1998 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

The 1998 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 28th 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 1998 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.^[3]

1998 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 9–25, 1998[1]
Teams	12
Finals site	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey
Champions	Princeton (5th title)
Runner-up	Maryland (9th title game)
Semifinalists	Loyola Maryland (2nd Final Four) Syracuse (16th Final Four)
Winning coach	Bill Tierney (5th title)
MOP	Corey Popham, Princeton
Attendance[2]	17,225 finals 64,850 total
Top scorer	Andrew Whipple, Maryland (18 goals)
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Princeton defeated Maryland in the final, 15–5.^[2] This was Princeton's third consecutive national championship under Head Coach Bill Tierney, and their fifth title since 1992.

The championship game was played at Rutgers Stadium at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, with 21,194 fans in attendance. ^[4]

Qualifying

Main article: 1998 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season

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.

Butler, Hobart, and UMBC made their debut appearances in the Division I lacrosse tournament.

Bracket

	First Round May 9-10, 1998					Quarterfinals May 16-17, 1998					Semifinals May 23, 1998					Final May 25, 1998
		Georgetown	9
	8	UMBC	8
						1	Loyola Maryland	12
							Georgetown	11
											1	Loyola Maryland	8
											5	Maryland	19
						4	Johns Hopkins	10
						5	Maryland	11*
	5	Maryland	18
		Butler	10
																5	Maryland	5
																2	Princeton	15
	7	Duke	16
		North Carolina	14
						2	Princeton	11
						7	Duke	9
											2	Princeton	11
											3	Syracuse	10
						3	Syracuse	17
						6	Virginia	14
	6	Virginia	16
		Hobart	10

• * = Overtime

All-Tournament Team

• Corey Popham, Princeton (Named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player)
• Christian Cook, Princeton
• Jesse Hubbard, Princeton
• Jon Hess, Princeton
• Josh Sims, Princeton
• Scott Hochstadt, Maryland
• Mike Bonnani, Maryland
• Brian Haggerty, Maryland
• Casey Powell, Syracuse
• Ryan Powell, Syracuse
• Luke Parrott
• Brian Woody

See also

• 1998 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
• 1998 NCAA Division II lacrosse tournament
• 1998 NCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament

References

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