1997 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

1997 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
Teams	12
Finals site	Byrd Stadium
Champions	Princeton (4th title)
Runner-up	Maryland
Attendance[1]	25,317 finals 77,170 total
NCAA Division I Men's Championships «1996 1998»

The 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 27th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. 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.

The championship game was played at Maryland's Byrd Stadium in front of 25,317 fans,^[2] The game saw the Princeton University defeat University of Maryland by the score of 19–7.^[1] This is Princeton's second consecutive national championship under Head Coach Bill Tierney, and their fourth title since 1992.

Tournament bracket

	First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	8	Massachusetts	6
		Hofstra	4
						1	Princeton	11
						8	Massachusetts	9
											1	Princeton	10
										5	Duke	9
						4	Johns Hopkins	11
						5	Duke	12*
	5	Duke	11
		Brown	6
																1	Princeton	19
																7	Maryland	7
	6	Loyola	21
		Notre Dame	5
						3	Syracuse	13
						6	Loyola	12
											3	Syracuse	17
										7	Maryland	18
						2	Virginia	9
						7	Maryland	10
	7	Maryland	14
		Georgetown	10

• * = Overtime

All-Tournament Team

• Jon Hess, Princeton (Named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player)
• Jesse Hubbard, Princeton
• Chris Massey, Princeton
• Becket Wolf, Princeton
• Pat Cairns, Princeton
• Matt Hahn, Maryland
• Andrew Whipple, Maryland
• Casey Powell, Syracuse
• John Fay, Duke
• Rob Kavovit, Syracuse

References

1. "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (pdf). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.
2. "Attendance Figures for the NCAA Men's Championships". LaxPower.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-25.