2014 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

2014 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
Teams	16
Finals site	M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore, MD
Champions	Duke (3rd title)
Runner-up	Notre Dame (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Maryland (22nd Final Four) Denver (3rd Final Four)
Winning coach	John Danowski (3rd title)
MOP	Jordan Wolf, Duke
Attendance[1]	30,428 semi-finals 25,587 finals 56,015 total
Top scorer	Jordan Wolf, Duke (13 goals)
NCAA Division I Men's Championships «2013 2015»

The 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship was the 44th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college lacrosse. Sixteen teams competed in the tournament based upon their performance during the regular season, and for some, by means of a conference tournament automatic qualifier or by winning a play-in game. The Divisions I men’s lacrosse committees announced the teams in the field on 4 May 2014, with the two play-in winners rounding out the bracket.

Tournament overview

The tournament started on May 7, 2014 with two play-in games (which are not considered NCAA Tournament games) for the final two automatic qualifying spots (teams which lose in the play-in games are not credited with an NCAA Tournament appearance), that were played on campus sites. The winners of the games, Bryant and Air Force, advanced onto the first round of the tournament. The tournament concluded with the championship game on May 29 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.

Schools from ten conferences, America East, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big East, CAA, ECAC, Ivy League, MAAC, NEC, and Patriot League, earned automatic bids into the tournament by winning their respective conference tournaments, leaving eight remaining at-large bids for top ranked teams. Air Force (ECAC), Albany (America East), Bryant (NEC), Denver (Big East), Drexel (CAA), Loyola (Patriot), Notre Dame (ACC), Penn (Ivy), Richmond (Atlantic Sun), and Siena (MAAC), were the schools that claimed automatic bids.

In the finals, with Duke leading 8-2 in the third quarter, Notre Dame put together another comeback narrowing the margin to one with five minutes left in the game. Tewaaraton finalist Jordan Wolf closed out the title for Duke with an empty net goal with under a minute left. This was Duke's second straight title, their 3rd title in the prior five years, and their 8th straight final four appearance.

Bracket

	Play-in game May 7
	Air Force		13
	Richmond		5

	Play-in game May 7
	Bryant		9
	Siena		8

	First Round May 10–11					Quarterfinals May 17–18 Delaware Stadium James M. Shuart Stadium					Semifinals May 24 M&T Bank Stadium					Final May 26 M&T Bank Stadium
	1	Duke	20
		Air Force	9
						1	Duke	19
							Johns Hopkins	11
	8	Virginia	8
		Johns Hopkins	14
											1	Duke	15
											5	Denver	12
	4	Penn	11
		Drexel	16
							Drexel	6
						5	Denver	15
	5	Denver	9
		North Carolina	5
																1	Duke	11
																6	Notre Dame	9
	3	Loyola	6
		Albany	13
							Albany	13
						6	Notre Dame	14*
	6	Notre Dame	13
		Harvard	5
											6	Notre Dame	11
											7	Maryland	6
	7	Maryland	8
		Cornell	7
						7	Maryland	16
							Bryant	8
	2	Syracuse	9
		Bryant	10

* = One Overtime

Tournament boxscores

Tournament Finals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Duke	4	4	2	2	11
Notre Dame	2	1	1	2	9
Duke scoring – Jordan Wolf 2, Myles Jones 2, Kyle Keenan 2, Deemer Class 2, Christian Walsh, Thomas Zenker, Will Haus Notre Dame scoring – Sergio Perkovic 5, Matt Kavanagh 2, John Scioscia, Ben Pridemore Shots: Duke 36, Notre Dame 32

Tournament Semi-Finals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Duke	3	5	3	4	15
Denver	2	2	5	3	12
Duke scoring – Kyle Keenan 4, Jordan Wolf 3, Deemer Class 3, Myles Jones 2, Chad Cohan 2, Christian Walsh Denver scoring – Wesley Berg 5, Tyler Pace 3, Jack Bobzien 3, Zach Miller Shots: Duke 38, Denver 36

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	4	2	4	1	11
Maryland	2	2	1	1	6
Notre Dame scoring – Matt Kavanagh 5, Nick Ossello 2, John Scioscia 2, Conor Doyle, Pat Cotter Maryland scoring – Joe LoCascio 2, Mike Chanenchuk, Connor Cannizzaro, Jay Carlson, Henry West Shots: Maryland 38, Notre Dame 34

Tournament Quarterfinals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Duke	7	5	2	5	19
Johns Hopkins	3	5	2	1	11
Duke scoring – Jordan Wolf 5, Josh Dionne 4, Myles Jones 3, Case Matheis 3, Christian Walsh 2, Kyle Keenan 2 Johns Hopkins scoring – Rob Guida 3, Holden Cattoni 3, Connor Reed, Wells Stanwick, Ryan Brown, Brandon Benn, John Crawley Shots: Duke 44, Johns Hopkins 35

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Denver	5	5	4	1	15
Drexel	3	0	2	1	6
Denver scoring – Erik Adamson 6, Harrison Archer 2, Zach Miller 2, Tyler Pace, Wesley Berg, Dallas Bridle, Jeremy Noble, Colin Woolford Drexel scoring – Ben McIntosh 2, Nick Trizano 2, Jules Raucci, Nick Saputo Shots: Denver 32, Drexel 28

Tournament First Round

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Duke	3	4	4	5	20
Air Force	4	2	1	4	9
Duke scoring – Myles Jones 3, Case Matheis 3, Jordan Wolf 3, Deemer Class 2, Josh Dionne 2, Will Haus 2, Kyle Keenan 2, Jack Bruckner 2, Seamus Connelly Air Force scoring – Kyle Cassady 3, Mike Crampton 3, Tommy McKee 2, Erik Smith Shots: Duke 45, Penn 34

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Johns Hopkins	3	4	4	5	14
Virginia	4	2	1	4	9
Johns Hopkins scoring – Wells Stanwick 5, Brandon Benn 4, Connor Reed, Holden Cattoni, Kevin Interlicchio, Jack Reilly, Ryan Brown Virginia scoring – Mark Cockerton 2, Ryan Tucker, Owen Van Arsdale, Pat Harbeson, Tyler German, Zed Williams, Joseph Lisicky Shots: Johns Hopkins 45, Virginia 34

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Drexel	3	4	4	5	16
Penn	4	2	1	4	11
Drexel scoring – Ben McIntosh 3, Nick Saputo 3, Ryan Belka 2, Jared Boudreau 2, Jules Raucci 2, Nick Trizano 2, Hank Brown, Chris Frederick Penn scoring – Pete Eldredge 3, Bob Proutt, Jay Connor, Rick Beach Shots: Drexel 45, Penn 34

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Denver	2	2	1	5	9
North Carolina	1	0	0	0	5
Denver scoring – Erik Adamson 2, Zach Miller 2, Jeremy Noble, Jack Bobzein, Wesley Berg, Dallas Bridle, Sean Cannizzarro North Carolina scoring – Thomas Dour Shots: Denver 41, North Carolina 16

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Albany	2	2	1	5	13
Loyola	1	0	0	0	6
Albany scoring – Loyola scoring – Shots: Albany 41, Loyola 16

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	3	4	1	5	13
Harvard	1	0	0	0	5
Notre Dame scoring – John Scioscia 4, Sergio Perkovic 2, Conor Doyle 2, Matt Kavanaugh 2, Will Corrigan, Jack Near, Bobby Gray Harvard scoring – Thomas Dour Shots: Notre Dame 41, Harvard 16

References

1. http://southbmore.com/2014/05/27/weekend-sports-attendance-of-210727-in-baltimore/