2005 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

The 2005 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 35th 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 2005 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.^[2]

2005 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 14–30, 2005
Teams	16
Finals site	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Champions	Johns Hopkins (8th title)
Runner-up	Duke (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Maryland (18th Final Four) Virginia (17th Final Four)
Winning coach	Dave Pietramala (1st title)
MOP	Jesse Schwartzman, Johns Hopkins
Attendance[1]	45,275 semi-finals 44,920 finals 90,195 total
Top scorer	Matt Danowski, Duke (21 goals)
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Johns Hopkins won the championship with a 9–8 win over Duke. The Blue Jays, led by senior Kyle Harrison and sophomore goalie Jesse Schwartzman, won their eighth NCAA championship and first since 1987. All the while, Johns Hopkins allowed just one goal the entire second half of the game. Schwartzman was named the tournament's outstanding player.

In an exciting national semi-final game, Hopkins won against Virginia in overtime on a goal by defensive short stick midfielder Benson Erwin. Virginia seemingly had the game locked up in regulation after scoring the go ahead goal with 12.9 seconds remaining. But Hopkins won the ensuing face off and raced down the field tying the game with 1.5 seconds to go, setting up Erwin's overtime heroics.^[3]

The championship game was played at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an audience of 44,920 fans, the 4th highest total for an NCAA lacrosse final.^[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.

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

Bracket

	First Round May 14–15, 2005					Quarterfinals May 21–22, 2005					Semifinals May 28, 2005					Final May 30, 2005
	1	Johns Hopkins	22
		Marist	6
						1	Johns Hopkins	19
						8	Massachusetts	9
		Syracuse	15
	8	Massachusetts	16
											1	Johns Hopkins	9*
											4	Virginia	8
	5	Navy	9
		Delaware	7
						5	Navy	8
						4	Virginia	10
		Albany	9
	4	Virginia	23
																1	Johns Hopkins	9
																2	Duke	8
	3	Maryland	14
		Penn State	10
						3	Maryland	9
						6	Georgetown	8
		Army	6
	6	Georgetown	16
											3	Maryland	9
											2	Duke	18
	7	Towson	11
		Cornell	12
							Cornell	8
						2	Duke	11
		Fairfield	4
	2	Duke	23

• * = Overtime

See also

• 2005 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
• 2005 NCAA Division II men's lacrosse tournament
• 2005 NCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament