2016 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

2016 NCAA Division I men's
lacrosse tournament
Teams18
Finals siteLincoln Financial Field
Philadelphia, PA
ChampionsNorth Carolina (5th title)
Runner-upMaryland (13th title game)
SemifinalistsLoyola (4th Final Four)
Brown (2nd Final Four)
Winning coachJoe Breschi (1st title)
MOPChris Cloutier, UNC
Attendance33,137 semi-finals
26,749 finals
59,886 total
Top scorerChris Cloutier, UNC
(19 goals)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«2015 2017»

The 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship was the 46th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college lacrosse. Eighteen teams competed in the tournament, chosen by either winning an automatic qualifying conference tournament or as an at-large bid based on their performance during the regular season. The participating teams were announced on May 8.

North Carolina won the title, defeating Maryland 14–13 in overtime in the final, becoming the first unseeded team to win the championship.[1] Chris Cloutier had 19 goals and 3 assists in the tournament, including 9 goals against Loyola in the semifinals. The 19 goals is a tournament record.

Tournament overview

The play-in games were played at campus sites on May 11, while the first round games were played at campus sites on May 14 and 15. The quarterfinal games were played on May 21, 2016 at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island, and May 22, 2016 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.

The semifinals were contested on May 28, 2016, and the championship on May 30, 2016. The semifinals and championship were held at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, and hosted by Drexel University.[2]

Schools from 10 conferences, the America East Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big East Conference, Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), Big Ten Conference, Ivy League, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), Northeast Conference (NEC), Patriot League, and Southern Conference (SoCon) received automatic bids into the tournament by winning their respective conference tournaments, leaving eight remaining at-large bids for top ranked teams.[3] The top fourteen seeds were placed directly into the bracket, and the four lowest seeds met in play-in games to the Sweet 16.[4]

In the finals, Maryland was ahead by two goals with over seven minutes to play before Carolina tied the game. A potential game winning goal by Colin Heacock of Maryland went off the crossbar with just over a minute left in regulation. The game went into overtime where Kyle Bernlohr made a miracle save for Maryland, but the Terps were called for a one minute penalty on the play. On the man up, Michael Tagliaferri found Chris Cloutier uncovered at the top of the key, and he beat Bernlohr low for the winning goal. This was North Carolina's fifth national title.

Teams

Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI[5] Record
Air Force Southern Automatic 13 15-2
Albany America East At-large 8 12-3
5 Brown Ivy At-large 5 14-2
2 Denver Big East At-large 3 13-2
Duke ACC At-large 9 11-7
Hartford America East Automatic 30 11-6
Hobart Northeast Automatic 35 10-6
Johns Hopkins Big Ten At-large 11 8-6
7 Loyola Patriot Automatic 7 12-3
6 Marquette Big East Automatic 6 11-4
1 Maryland Big Ten Automatic 1 14-2
Navy Patriot At-large 14 10-4
North Carolina ACC At-large 17 8-6
3 Notre Dame ACC At-large 2 10-3
Quinnipiac MAAC Automatic 24 11-3
8 Syracuse ACC Automatic 10 11-4
Towson CAA Automatic 12 14-2
4 Yale Ivy Automatic 4 13-2

Bracket

Play-in game
May 11
   
Quinnipiac 14
Hartford 9
Play-in game
May 11
   
Towson 18
Hobart 5
First Round
May 14–15 		Quarterfinals
May 21–22
Brown Stadium
Ohio Stadium 		Semifinals
May 28
Lincoln Financial Field 		Final
May 30
Lincoln Financial Field
            
1 Maryland 13
  Quinnipiac 6
1 Maryland 13
8 Syracuse 7
8 Syracuse 11
  Albany 9
1 Maryland 15*
5 Brown 14
4 Yale 10
  Navy 13
Navy 10
5 Brown 11
5 Brown 17
  Johns Hopkins 8
1 Maryland 13
  North Carolina 14*
3 Notre Dame 15
  Air Force 7
3 Notre Dame 9
  North Carolina 13
6 Marquette 9
  North Carolina 10
  North Carolina 18
7 Loyola 13
7 Loyola 16
  Duke 11
7 Loyola 10
  Towson 8
2 Denver 9
  Towson 10
* = Overtime

Tournament boxscores

Tournament Finals

Team 1 2 3 4 OT Total
North Carolina 6 1 3 3 1 14
Maryland 5 3 2 3 0 13
  • North Carolina scoring – Chris Cloutier 5, Luke Goldstock 4, Steve Pontrello 2, Brian Cannon 2, Patrick Kelly 1.
  • Maryland scoring – Connor Kelly 4, Matt Rambo 3, Henry West 2, Colin Heacock 2, Dylan Maltz 2
  • Shots: Maryland 38, North Carolina 32
  • Saves: North Carolina 13, Maryland 9

Tournament Semi-Finals

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
North Carolina 9 5 2 2 18
Loyola 2 3 3 5 13
  • North Carolina scoring – Chris Cloutier 9, Steve Pontrello 2, Luke Goldstock 2, Timmy Kelly 2, Patrick Kelly, Brian Cannon, William McBride
  • Loyola scoring – Tyler Albrecht 3, Zach Herreweyers 3, Brian Sherlock 2, Romar Dennis 2, Pat Spencer, Nick Mazza, John Duffy
  • Shots: North Carolina 39, Loyola 39
Team 1 2 3 4 OT Total
Maryland 5 4 3 2 1 15
Brown 5 3 1 5 0 14
  • Maryland scoring – Colin Heacock 3, Dylan Maltz 3, Henry West 2, Tim Rotanz 2, Matt Rambo, Connor Kelly, Louis Dubick, Isaiah Davis-Allen, Matt Dunn
  • Brown scoring – Bailey Tills 4, Henry Blynn 2,Brendan Caputo 2, Dylan Molloy 2, Matt Graham, Kylor Bellistri, Will Gural, Larken Kemp
  • Shots: Maryland 40, Brown 35
  • Shots: Maryland 40, Brown 35

Tournament Quarterfinals

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Maryland 2 7 4 3 13
Syracuse 1 3 1 6 7
  • Maryland scoring – Eric Fannell 5, Jack Jasinski 2, Johnny Pearson 2, JT Blubaugh 2, Lukas Buckley 2, Tre Leclaire, Freddy Freibott, Austin Shanks
  • Syracuse scoring – Jack Bruckner 3, Justin Guterding 2, Sean Cerrone, Brad Smith, Mitch Russell, Sean Lowrie, Joey Manown, John Prendergast
  • Shots: Duke 45, Ohio State 31
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Brown 2 6 5 3 11
Navy 1 0 1 2 10
  • Denver scoring – Austin French 4, Tyler Pace 3, Ethan Walker 3, Connor Cannizzaro 2, Trevor Baptiste, Colton Jackson, Colin Rutan, Nate Marano
  • Notre Dame scoring – Mikey Wynne 3, Sergio Perkovic
  • Shots: Denver 39, Notre Dame 16
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
North Carolina 3 3 5 2 13
Notre Dame 2 0 1 6 9
  • North Carolina scoring – Steve Pontrello 4, Chris Cloutier 3, Luke Goldstock 2, Michael Tagliaferri 2, Timmy Kelly, Patrick Kelly
  • Notre Dame scoring – Mikey Wynne 4, Matt Kavanagh 2, Ryder Garnsey, Drew Schantz, Brendan Collins
  • Shots: Notre Dame 43, North Carolina 34
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Loyola 6 2 1 1 10
Towson 0 2 1 4 8
  • Loyola scoring – Pat Spencer 3, Zack Sirico 3, Romar Dennis, Jay Drapeau, Tyler Albrecht, Zach Herreweyers
  • Towson scoring – Spencer Parks 2, Ben McCarty 2, Ryan Drenner 2, Zach Goodrich, Mike Lynch
  • Shots: Loyola 36, Towson 25
  • Saves: Towson 8, Loyola 5

Tournament First Round

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Maryland 2 1 3 1 13
Quinnipiac 0 2 2 0 6
  • Ohio State scoring – Tre Leclaire 3, Eric Fannell, Jack Jasinski, Colin Chell, Austin Shanks
  • Loyola scoring – Romar Dennis, Pat Spencer, Zack Sirico, Jared Mintzlaff
  • Shots: Loyola 44, Ohio State 22
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Denver 3 3 7 4 17
Air Force 2 1 4 3 10
  • Denver scoring – Austin French 3, Max Planning 3, Connor Cannizzaro 3, Trevor Baptiste 2, Connor Donahue 2, Ethan Walker 2, Colton Jackson, Jeremy Bosher
  • Air Force scoring – Grant Gould 3, Matthew Schwartz 2, Chet Dunstan 2, Austin Smith, Trent Harper, Cameron Carter
  • Shots: Denver 43, Air Force 35
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Duke 4 6 3 3 16
High Point 1 4 2 3 10
  • Duke scoring – Michael Sowers 4, Sean Lowrie 3, Owen Caputo 2, Brennan O'Neill 2, Garrett Leadmon, Nakeie Montgomery, JPBasile, Dyson Williams, Jake Naso
  • High Point scoring – Jack Vanoverbeke 2, Brayden Mayea 2, Kevin Rogers 2, Koby Russell, Asher Nolting, Tyler Stinson, Colin Clothier
  • Shots: Duke 43, High Point 34
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Towson 1 2 4 5 12
Penn State 1 3 1 3 8
  • Towson scoring – Joe Seider 4, Ryan Drenner 2, Mike Lynch 2, Tyler Konen, Tyler Young, Alex Woodall, Dylan Kinnear
  • Penn State scoring – Grant Ament 3, Mac O'Keefe 3, Nick Aponte 2
  • Shots: Towson 43, Penn State 23
  • Saves: Towson 43, Penn State 23
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Syracuse 3 1 5 2 11
Yale 3 3 2 2 10
  • Syracuse scoring – Jamie Trimboli 2, Nick Mariano 2, Brad Voigt, Nate Solomon, Ryan Simmons, Jordan Evans, Stephen Rehfuss, Brendan Bomberry, Sergio Salcido
  • Yale scoring – Ben Reeves 4, Lucas Cotler 2, Matt Gaudet 2, Joseph Sessa, Jackson Morrill
  • Shots: Yale 42, Syracuse 29
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
North Carolina 2 4 3 1 10
Marquette 3 2 2 2 9
  • North Carolina scoring – Michael Tagliaferri 3, Steve Pontrello 2, Chris Cloutier 2, Shane Simpson, Brian Cannon, Timmy Kelly
  • Marquette scoring – Tanner Thomson 3, Ryan McNamara 2, Blaine Fleming 2, Kyran Clarke, Andy DeMichiei
  • Shots: North Carolina 37, Marquette 26
  • Saves: North Carolina 37, Marquette 26
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Albany 7 7 0 1 15
North Carolina 2 1 6 3 12
  • Albany scoring – Bennett Drake 5, Adam Osika 3, Kyle McClancy 3, Connor Fields, Sean Eccles, Mitch Laffin, Eli Lasda
  • North Carolina scoring – Chris Cloutier 5, Luke Goldstock 2, Jack Rowlett 2, Timmy Kelly, Justin Anderson, William McBride
  • Shots: Albany 46, North Carolina 43
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Towson 2 3 2 3 10
Denver 1 2 2 4 9
  • Towson scoring – Parks, Spencer (4); Seider, Joe (2); Lynch, Mike (2); Drenner, Ryan (1); Mazza, Jon (1)
  • Denver scoring – MILLER, Zach (3); JACKSON, Colton (2); CANNIZZARO, Connor (2); PACE, Tyler (1); DONAHUE, Connor (1)
  • Shots: Towson 35, Denver 35
  • Saves: Towson 13, Denver 7

References

  1. ^ Bob Herzog (May 30, 2016). "North Carolina upsets No. 1 Maryland in OT for NCAA lacrosse title". Newday. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  2. ^ "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA.com. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  3. ^ "2015 NCAA Championship Format". NCAA.com. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  4. ^ "Men's Lacrosse: 2016 Division I selections announced". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. May 8, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  5. ^ "nitty selection" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 20, 2018.