2004 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

2004 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
Penn and Navy played in the first round
Dates	May 15–31, 2004
Teams	16
Finals site	M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore, Maryland
Champions	Syracuse (8th title)
Runner-up	Navy (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Johns Hopkins (24th Final Four) Princeton (10th Final Four)
Winning coach	John Desko (3rd title)
MOP	Michael Powell, Syracuse
Attendance[1]	46,923 semi-finals 43,898 finals 90,821 total
Top scorer	Michael Powell, Syracuse (19 goals)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments «2003 2005»

The 2004 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 34th 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 2004 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.[2]

Syracuse won the championship with a 14–13 win over Navy. The Orange, led by senior Michael Powell, scored the game winner with one minute left in the fourth quarter, claiming their eighth national title.[3] Powell finished the game with one goal and five assists. Syracuse outscored Navy 3–1 in the final five minutes to overcome a 12-11 fourth-quarter deficit. Navy got the ball back with 15 seconds left, but could not get a shot off.

With Syracuse's 2004 national championship win Michael Powell joins his brothers Casey and Ryan as the first set of brothers to win a national championship with the same school.

The championship game was played at M&T Bank Stadium, the home of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens, in Baltimore, Maryland in front of 43,898 fans.[4]

Qualifying

Sixteen NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.

Providence made their debut appearance in the Division I men's lacrosse tournament.

Bracket

	First Round May 15–16, 2004					Quarterfinals May 22–23, 2004					Semifinals May 29, 2004					Final May 31, 2004
	1	Johns Hopkins	15
		Providence	3
						1	Johns Hopkins	15
						8	North Carolina	9
		Ohio State	6
	8	North Carolina	13
											1	Johns Hopkins	9
											4	Syracuse	15
	5	Georgetown	15
		Towson	8
						5	Georgetown	7
						4	Syracuse	8
		Albany	13
	4	Syracuse	21
																4	Syracuse	14
																2	Navy	13
	3	Maryland	16
		Army	12
						3	Maryland	8
						6	Princeton	9*
		Rutgers	4
	6	Princeton	12
											6	Princeton	7
											2	Navy	8
	7	Cornell	11
		Hobart	5
						7	Cornell	5
						2	Navy	6
		Penn	5
	2	Navy	11

• * = Overtime

See also

• 2004 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
• 2004 NCAA Division II men's lacrosse tournament

References

1. "LaxPower Mobile". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
2. "DIVISION I MEN'S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
3. "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.
4. "Attendance Figures for the NCAA Men's Championships". LaxPower.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-25.

External links

• Navy Falls to Syracuse in NCAA Championship Game Archived 2008-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
• YouTube 2004 NCAA Men's Lacrosse National Championship