The Sports Almanac

NCAA Lacrosse


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Current Men's NCAA Title Holders


NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS
Current Women's NCAA Title Holders

Men's National Champions Women's National Champions
Through the 2008 Championships
YEAR WINNER LOSER SCORE
1971 Cornell Big Red
Maryland Terrapins
12-6
1972 Virginia Cavaliers
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
13-12
1973 Maryland Terrapins
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
10-9 2OT
1974 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Maryland Terrapins
17-12
1975 Maryland Terrapins
Navy Midshipmen
20-13
1976 Cornell Big Red
Maryland Terrapins
16-13 OT
1977 Cornell Big Red
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
16-8
1978 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Cornell Big Red
13-8
1979 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Maryland Terrapins
15-9
1980 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Virginia Cavaliers
9-8 2OT
1981 North Carolina Tar Heels
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
14-13
1982 North Carolina Tar Heels
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
7-5
1983 Syracuse Orangemen
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
17-16
1984 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Syracuse Orangemen
13-10
1985 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Syracuse Orangemen
11-4
1986 North Carolina Tar Heels
Virginia Cavaliers
10-9 OT
1987 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Cornell Big Red
11-10
1988 Syracuse Orangemen
Cornall Big Red
13-8
1989 Syracuse Orangemen
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
13-12
1990 Syracuse Orangemen
Loyola Greyhounds
21-9
1991 North Carolina Tar Heels
Towson Tigers
18-13
1992 Princeton Tigers
Syracuse Orangemen
10-9 OT
1993 Syracuse Orangemen
North Carolina Tar Heels
13-12
1994 Princeton Tigers
Virginia Cavaliers
9-8 OT
1995 Syracuse Orangemen
Maryland Terrapins
13-9
1996 Princeton Tigers
Virginia Cavaliers
13-12 OT
1997 Princeton Tigers
Maryland Terrapins
19-7
1998 Princeton Tigers
Maryland Terrapins
15-5
1999 Virginia Cavaliers
Syracuse Orangemen
12-10
2000 Syracuse Orangemen
Princeton Tigers
13-7
2001 Princeton Tigers
Syracuse Orangemen
10-9 OT
2002
Syracuse Orangemen
Princeton Tigers
13-12
2003
Virginia Cavaliers
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
9-7
2004
Syracuse Orange
Navy Midshipmen
14-13
2005
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Duke Blue Devils
9-8
2006
Virginia Cavaliers
Massachusetts Minutemen
15-7
2007
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Duke Blue Devils
12-11
2008
Syracuse Orange
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
13-10
Women's National Champions  Men's National Champions
YEAR WINNER LOSER SCORE
1982 Massachusetts Minutewomen
Trenton State Lions
9-6
1983 Delaware Fightin Blue Hens
Temple Owls
10-7
1984 Temple Owls
Maryland Terrapins
6-4
1985 New Hampshire Wildcats
Maryland Terrapins
6-5
1986 Maryland Terrapins
Penn State Nittany Lions
11-10
1987 Penn State Nittany Lions
Temple Owls
7-6
1988 Temple Owls
Penn State Nittany Lions
15-7
1989 Penn State Nittany Lions
Harvard Crimson
7-6
1990 Harvard Crimson
Maryland Terrapins
8-7
1991 Virginia Cavaliers
Maryland Terrapins
8-6
1992 Maryland Terrapins
Harvard Crimson
11-10 OT
1993 Virigina Cavaliers
Princeton Tigers
8-6 OT
1994 Princeton Tigers
Maryland Terrapins
10-7
1995 Maryland Terrapins
Princeton Tigers
13-5
1996 Maryland Terrapins
Virginia Cavaliers
10-5
1997 Maryland Terrapins
Loyola Greyhounds
8-7
1998 Maryland Terrapins
Virginia Cavaliers
11-5
1999 Maryland Terrapins
Virginia Cavaliers
16-6
2000 Maryland Terrapins
Princeton Tigers
16-8
2001 Maryland Terrapins
Georgetown Hoyas
14-13 OT
2002
Princeton Tigers
Georgetown Hoyas
12-7
2003
Princeton Tigers
Virignia Cavaliers
8-7
2004
Virginia Cavaliers
Princeton Tigers
10-4
2005
Northwestern Wildcats
Virginia Cavaliers
13-10
2006
Northwestern Wildcats
Dartmouth Big Green
7-4
2007
Northwestern Wildcats
Virginia Cavaliers
15-13
2008
Northwestern Wildcats
Pennsylvania Quakers
10-6