The 2026 DI men’s lacrosse championship concludes today with the title game between Princeton and Notre Dame at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, VA.

The championship is an 18-team, single-elimination tournament. Ten teams received automatic qualifications and eight were at-large selections. The four lowest-ranked AQ teams competed in the opening round for the final two spots in the first round.

2026 DI men’s lacrosse championship bracket

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2026 DI men’s lacrosse championship schedule

Championship: Monday, May 25 | Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, VA.

Selection show: Sunday, May 3 at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU
Opening round
First round
- Saturday, May 9
- Sunday, May 10
Quarterfinals:
- Saturday, May 16
- Sunday, May 17
Semifinals: Saturday, May 23 | Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, VA.

DI men’s lacrosse championship history

The Cornell Big Red beat the Maryland Terrapins, 13-10, to capture the 2025 national championship, the school’s first in nearly 50 years (1977).

🏆 HOW IT HAPPENED: Rewatch the Big Red win it all, from the bleachers

Check out the list below of every DI men’s lacrosse national champion dating back 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 due to 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)	Charley 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 determined that Paul Gait had played in the 1990 championship while ineligible. Under NCAA rules, Syracuse and Paul Gait’s records for that championship were vacated. The NCAA does not recognize Syracuse and coach Roy Simmons Jr.’s 3-0 record, and Paul Gait’s 7 goals, 7 assists and his participation in that championship.