NCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament

NCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament
Current season, competition or edition:; 2023 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship
Sport	College lacrosse
Founded	1980
No. of teams	34
Country	United States
Most recent; champion(s)	Tufts (4th Title)
Most titles	Hobart and Salisbury; (13 Titles Each)
TV partner(s)	ESPN; CBS College Sports Network
Official website	NCAA.com

The NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship is the annual championship in men's lacrosse held by the NCAA for teams competing in Division III.

After the inauguration of the NCAA Division I championship in 1971, the USILA added a "small college" tournament for two years. Hobart defeated Washington College 15-12 to win the 1972 USILA title. And Cortland State beat Washington College to win the 1973 title, 13-8.^[1]

The NCAA conducted a combined Division II and III tournament for the 1974 through 1979 seasons, followed by separate tournaments for Division II and Division III beginning in 1980.^[2]

Hobart and Salisbury have been the most successful teams at the Division III level, winning thirteen titles each. Hobart, however, has since departed for Division I.

Tufts is the defending national champion, winning their 4th national title in 2024.

Results

NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship
Year	Site (Host Team)	Stadium	Championship Results			Semifinalists
Year	Site (Host Team)	Stadium	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Semifinalists
1980 Details	Geneva, NY (Hobart)	Boswell Field	Hobart	11–8	Cortland State	Ithaca and Salisbury State
1981 Details			Hobart (2)	10–8	Cortland State	Salisbury State and Washington (MD)
1982 Details			Hobart (3)	9–8 (OT)	Washington (MD)	Roanoke and Salisbury State
1983 Details			Hobart (4)	13–9	Roanoke	Ohio Wesleyan and Washington (MD)
1984 Details			Hobart (5)	12–5	Washington (MD)	RIT and Salisbury State
1985 Details	Chestertown, MD (Washington (MD))	Kibler Field	Hobart (6)	15–8	Washington (MD)	Cortland State and RIT
1986 Details	Geneva, NY (Hobart)	Boswell Field	Hobart (7)	13–10	Washington (MD)	Cortland State and Ohio Wesleyan
1987 Details	Geneva, NY (Hobart)	Boswell Field	Hobart (8)	9–5	Ohio Wesleyan	RIT and Washington and Lee
1988 Details	Delaware, OH (Ohio Wesleyan)	Selby Field	Hobart (9)	18–9	Ohio Wesleyan	Franklin & Marshall and Roanoke
1989 Details	Geneva, NY (Hobart)	Boswell Field	Hobart (10)	11-8	Ohio Wesleyan	Nazareth (NY) and Washington (MD)
1990 Details	Geneva, NY (Hobart)	Boswell Field	Hobart (11)	18–6	Washington (MD)	Ohio Wesleyan and Salisbury State
1991 Details	Salisbury, MD (Salisbury State)	Sea Gull Stadium	Hobart (12)	12–11	Salisbury State	Nazareth (NY) and Ohio Wesleyan
1992 Details	Philadelphia, PA (Penn)	Franklin Field	Nazareth (NY)	22–11	Roanoke	Hobart and Ithaca
1993 Details	College Park, MD (Maryland)	Byrd Stadium	Hobart (13)	16–10	Ohio Wesleyan	Nazareth (NY) and Washington (MD)
1994 Details			Salisbury State	15–9	Hobart	Gettysburg and Nazareth (NY)
1995 Details			Salisbury State (2)	22–13	Nazareth (NY)	Gettysburg and Ohio Wesleyan
1996 Details			Nazareth (NY) (2)	11–10 (OT)	Washington (MD)	Ohio Wesleyan and Salisbury State
1997 Details			Nazareth (NY) (3)	15–14 (OT)	Washington (MD)	Gettysburg and Ohio Wesleyan
1998 Details	Piscataway, NJ (Rutgers)	Rutgers Stadium	Washington (MD)	16–10	Nazareth (NY)	Ohio Wesleyan and Salisbury State
1999 Details	College Park, MD (Maryland)	Byrd Stadium	Salisbury State (3)	13–6	Middlebury	Denison and RIT
2000 Details	College Park, MD (Maryland)	Byrd Stadium	Middlebury	16–12	Salisbury State	Nazareth (NY) and Washington & Lee
2001 Details	Piscataway, NJ (Rutgers)	Rutgers Stadium	Middlebury (2)	15–10	Gettysburg	Denison and Nazareth (NY)
2002 Details	Piscataway, NJ (Rutgers)	Rutgers Stadium	Middlebury (3)	14–9	Gettysburg	Ithaca and Washington & Lee
2003 Details	Baltimore, MD	M&T Bank Stadium	Salisbury (4)	14–13 (OT)	Middlebury	SUNY Cortland and Whittier
2004 Details	Baltimore, MD	M&T Bank Stadium	Salisbury (5)	13–9	Nazareth (NY)	Middlebury and Washington (MD)
2005 Details	Philadelphia, PA	Lincoln Financial Field	Salisbury (6)	11–10	Middlebury	Nazareth and Roanoke
2006 Details	Philadelphia, PA	Lincoln Financial Field	SUNY Cortland	13–12 (OT)	Salisbury'	Roanoke and Wesleyan
2007 Details	Baltimore, MD	M&T Bank Stadium	Salisbury (7)	15–9	SUNY Cortland	Gettysburg and Wesleyan
2008 Details	Foxborough, MA	Gillette Stadium	Salisbury (8)	19–13	SUNY Cortland	Ithaca and Gettysburg
2009 Details	Foxborough, MA	Gillette Stadium	SUNY Cortland (2)	9–7	Gettysburg	Middlebury and Stevenson
2010 Details	Baltimore, MD	M&T Bank Stadium	Tufts	9–6	Salisbury	SUNY Cortland and Stevenson
2011 Details	Baltimore, MD	M&T Bank Stadium	Salisbury (9)	19–7	Tufts	Roanoke and RIT
2012 Details	Foxborough, MA	Gillette Stadium	Salisbury (10)	14–10	SUNY Cortland	Stevenson and Tufts
2013 Details	Philadelphia, PA	Lincoln Financial Field	Stevenson	16–14	RIT	SUNY Cortland and Salisbury
2014 Details	Baltimore, MD	M&T Bank Stadium	Tufts (2)	12–9	Salisbury	RIT and Washington (MD)
2015 Details	Philadelphia, PA	Lincoln Financial Field	Tufts (3)	19–11	Lynchburg	RIT and Gettysburg
2016 Details	Philadelphia, PA	Lincoln Financial Field	Salisbury (11)	14-13	Tufts	St. Lawrence and Gettysburg
2017 Details	Foxborough, MA	Gillette Stadium	Salisbury (12)	15-7	RIT	Denison and Wesleyan
2018 Details	Foxborough, MA	Gillette Stadium	Wesleyan	8-6	Salisbury	Gettysburg and RIT
2019 Details	Philadelphia, PA	Lincoln Financial Field	Cabrini	16–12	Amherst	Williams and Salisbury
2020 Details	Canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Details	East Hartford, CT	Pratt & Whitney Stadium	RIT	15–14 (2OT)	Salisbury	Tufts and Christopher Newport
2022 Details	East Hartford, CT	Pratt & Whitney Stadium	RIT (2)	12–10	Union	Tufts and York
2023 Details	Philadelphia, PA	Lincoln Financial Field	Salisbury (13)	17-12	Tufts	Christopher Newport and RIT
2024 Details	Philadelphia, PA	Lincoln Financial Field	Tufts (4)	18-14	RIT	Bowdoin and Washington & Lee
2025 Details	Foxborough, MA	Gillette Stadium
2026 Details	TBD	TBD

Champions

Active programs

Team	Titles	Years
Salisbury	13	1994, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023
Tufts	4	2010, 2014, 2015, 2024
Middlebury	3	2000, 2001, 2002
Nazareth	3	1992, 1996, 1997
RIT	2	2021, 2022
Cortland	2	2006, 2009
Stevenson	1	2013
Wesleyan (CT)	1	2018
Washington College	1	1998

Former programs

Team	Titles	Years
Hobart	13^[a]	1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993
Cabrini	1	2019

^ Currently plays NCAA Division I men's lacrosse despite being a Division III member

Finals appearances by state

State	Champions	School	Runners-up	School
New York	20	Hobart (13), Nazareth (3), RIT (2), SUNY Cortland (2)	14	SUNY Cortland (5), RIT (3), Nazareth (3), Hobart (2), Union (1)
Maryland	15	Salisbury (13), Washington (1), Stevenson (1)	13	Washington (7), Salisbury (6)
Massachusetts	4	Tufts (4)	4	Tufts (3), Amherst (1)
Vermont	3	Middlebury (3)	3	Middlebury (3)
Pennsylvania	1	Cabrini (1)	3	Gettysburg (3)
Connecticut	1	Wesleyan (1)	0
Ohio	0		4	Ohio Wesleyan (4)
Virginia	0		3	Roanoke (2), Lynchburg (1)