2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship was the 46th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college lacrosse. Eighteen teams competed in the tournament, chosen by either winning an automatic qualifying conference tournament or as an at-large bid based on their performance during the regular season. The participating teams were announced on May 8.

2016 NCAA Division I Men's
Lacrosse Championship
Teams18
Finals siteLincoln Financial Field
Philadelphia, PA
ChampionsNorth Carolina (5th title)
Runner-upMaryland (13th title game)
SemifinalistsLoyola (4th Final Four)
Brown (2nd Final Four)
Winning coachJoe Breschi (1st title)
MOPChris Cloutier, UNC
Attendance33,137 semi-finals
26,749 finals
59,886 total
Top scorerChris Cloutier, UNC
(19 goals)
NCAA Division I Men's Championships
«2015 2017»

North Carolina won the title, defeating Maryland 14–13 in overtime in the final, becoming the first unseeded team to win the championship.[1] Chris Cloutier had 19 goals and 3 assists in the tournament, including 9 goals against Loyola in the semifinals. The 19 goals is a tournament record.

Maryland was ahead by two goals with over seven minutes to play before Carolina tied the game. A potential game winning goal by Colin Heacock of Maryland went off the crossbar with just over a minute left in regulation. The game went into overtime where Kyle Bernlohr made a miracle save for Maryland, but the Terps were called for a one minute penalty on the play. On the man up, Michael Tagliaferri fed Chris Cloutier who beat Bernlohr low for the winning goal.

Tournament overview

The play-in games were played at campus sites on May 11. The first round games were played at campus sites on May 14 and 15. The quarterfinal games were played on May 21, 2016 at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island, and May 22, 2016 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.

The semifinals were contested on May 28, 2016, and the championship on May 30, 2016. The semifinals and championship were held at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, and hosted by Drexel University.[2]

Schools from 10 conferences, the America East Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big East Conference, Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), Big Ten Conference, Ivy League, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), Northeast Conference (NEC), Patriot League, and Southern Conference (SoCon) received automatic bids into the tournament by winning their respective conference tournaments, leaving eight remaining at-large bids for top ranked teams.[3] The top fourteen seeds were placed directly into the bracket, and the four lowest seeds met in play-in games to the Sweet 16.[4]

Teams
Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI[5] Record
Air Force Southern Automatic 13 15-2
Albany America East At-large 8 12-3
5 Brown Ivy At-large 5 14-2
2 Denver Big East At-large 3 13-2
Duke ACC At-large 9 11-7
Hartford America East Automatic 30 11-6
Hobart Northeast Automatic 35 10-6
Johns Hopkins Big Ten At-large 11 8-6
7 Loyola Patriot Automatic 7 12-3
6 Marquette Big East Automatic 6 11-4
1 Maryland Big Ten Automatic 1 14-2
Navy Patriot At-large 14 10-4
North Carolina ACC At-large 17 8-6
3 Notre Dame ACC At-large 2 10-3
Quinnipiac MAAC Automatic 24 11-3
8 Syracuse ACC Automatic 10 11-4
Towson CAA Automatic 12 14-2
4 Yale Ivy Automatic 4 13-2

Bracket
Play-in game
May 11
   
Quinnipiac 14
Hartford 9
Play-in game
May 11
   
Towson 18
Hobart 5
First Round
May 14–15 		Quarterfinals
May 21–22
Brown Stadium
Ohio Stadium 		Semifinals
May 28
Lincoln Financial Field 		Final
May 30
Lincoln Financial Field
            
1 Maryland 13
  Quinnipiac 6
1 Maryland 13
8 Syracuse 7
8 Syracuse 11
  Albany 9
1 Maryland 15*
5 Brown 14
4 Yale 10
  Navy 13
Navy 10
5 Brown 11
5 Brown 17
  Johns Hopkins 8
1 Maryland 13
  North Carolina 14*
3 Notre Dame 15
  Air Force 7
3 Notre Dame 9
  North Carolina 13
6 Marquette 9
  North Carolina 10
  North Carolina 18
7 Loyola 13
7 Loyola 16
  Duke 11
7 Loyola 10
  Towson 8
2 Denver 9
  Towson 10
* = Overtime

References
  1. Bob Herzog (May 30, 2016). "North Carolina upsets No. 1 Maryland in OT for NCAA lacrosse title". Newday. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  2. "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA.com. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  3. "2015 NCAA Championship Format". NCAA.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  4. "Men's Lacrosse: 2016 Division I selections announced". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  5. "nitty selection" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
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