Current season, competition or edition: 2023 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship | |
| Association | NCAA |
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| Sport | College lacrosse |
| Founded | 1980; 46 years ago (1980) |
| Division | Division III |
| No. of teams | 34 |
| Country |  United States |
| Most recent champion | Tufts (5th title) |
| Most titles | Hobart (13) Salisbury (13) |
| Broadcasters | ESPN CBS College Sports Network |
| Official website | NCAA.com |
TheNCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament is the annual championship in men'slacrosse held by theNCAA for teams competing inDivision III.[1]
After the inauguration of the NCAA Division I championship in 1971, theUSILA added a "small college" tournament for two years. Hobart defeated Washington College 15-12 to win the 1972 USILA title. And Cortland State beat Washington College to win the 1973 title, 13-8.[2]
The NCAA conducted a combined Division II and III tournament for the 1974 through 1979 seasons, followed by separate tournaments for Division II and Division III beginning in 1980.
Hobart andSalisbury have been the most successful teams at the Division III level, winning thirteen titles each. Hobart, however, has since departed forDivision I.
Tufts is the defending national champion, winning their 5th national title in 2025.
| NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship | ||||||||||
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| Year | Site (Host Team) | Stadium | Championship Results | Semifinalists | ||||||
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | ||||||||
| 1980 Details | Geneva, NY (Hobart) | Boswell Field | Hobart | 11–8 | Cortland State | Ithaca andSalisbury State | ||||
| 1981 Details | Hobart(2) | 10–8 | Cortland State | Salisbury State andWashington (MD) | ||||||
| 1982 Details | Hobart(3) | 9–8 (OT) | Washington (MD) | Roanoke and Salisbury State | ||||||
| 1983 Details | Hobart(4) | 13–9 | Roanoke | Ohio Wesleyan and Washington (MD) | ||||||
| 1984 Details | Hobart(5) | 12–5 | Washington (MD) | RIT and Salisbury State | ||||||
| 1985 Details | Chestertown, MD (Washington (MD)) | Kibler Field | Hobart(6) | 15–8 | Washington (MD) | Cortland State and RIT | ||||
| 1986 Details | Geneva, NY (Hobart) | Boswell Field | Hobart(7) | 13–10 | Washington (MD) | Cortland State and Ohio Wesleyan | ||||
| 1987 Details | Hobart(8) | 9–5 | Ohio Wesleyan | RIT andWashington and Lee | ||||||
| 1988 Details | Delaware, OH (Ohio Wesleyan) | Selby Field | Hobart(9) | 18–9 | Ohio Wesleyan | Franklin & Marshall and Roanoke | ||||
| 1989 Details | Geneva, NY (Hobart) | Boswell Field | Hobart(10) | 11-8 | Ohio Wesleyan | Nazareth (NY) and Washington (MD) | ||||
| 1990 Details | Hobart(11) | 18–6 | Washington (MD) | Ohio Wesleyan and Salisbury State | ||||||
| 1991 Details | Salisbury, MD (Salisbury State) | Sea Gull Stadium | Hobart(12) | 12–11 | Salisbury State | Nazareth (NY) and Ohio Wesleyan | ||||
| 1992 Details | Philadelphia, PA (Penn) | Franklin Field | Nazareth (NY) | 22–11 | Roanoke | Hobart and Ithaca | ||||
| 1993 Details | College Park, MD (Maryland) | Byrd Stadium | Hobart(13) | 16–10 | Ohio Wesleyan | Nazareth (NY) and Washington (MD) | ||||
| 1994 Details | Salisbury State | 15–9 | Hobart | Gettysburg and Nazareth (NY) | ||||||
| 1995 Details | Salisbury State(2) | 22–13 | Nazareth (NY) | Gettysburg and Ohio Wesleyan | ||||||
| 1996 Details | Nazareth (NY)(2) | 11–10 (OT) | Washington (MD) | Ohio Wesleyan and Salisbury State | ||||||
| 1997 Details | Nazareth (NY)(3) | 15–14 (OT) | Washington (MD) | Gettysburg and Ohio Wesleyan | ||||||
| 1998 Details | Piscataway, NJ (Rutgers) | Rutgers Stadium | Washington (MD) | 16–10 | Nazareth (NY) | Ohio Wesleyan and Salisbury State | ||||
| 1999 Details | College Park, MD (Maryland) | Byrd Stadium | Salisbury State(3) | 13–6 | Middlebury | Denison and RIT | ||||
| 2000 Details | Middlebury | 16–12 | Salisbury State | Nazareth (NY) and Washington & Lee | ||||||
| 2001 Details | Piscataway, NJ (Rutgers) | Rutgers Stadium | Middlebury(2) | 15–10 | Gettysburg | Denison and Nazareth (NY) | ||||
| 2002 Details | Middlebury(3) | 14–9 | Gettysburg | Ithaca and Washington & Lee | ||||||
| 2003 Details | Baltimore, MD | M&T Bank Stadium | Salisbury(4) | 14–13 (OT) | Middlebury | SUNY Cortland andWhittier | ||||
| 2004 Details | Salisbury(5) | 13–9 | Nazareth (NY) | Middlebury and Washington (MD) | ||||||
| 2005 Details | Philadelphia, PA | Lincoln Financial Field | Salisbury(6) | 11–10 | Middlebury | Nazareth and Roanoke | ||||
| 2006 Details | SUNY Cortland | 13–12 (OT) | Salisbury' | Roanoke andWesleyan | ||||||
| 2007 Details | Baltimore, MD | M&T Bank Stadium | Salisbury(7) | 15–9 | SUNY Cortland | Gettysburg and Wesleyan | ||||
| 2008 Details | Foxborough, MA | Gillette Stadium | Salisbury(8) | 19–13 | SUNY Cortland | Ithaca and Gettysburg | ||||
| 2009 Details | SUNY Cortland(2) | 9–7 | Gettysburg | Middlebury andStevenson | ||||||
| 2010 Details | Baltimore, MD | M&T Bank Stadium | Tufts | 9–6 | Salisbury | SUNY Cortland and Stevenson | ||||
| 2011 Details | Salisbury(9) | 19–7 | Tufts | Roanoke and RIT | ||||||
| 2012 Details | Foxborough, MA | Gillette Stadium | Salisbury(10) | 14–10 | SUNY Cortland | Stevenson and Tufts | ||||
| 2013 Details | Philadelphia, PA | Lincoln Financial Field | Stevenson | 16–14 | RIT | SUNY Cortland and Salisbury | ||||
| 2014 Details | Baltimore, MD | M&T Bank Stadium | Tufts(2) | 12–9 | Salisbury | RIT and Washington (MD) | ||||
| 2015 Details | Philadelphia, PA | Lincoln Financial Field | Tufts(3) | 19–11 | Lynchburg | RIT and Gettysburg | ||||
| 2016 Details | Salisbury(11) | 14-13 | Tufts | St. Lawrence and Gettysburg | ||||||
| 2017 Details | Foxborough, MA | Gillette Stadium | Salisbury (12) | 15-7 | RIT | Denison and Wesleyan | ||||
| 2018 Details | Wesleyan | 8-6 | Salisbury | Gettysburg and RIT | ||||||
| 2019 Details | Philadelphia, PA | Lincoln Financial Field | Cabrini | 16–12 | Amherst | Williams and Salisbury | ||||
| 2020 Details | Canceled due toCOVID-19 | |||||||||
| 2021 Details | East Hartford, CT | Pratt & Whitney Stadium | RIT | 15–14 (2OT) | Salisbury | Tufts andChristopher Newport | ||||
| 2022 Details | RIT (2) | 12–10 | Union | Tufts andYork | ||||||
| 2023 Details | Philadelphia, PA | Lincoln Financial Field | Salisbury (13) | 17-12 | Tufts | Christopher Newport andRIT | ||||
| 2024 Details | Tufts (4) | 18-14 | RIT | Bowdoin andWashington & Lee | ||||||
| 2025 Details | Foxborough, MA | Gillette Stadium | Tufts (5) | 25-8 | Dickinson | Bowdoin andRIT | ||||
| 2026 Details | Charlottesville, Virginia (Virginia) | Scott Stadium | ||||||||
| Team | Titles | Years |
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| Salisbury | 13 | 1994, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023 |
| Tufts | 5 | 2010, 2014, 2015, 2024, 2025 |
| Middlebury | 3 | 2000, 2001, 2002 |
| Nazareth | 3 | 1992, 1996, 1997 |
| RIT | 2 | 2021, 2022 |
| Cortland | 2 | 2006, 2009 |
| Stevenson | 1 | 2013 |
| Wesleyan (CT) | 1 | 2018 |
| Washington College | 1 | 1998 |
| Team | Titles | Years |
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| Hobart | 13[a] | 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993 |
| Cabrini | 1 | 2019 |
| State | Champions | School | Runners-up | School |
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 New York | 20 | Hobart (13), Nazareth (3), RIT (2), SUNY Cortland (2) | 14 | SUNY Cortland (5), RIT (3), Nazareth (3), Hobart (2), Union (1) |
 Maryland | 15 | Salisbury (13), Washington (1), Stevenson (1) | 13 | Washington (7), Salisbury (6) |
 Massachusetts | 5 | Tufts (5) | 4 | Tufts (3), Amherst (1) |
 Vermont | 3 | Middlebury (3) | 3 | Middlebury (3) |
 Pennsylvania | 1 | Cabrini (1) | 4 | Gettysburg (3), Dickinson (1) |
 Connecticut | 1 | Wesleyan (1) | 0 | |
 Ohio | 0 | 4 | Ohio Wesleyan (4) | |
 Virginia | 0 | 3 | Roanoke (2), Lynchburg (1) |
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