1996 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

none Men's 1996 12 Byrd Stadium Maryland College Park, Maryland Princeton 3rd Virginia 5th Johns Hopkins 20th Syracuse 14th Bill Tierney 3rd Michael Watson Virginia Rob Kavovit Syracuse Doug Knight and Tim Whiteley Virginia 16 22,102 68,978 The 1996 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 26th 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 1996 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season. Princeton defeated Virginia in the final, 13–12 in overtime. Jesse Hubbard scored the game-winning goal for Princeton in overtime. This was Princeton's third national championship under Head Coach Bill Tierney.NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_lacrosse_champs_finals_records/2013/D1ResultsRecs.pdf NCAA 24 April 2014 3 (51) The championship game was played at Byrd Stadium at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, with 22,102 fans in attendance.http://www.laxpower.com/common/NCAA-Attendance.php Attendance Figures for the NCAA Men's Championships 2008-06-25 LaxPower.com https://web.archive.org/web/20080610003040/http://www.laxpower.com/common/NCAA-Attendance.php 10 June 2008 live Qualifying 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. No teams made their debut appearance in the Division I lacrosse tournament in 1996. Tournament bracket First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 25 150 35 high 8 Towson State 16 Loyola Maryland 11 7 Johns Hopkins 12 Notre Dame 7 Harvard 15 6 Hofstra 12 5 Syracuse 12 Army 3 1 Princeton 22 8 Towson State 6 2 Maryland 7 7 Johns Hopkins 9 3 Virginia 23 Harvard 12 4 North Carolina 12 5 Syracuse 19 1 Princeton 11 5 Syracuse 9 3 Virginia 16 7 Johns Hopkins 10 1 Princeton 13 * 3 Virginia 12 * = Overtime All-Tournament Team Michael Watson, Virginia (Named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player) Jesse Hubbard, Princeton David Curry, Virginia Casey Powell, Syracuse Becket Wolf, Princeton Tim Whiteley, Virginia Don McDonough, Princeton Tommy Smith, Virginia Pancho Gutstein, Princeton Chris Massey, Princeton See also 1996 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament 1996 NCAA Division II lacrosse tournament 1996 NCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament References Category:NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship Category:1996 in lacrosse