2000 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
The 2000 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 30th annual tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team champion of men's college lacrosse among its Division I programs, held at the end of the 2000 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.[2]
| 2000 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | May 13–29, 2000 | ||||
| Teams | 12 | ||||
| Finals site | Byrd Stadium College Park, Maryland | ||||
| Champions | Syracuse (6th title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Princeton (6th title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | Johns Hopkins (22nd Final Four) Virginia (14th Final Four) | ||||
| Winning coach | John Desko (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Liam Banks, Syracuse | ||||
| Attendance[1] | 22,880 finals 61,768 total | ||||
| Top scorer | Ryan Powell, Syracuse (18 goals) | ||||
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Syracuse defeated Princeton in the final, 13–7.[1] This marked the seventh victory in a national championship game for the Syracuse program.[lower-alpha 1]
The championship game was played at Byrd Stadium at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, with 24,105 fans in attendance.[3]
Qualifying
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.
No teams made their debut appearance in the Division I lacrosse tournament.
Tournament bracket
| First Round May 13–14, 2000 | Quarterfinals May 20–21, 2000 | Semifinals May 27, 2000 | Final May 29, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Cornell | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Syracuse | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Syracuse | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Johns Hopkins | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Johns Hopkins | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Loyola Maryland | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Syracuse | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Princeton | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Maryland | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hofstra | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Maryland | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Princeton | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Princeton | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Virginia | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Virginia | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Duke | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Duke | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hobart | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
- * = Overtime
All-Tournament Team
- Liam Banks, Syracuse (Named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player)
- Rob Mulligan, Syracuse
- Ryan Powell, Syracuse
- Marshall Abrams, Syracuse
- John Glatzel, Syracuse
- Josh Sims, Princeton
- Sean Hartofilis, Princeton
- Ryan Curtis, Virginia
- Conor Gill, Virginia
- A.J. Haugen, Johns Hopkins
See also
- 2000 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
- 2000 NCAA Division II lacrosse tournament
- 2000 NCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament
Footnotes
- The seven national championships for Syracuse includes the 1990 Championship that was later vacated by the NCAA due to Infractions
References
- "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- "DIVISION I MEN'S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- "Attendance Figures for the NCAA Men's Championships". LaxPower.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-25.