1998 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

1998 NCAA Division I men's
lacrosse tournament
DatesMay 9–25, 1998[1]
Teams12
Finals siteRutgers Stadium
New Jersey Piscataway, New Jersey
ChampionsPrinceton (5th title)
Runner-upMaryland (9th title game)
SemifinalistsLoyola Maryland (2nd Final Four)
Syracuse (16th Final Four)
Winning coachBill Tierney (5th title)
MOPCorey Popham, Princeton
Attendance[2]17,225 finals
64,850 total
Top scorerAndrew Whipple, Maryland
(18 goals)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«1997 1999»

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]

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

References

  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament brackets" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "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.