philadelphia |
| 2015 | Denver (17-2) | Bill Tierney | 10-5 | Maryland | Philadelphia |
| 2014 | Duke (17-3) | John Danowski | 11-9 | Notre Dame | Baltimore |
| 2013 | Duke (16-5) | John Danowski | 16-10 | Syracuse | Philadelphia |
| 2012 | Loyola (Md.) (18-1) | Charlie Toomey | 9-3 | Maryland | Foxborough, Mass. |
| 2011 | Virginia (13-5) | Dom Starsia | 9-7 | Maryland | Baltimore |
| 2010 | Duke (16-4) | John Danowski | 6-5 (ot) | Notre Dame | Baltimore |
| 2009 | Syracuse (16-2) | John Desko | 10-9 (ot) | Cornell | Boston |
| 2008 | Syracuse (16-2) | John Desko | 13-10 | Johns Hopkins | Boston |
| 2007 | Johns Hopkins (13-4) | Dave Pietramala | 12-11 | duke | Baltimore |
| 2006 | Virginia (17-0) | Dom Starsia | 15-7 | Massachusetts | Philadelphia |
| 2005 | Johns Hopkins (16-0) | Dave Pietramala | 9-8 | duke | Philadelphia |
| 2004 | Syracuse (15-2) | John Desko | 14-13 | Navy | Baltimore |
| 2003 | Virginia (15-2) | Dom Starsia | 9-7 | Johns Hopkins | Baltimore |
| 2002 | Syracuse (15-2) | John Desko | 13-12 | Princeton | rutgers |
| 2001 | Princeton (14-1) | Bill Tierney | 10-9 (ot) | Syracuse | rutgers |
| 2000 | Syracuse (15-1) | John Desko | 13-7 | Princeton | Maryland |
| 1999 | Virginia (13-3) | Dom Starsia | 12-10 | Syracuse | Maryland |
| 1998 | Princeton (14-1) | Bill Tierney | 15-5 | Maryland | rutgers |
| 1997 | Princeton (16-0) | Bill Tierney | 19-7 | Maryland | Maryland |
| 1996 | Princeton (14-1) | Bill Tierney | 13-12 (ot) | Virginia | Maryland |
| 1995 | Syracuse (13-2) | Roy Simmons Jr. | 13-9 | Maryland | Maryland |
| 1994 | Princeton (14-1) | Bill Tierney | 9-8 (ot) | Virginia | Maryland |
| 1993 | Syracuse (12-2) | Roy Simmons Jr. | 13-12 | North Carolina | Maryland |
| 1992 | Princeton (13-2) | Bill Tierney | 10-9 (2ot) | Syracuse | Penn |
| 1991 | North Carolina (16-0) | Dave Klarmann | 18-13 | Towson | Syracuse |
| 1990 | Syracuse* (13-0) | Roy Simmons Jr. | 21-9 | Loyola Maryland | rutgers |
| 1989 | Syracuse (14-1) | Roy Simmons Jr. | 13-12 | Johns Hopkins | Maryland |
| 1988 | Syracuse (15-0) | Roy Simmons Jr. | 13-8 | Cornell | Syracuse |
| 1987 | Johns Hopkins (10-3) | Don Zimmerman | 11-10 | Cornell | rutgers |
| 1986 | North Carolina (11-3) | Willie Scroggs | 10-9 (ot) | Virginia | Delaware |
| 1985 | Johns Hopkins (13-1) | Don Zimmerman | 11-4 | Syracuse | Brown |
| 1984 | Johns Hopkins (14-0) | Don Zimmerman | 13-10 | Syracuse | Delaware |
| 1983 | Syracuse (14-1) | Roy Simmons Jr. | 17-16 | Johns Hopkins | rutgers |
| 1982 | North Carolina (14-0) | Willie Scroggs | 7-5 | Johns Hopkins | Virginia |
| 1981 | North Carolina (12-0) | Willie Scroggs | 14-13 | Johns Hopkins | Princeton |
| 1980 | Johns Hopkins (14-1) | Henry Ciccarone | 9-8 (2ot) | Virginia | Cornell |
| 1979 | Johns Hopkins (13-0) | Henry Ciccarone | 15-9 | Maryland | Maryland |
| 1978 | Johns Hopkins (13-1) | Henry Ciccarone | 13-8 | Cornell | rutgers |
| 1977 | Cornell (13-0) | Richie Moran | 16-8 | Johns Hopkins | Virginia |
| 1976 | Cornell (16-0) | Richie Moran | 16-13 (ot) | Maryland | brown |
| 1975 | Maryland (11-3) | Bud Beardmore | 20-13 | Navy | Johns Hopkins |
| 1974 | Johns Hopkins (12-2) | Bob Scott | 17-12 | Maryland | rutgers |
| 1973 | Maryland (14-1) | Bud Beardmore | 10-9 (2ot) | Johns Hopkins | Penn |
| 1972 | Virginia (11-4) | Glenn Thiel | 13-12 | Johns Hopkins | Maryland |
| 1971 | Cornell (13-1) | Richie Moran | 12-6 | Maryland | Hofstra |
*After the 1990 championship, the NCAA Committee on Infractions decided that Paul Gait had performed within the 1990 championship whereas ineligible. Under NCAA guidelines, Syracuse and Paul Gait’s data for that championship have been vacated. The NCAA doesn’t acknowledge Syracuse and coach Roy Simmons Jr.’s 3-0 file, and Paul Gait’s 7 objectives, 7 assists and his participation in that championship.
