2018 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

The 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship weekend was the 48th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college lacrosse.

2018 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
Teams	17
Finals site	Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA
Champions	Yale (1st title)
Runner-up	Duke
Semifinalists	Albany Maryland
MOP	Ben Reeves (11g 14a)
Attendance	30,616 semi-finals 29,455 finals 60,071 total
Top scorer	Ben Reeves, Yale (11 goals)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments «2017 2019»

Seventeen teams competed in the tournament, based upon their performance during the regular season. For nine teams, entry into the tournament was by means of a conference tournament automatic qualifier and/or play in, while for eight teams at-large selection was determined by the NCAA selection committee.

Yale controlled the tournament finals from start to finish, though Duke kept the game suspenseful to the end. This was Yale’s first NCAA lacrosse title and second title overall. Yale's Ben Reeves tied Eamon McEneaney’s 1977 record for most points in an NCAA tournament with 25 points. McEneaney set the record in three tournament games. This was the sixth national championship game for Duke since 2005.

Teams

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI[1]	Record
2	Albany	America East	Automatic	2	14–2
	Canisius	MAAC	Automatic	49	8–8
	Cornell	Ivy	Automatic	9	12–4
	Denver	Big East	At-large	8	12-3
4	Duke	ACC	At-large	5	13–3
	Georgetown	Big East	Automatic	13	12–4
5	Johns Hopkins	Big Ten	Automatic	3	11–4
6	Loyola	Patriot	Automatic	7	12–3
1	Maryland	Big Ten	At-large	1	12–3
	Massachusetts	CAA	Automatic	21	12–4
7	Notre Dame	ACC	At-large	4	9–5
	Richmond	Southern	Automatic	29	11–5
	Robert Morris	Northeast	Automatic	19	12–4
8	Syracuse	ACC	At-large	10	8–6
	Villanova	Big East	At-large	12	10–5
	Virginia	ACC	At-large	11	12–5
3	Yale	Ivy	At-large	6	13–3

Bracket

	Opening Round May 9th
	Canisius		6
	Robert Morris		12

	First Round May 12–13 Campus sites: seeded teams host					Quarterfinals May 20 Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD May 19 James M. Shuart Stadium Hempstead, NY					Semifinals May 26 Gillette Stadium					Championship May 28 Gillette Stadium
	1	Maryland	14
		Robert Morris	11
						1	Maryland	13
							Cornell	8
	8	Syracuse	9
		Cornell	10
											1	Maryland	8
											4	Duke	13
	5	Johns Hopkins	10
		Georgetown	9
						5	Johns Hopkins	9
						4	Duke	14
	4	Duke	17
		Villanova	11
																4	Duke	11
																3	Yale	13
	3	Yale	15
		UMass	13
						3	Yale	8
						6	Loyola	5
	6	Loyola	14
		Virginia	12
											3	Yale	20
											2	Albany	11
	7	Notre Dame	7
		Denver	9
							Denver	13
						2	Albany	15
	2	Albany	18
		Richmond	9

Media coverage

Radio

Westwood One provided nationwide radio coverage of the semifinals and championship. It was once again streamed online at westwoodsports.com, through TuneIn, and on SiriusXM. Dave Ryan, Mark Dixon and Jason Horowitz provided the call for Westwood One.

Television

Every game of the 2018 Men's Lacrosse Championship was broadcast on the ESPN Networks (ESPN3- Opening Round, ESPNU- First Round and Quarterfinals, ESPN2- Semifinals and National Championship).

Broadcast Assignments

Opening Round

• Andy Helwig & Sean Sharman - Buffalo, NY

First Round

• Jay Alter & Ryan Boyle- New Haven, CT
• Booker Corrigan & Mark Dixon- College Park, MD
• Mike Corey & Don Zimmerman- Durham, NC
• John Brickley & Matt Ward- South Bend, IN
• Chris Cotter, Paul Carcaterra, & Ric Beardsley (Syracuse only)- Albany and Syracuse, NY
• Anish Shroff & Quint Kessenich- Baltimore, MD

Quarterfinals, Semifinals, & National Championship

• Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich, & Paul Carcaterra

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References

1. "nitty 2018selections" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
2. "Time to Face-Off: ESPN Presents Entire NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship". ESPN Media Zone. May 8, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018.