2003 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

2003 NCAA Division I men's
lacrosse tournament
Teams16
Finals siteM&T Bank Stadium
Maryland Baltimore, Maryland
ChampionsVirginia (3rd title)
Runner-upJohns Hopkins (15th title game)
SemifinalistsMaryland (17th Final Four)
Syracuse (21st Final Four)
Winning coachDom Starsia (2nd title)
MOPTillman Johnson, Virginia
Attendance[1]37,823 semi-finals
37,944 finals
75,767 total
Top scorerKevin Boland, Johns Hopkins
(15 goals)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«2002 2004»

The 2003 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 33rd 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 2003 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.[2]

Virginia won the championship with a 9–7 win over top-ranked Johns Hopkins. The Cavaliers, led by A.J. Shannon, Chris Rotelli and Matt Ward, won their third NCAA championship.[3]

Virginia was able to hang to an 8–5 lead to close out the 3rd quarter. Rotelli led all scorers with one goal and four assists in the finals for the Cavaliers, while Kyle Barrie led Johns Hopkins with one goal and one assist. Virginia goalie Tillman Johnson was the unsung hero of the contest, with 13 saves in the game for a .650 save percentage. He was named the Most Outstanding Player for this tournament. Virginia closed out the season with a 15-2 record, and Johnson closed out his career as Virginia's all-time leader in saves with 204.

The championship game was played at M&T Bank Stadium, the home of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens, in Baltimore, Maryland in front of 37,944 fans.[4]

Qualifying

Main article: 2003 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season

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.

Albany, Dartmouth, Mount St. Mary's, Ohio State, and Penn State made their debut appearances in the Division I men's lacrosse tournament.

Bracket

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
1 Johns Hopkins 14
Army 2
1 Johns Hopkins 14
8 Towson 6
8 Towson 11
Penn State 6
1 Johns Hopkins 19
5 Syracuse 8
5 Syracuse 13
Dartmouth 11
5 Syracuse 15
4 Princeton 5
Albany 10
4 Princeton 16
1 Johns Hopkins 7
2 Virginia 9
3 Maryland 8
Ohio State 5
3 Maryland 13
6 Massachusetts 7
6 Massachusetts 9
Hofstra 6
3 Maryland 4
2 Virginia 14
7 Rutgers 6
Georgetown 9
Georgetown 7
2 Virginia 12
Mount St. Mary's 8
2 Virginia 19
  • * = Overtime

See also

References

  1. ^ "LaxPower Mobile". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  2. ^ "DIVISION I MEN'S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  3. ^ "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Attendance Figures for the NCAA Men's Championships". LaxPower.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-25.


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