2015 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

none August 2023 Men's 2015 18 Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA Denver 1st Maryland 12th Johns Hopkins 29th Notre Dame 5th Bill Tierney 7th Wesley Berg Denver 29,123 24,215 Wesley Berg Denver 16 The 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship was the 45th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college lacrosse. Eighteen teams competed in the tournament, selected by winning an automatic qualifying conference tournament or as an at-large team based upon their performance during the regular season. The 18 teams were announced on May 3. Tournament overview The first round and play-in games were played at campus sites. The quarterfinal games were played on May 16 and 17, 2015 at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland (hosted by the United States Naval Academy), and Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver (hosted by the University of Denver). The semifinals were played on May 23, 2015, and the championship on May 25, 2015. The semifinals and championship were held at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, and were hosted by Drexel University.2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites https://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2013-12-11/2014-18-ncaa-championship-sites NCAA.com 8 May 2014 Schools from 10 conferences, the America East Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big East Conference, Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), Big Ten Conference, Ivy League, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), Northeast Conference (NEC), Patriot League, and Southern Conference (SoCon) were eligible for automatic bids into the tournament by winning their respective conference tournaments, leaving eight remaining at-large bids for top ranked teams.2015 NCAA Championship Format https://www.ncaa.com/championships/lacrosse-men/d1/road-to-the-championships NCAA.com 18 May 2015 Albany (America East), Bryant (NEC), Denver (Big East), Johns Hopkins (Big Ten), Towson (CAA), Colgate (Patriot), Syracuse (ACC), Yale (Ivy), High Point (Southern Conference) and Marist (MAAC) were the 10 schools that received the tournament's automatic bids. Teams Seed School Conference Berth Type RPIhttps://extra.ncaa.org/solutions/rpi/Stats%20Library/nitty%20selection.pdf nitty selection NCAA May 20, 2018 Record1 Notre Dame ACC At-large210–22 Syracuse ACC Automatic112–23 North Carolina ACC At-large312–34 Denver Big East Automatic513–25 Duke ACC At-large412–56 Maryland Big Ten Automatic712–37 Virginia ACC At-large610–48 Cornell Ivy At-large1010–5 Albany America East Automatic815–2 Yale Ivy Automatic911–4 Johns Hopkins Big Ten At-large119–6 Colgate Patriot Automatic1310–5 Brown Ivy At-large1412–4 Ohio State Big Ten At-large1511–6 Towson CAA Automatic2011–5 Marist MAAC Automatic2113–3 High Point Southern Automatic2710–6 Bryant Northeast Automatic288–9 Results The Denver Pioneers beat Maryland 10–5 for the school's first national championship, and also the first-ever NCAA men's lacrosse title for a school located outside the Eastern Time Zone. Wesley Berg was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, scoring the overtime winning goal in the semifinals. This was Bill Tierney's first championship since he won with Princeton in 2001, and seventh overall coaching title. Bracket Play-in gameMay 6 150 Towson 10 High Point 8 Play-in gameMay 6 150 Bryant 6 Marist 10 First RoundMay 9–10 QuarterfinalsMay 16–17 Sports Authority Field at Mile High Navy Marine Corps Stadium SemifinalsMay 23 Lincoln Financial Field FinalMay 25 Lincoln Financial Field 1   Notre Dame Towson 12 10 8   Cornell Albany 10 19 4   Denver Brown 15 9 5   Duke Ohio State 11 16 3   North Carolina Colgate 19 12 6   Maryland Yale 8 7 7   Virginia Johns Hopkins 7 19 2   Syracuse Marist 20 8 1   Notre Dame Albany 14 10 4 Denver   Ohio State 15 13 3 North Carolina 6 Maryland 7 14   Johns Hopkins 2 Syracuse 16 15 1 Notre Dame 4 Denver 10 11* 6 Maryland   Johns Hopkins 12 11 4 Denver 6 Maryland 10 5 * = Overtime All–Tournament Wesley Berg, A, Denver (Most Outstanding Player) Trevor Baptiste, M, Denver Ryan LaPlante, G, Denver Zach Miller, M, Denver Mike Riis, LSM, Denver Kyle Bernlohr, G, Maryland Matt Neufeldt, LSM, Maryland Matt Rambo, A, Maryland Sergio Perkovic, M, Notre Dame John Crawley, D, Johns Hopkins References External links Tournament statistics via NCAA Category:NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament Category:Sports competitions in Philadelphia NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Category:Lacrosse in Pennsylvania