2000 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

The 2000 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 30th 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 2000 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.^[2]

2000 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 13–29, 2000
Teams	12
Finals site	Byrd Stadium College Park, Maryland
Champions	Syracuse (6th title)
Runner-up	Princeton (6th title game)
Semifinalists	Johns Hopkins (22nd Final Four) Virginia (14th Final Four)
Winning coach	John Desko (1st title)
MOP	Liam Banks, Syracuse
Attendance[1]	22,880 finals 61,768 total
Top scorer	Ryan Powell, Syracuse (18 goals)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments «1999 2001»

Syracuse defeated Princeton in the final, 13–7.^[1] This marked the seventh victory in a national championship game for the Syracuse program.^[a]

The championship game was played at Byrd Stadium at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, with 24,105 fans in attendance.^[3]

Qualifying

Main article: 2000 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.

No teams made their debut appearance in the Division I lacrosse tournament.

Tournament bracket

	First Round May 13–14, 2000					Quarterfinals May 20–21, 2000					Semifinals May 27, 2000					Final May 29, 2000
		Georgetown	14
	8	Cornell	12
						1	Syracuse	17
							Georgetown	13
											1	Syracuse	14
											4	Johns Hopkins	12
						4	Johns Hopkins	15
							Notre Dame	11
		Notre Dame	15
	5	Loyola Maryland	13
																1	Syracuse	13
																3	Princeton	7
	6	Maryland	13
		Hofstra	12
						6	Maryland	7
						3	Princeton	10
											3	Princeton	12
											2	Virginia	11
						2	Virginia	10
						7	Duke	9
	7	Duke	13
		Hobart	1

• * = Overtime

All-Tournament Team

• Liam Banks, Syracuse (Named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player)
• Rob Mulligan, Syracuse
• Ryan Powell, Syracuse
• Marshall Abrams, Syracuse
• John Glatzel, Syracuse
• Josh Sims, Princeton
• Sean Hartofilis, Princeton
• Ryan Curtis, Virginia
• Conor Gill, Virginia
• A.J. Haugen, Johns Hopkins

See also

• 2000 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
• 2000 NCAA Division II lacrosse tournament
• 2000 NCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament

Footnotes

1. The seven national championships for Syracuse includes the 1990 Championship that was later vacated by the NCAA due to Infractions

References

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