1998 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

1998 NCAA Division I Men's
Lacrosse Championship
Teams 12
Finals site Rutgers Stadium
Champions Princeton (5th title)
Runner-up Maryland
Attendance[1] 17,225 finals
64,850 total
NCAA Division I Men's Championships
«1997 1999»

The 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 28th 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 Rutgers Stadium in front of 21,194 fans,[2] The game saw the Princeton University defeat University of Maryland by the score of 155.[1] This is Princeton's third consecutive national championship under Head Coach Bill Tierney, and their fifth title since 1992.

Tournament bracket

  First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                     
   Georgetown 9  
8  UMBC 8  
  1  Loyola 12  
     Georgetown 11  
      
        
  1  Loyola 8  
  5  Maryland 19  
        
        
  4  Johns Hopkins 10
    5  Maryland 11*  
5  Maryland 18
   Butler 10  
  5  Maryland 5
  2  Princeton 15
7  Duke 16  
   North Carolina 14  
  2  Princeton 11
    7  Duke 9  
      
        
  2  Princeton 11
  3  Syracuse 10  
        
        
  3  Syracuse 17
    6  Virginia 14  
6  Virginia 16
   Hobart 10  

All-Tournament Team

References

  1. 1 2 "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (pdf). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. "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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