1999 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

1999 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
Finals site	Byrd Stadium
Champions	Virginia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Syracuse
Attendance	24,135 finals 70,668 total
NCAA Division I Men's Championships «1998 2000»

The 1999 NCAA Division I tournament championship game was played at University of Maryland's Byrd Stadium with an attendance of 24,135.

Tournament overview

After building a 9-3 lead in the third quarter, the Virginia Cavaliers were able to hold off the Syracuse Orange, the number eight seed, 12-10. It was Virginia's first NCAA title since 1972 and third overall including one pre-NCAA tournament Wingate Trophy. Syracuse was the first number eight seed to make it to the title game.

Virginia's Conor Gill was named the most outstanding player of the tournament — the first freshman ever to win that honor. Other notable players included Virginia's Jay Jalbert, Syracuse's Ryan Powell, and Delaware's lacrosse player of the year, John Grant, Jr., who led the Delaware Blue Hens to a number six national ranking and their first ever tournament win.

Tournament results

	First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	8	Syracuse	7
		Princeton	5
						1	Loyola	12
						8	Syracuse	17
											8	Syracuse	13
										5	Georgetown	10
						4	Duke	14
						5	Georgetown	17
	5	Georgetown	14
		Notre Dame	10
																8	Syracuse	10
																3	Virginia	12
	6	Delaware	12(i)
		UMBC	11
						3	Virginia	17
						6	Delaware	10
											3	Virginia	16
										2	Johns Hopkins	11
						2	Johns Hopkins	11
						7	Hofstra	7
	7	Hofstra	15
		Navy	7

⁽ⁱ⁾ one overtime

All-Tournament Team

• Conor Gill, Virginia (Named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player)
• Derek Kenney, Virginia
• Ryan Curtis, Virginia
• Jay Jalbert, Virginia
• Court Weisleder, Virginia
• Tucker Radebaugh, Virginia
• Marshall Abrams, Syracuse
• Ryan Powell, Syracuse
• Dan Denihan, Johns Hopkins
• Scott Urick, Georgetown
• John Grant, Jr., Delaware, Ryan Powell, Syracuse, 14 (Tournament Leading Scorers)

External links

• NCAA on Demand video of Title Game