1996 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

1996 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
Teams	12
Finals site	Byrd Stadium College Park, Maryland
Champions	Princeton (3rd title)
Runner-up	Virginia (5th title game)
Semifinalists	Johns Hopkins (20th Final Four) Syracuse (14th Final Four)
Winning coach	Bill Tierney (3rd title)
MOP	Michael Watson, Virginia
Attendance[1]	22,102 finals 68,978 total
Top scorers	Rob Kavovit, Syracuse Doug Knight and Tim Whiteley, Virginia (16 goals)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments «1995 1997»

The 1996 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 26th 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 1996 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.

Princeton defeated Virginia in the final, 13–12 in overtime. Jesse Hubbard scored the game-winning goal for Princeton in overtime. This was Princeton's third national championship under Head Coach Bill Tierney.[1]

The championship game was played at Byrd Stadium at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, with 22,102 fans in attendance.[2]

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 in 1996.

Tournament bracket

	First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	8	Towson State	16
		Loyola Maryland	11
						1	Princeton	22
						8	Towson State	6
											1	Princeton	11
											5	Syracuse	9
						4	North Carolina	12
						5	Syracuse	19
	5	Syracuse	12
		Army	3
																1	Princeton	13 *
																3	Virginia	12
		Harvard	15
	6	Hofstra	12
						3	Virginia	23
							Harvard	12
											3	Virginia	16
											7	Johns Hopkins	10
						2	Maryland	7
						7	Johns Hopkins	9
	7	Johns Hopkins	12
		Notre Dame	7

• * = Overtime

All-Tournament Team

• Michael Watson, Virginia (Named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player)
• Jesse Hubbard, Princeton
• David Curry, Virginia
• Casey Powell, Syracuse
• Becket Wolf, Princeton
• Tim Whiteley, Virginia
• Don McDonough, Princeton
• Tommy Smith, Virginia
• Pancho Gutstein, Princeton
• Chris Massey, Princeton

See also

• 1996 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
• 1996 NCAA Division II lacrosse tournament
• 1996 NCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament

References

1. "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.