2017 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship was played on Memorial Day weekend in May 2017 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
2017 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship | |||||
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Teams | 17 | ||||
Finals site | Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA | ||||
Champions | Maryland (3rd title) | ||||
Runner-up | Ohio State (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists | Towson (3rd Final Four)} Denver (5th Final Four) | ||||
Winning coach | John Tillman (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Tim Muller, Maryland | ||||
Attendance | 30,530 semi-finals 28,971 finals 59,501 total | ||||
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This was the 47th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college lacrosse.
Seventeen teams competed in the tournament, based upon their performance during the regular season. For nine teams entry into the tournament was by means of a conference tournament automatic qualifier, eight teams received at-large selections.[1]
Maryland won their 3rd NCAA title, defeating Ohio State 9-6. This was Maryland's first national title since 1975.
Teams
Seed | School | Conference | Berth Type | RPI[2] | Record |
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Air Force | Southern | Automatic | 24 | 12-5 | |
8 | Albany | America East | Automatic | 3 | 14-2 |
Bryant | Northeast | Automatic | 35 | 10-7 | |
5 | Denver | Big East | At-large | 8 | 11-3 |
Duke | ACC | At-large | 9 | 12-4 | |
6 | Johns Hopkins | Big Ten | At-large | 7 | 8-6 |
Loyola | Patriot | Automatic | 17 | 10-5 | |
Marquette | Big East | Automatic | 21 | 8-7 | |
1 | Maryland | Big Ten | Automatic | 1 | 12-3 |
Monmouth | MAAC | Automatic | 38 | 14-3 | |
North Carolina | ACC | At-large | 10 | 8-7 | |
4 | Notre Dame | ACC | At-large | 4 | 8-5 |
3 | Ohio State | Big Ten | At-large | 6 | 13-4 |
7 | Penn State | Big Ten | At-large | 5 | 12-3 |
2 | Syracuse | ACC | At-large | 2 | 12-2 |
Towson | CAA | Automatic | 11 | 10-4 | |
Yale | Ivy | At-large | 13 | 10-5 |
Bracket
Play In May 10th | ||||
Bryant | 10 | |||
Monmouth | 7 | |||
First Round
Campus sites: seeded teams host May 13–14 | Quarterfinals May 20–21 | Semifinals May 27 Gillette Stadium | Championship May 29 Gillette Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Maryland | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
Bryant | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Maryland | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Albany | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Albany | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Maryland | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Denver | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Denver | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Denver | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Notre Dame | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Notre Dame | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
Marquette | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Maryland | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Ohio State | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Ohio State | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Loyola | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Ohio State | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
Duke | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Johns Hopkins | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Duke | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Ohio State | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
Towson | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Penn State | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
Towson | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Syracuse | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Syracuse | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
Yale | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
- Tim Muller, Maryland (Most Outstanding Player)
- Tom Carey, Ohio State
- Ryan Drenner, Towson
- Connor Kelly, Maryland
- Tre Leclaire, Ohio State
- Dylan Maltz, Maryland
- Dan Morris, Maryland
- Matt Rambo, Maryland
- Tim Rotanz, Maryland
- Ethan Walker, Denver
References
- "NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship selections". NCAA.com. May 8, 2017.
- "selection nitty 2017" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
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