1997 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
| 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 12 | ||||
| Finals site | Byrd Stadium | ||||
| Champions | Princeton (4th title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Maryland | ||||
| Attendance[1] |
25,317 finals 77,170 total | ||||
| |||||
The 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 27th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Twelve NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.
The championship game was played at Maryland's Byrd Stadium in front of 25,317 fans,[2] The game saw the Princeton University defeat University of Maryland by the score of 19–7.[1] This is Princeton's second consecutive national championship under Head Coach Bill Tierney, and their fourth title since 1992.
Tournament bracket
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Massachusetts | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hofstra | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Princeton | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Massachusetts | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Princeton | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Duke | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Johns Hopkins | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Duke | 12* | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Duke | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Princeton | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Maryland | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Loyola | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Syracuse | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Loyola | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Syracuse | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Maryland | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Virginia | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Maryland | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Maryland | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
- * = Overtime
All-Tournament Team
- Jon Hess, Princeton (Named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player)
- Jesse Hubbard, Princeton
- Chris Massey, Princeton
- Becket Wolf, Princeton
- Pat Cairns, Princeton
- Matt Hahn, Maryland
- Andrew Whipple, Maryland
- Casey Powell, Syracuse
- John Fay, Duke
- Rob Kavovit, Syracuse
References
- 1 2 "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (pdf). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ↑ "Attendance Figures for the NCAA Men's Championships". LaxPower.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
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