The NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship formerly known as the Wingate Memorial Champion

The NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship
formerly known as the Wingate Memorial Champion

The first intercollegiate lacrosse tournament, however, was held in 1881 with Harvard beating Princeton, 3-0 in the championship game. From this point through 1934, collegiate lacrosse associations chose an annual champion based on regular season records. The USILL acted as the governing body for lacrosse in the United States until it was replaced by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) in 1929, and from 1934 through 1970 the USILA chose the Wingate Memorial Trophy champion. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) held its first national tournament in 1971. The Wingate Memorial Trophy was presented to the first two NCAA champions and was then retired. The NCAA has since been holding the annual Men’s Lacrosse Championships. The following history of champions is from Wikipedia.

List of USILA Champions 1881-1934

Wingate Memorial Trophy Winners

Year	Champion	Year	Champion	Year	Champion
1936	Maryland	1949	Johns Hopkins	1961	Army, Navy
1937	Maryland, Princeton	1950	Johns Hopkins	1962	Navy
1938	Navy	1951	Army, Princeton	1963	Navy
1939	Maryland	1952	Rensselaer	1964	Navy
1940	Maryland	1953	Princeton	1965	Navy
1941	Johns Hopkins	1954	Navy	1966	Navy
1942	Princeton	1955	Maryland	1967	Maryland, Navy, Johns Hopkins
1943	Navy	1956	Maryland	1968	Johns Hopkins
1944	Army	1957	Johns Hopkins	1969	Army, Johns Hopkins
1945	Army, Navy	1958	Army	1970	Johns Hopkins, Navy, Virginia
1946	Navy	1959	Army, Johns Hopkins	1971	Cornell
1947	Johns Hopkins	1960	Navy	1972	Virginia

Division I NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Champions

Year	Champion	Score	Defeated	Venue
1971	Cornell	12 - 6	Maryland	Hofstra Stadium, Hempstead, NY
1972	Virginia	13 - 12	Johns Hopkins	Byrd Stadium, College Park, MD
1973	Maryland	10 - 9 (2 OT)	Johns Hopkins	Franklin Field, Philadelphia, PA
1974	Johns Hopkins	17 - 12	Maryland	Rutgers Stadium I, Piscataway, NJ
1975	Maryland	20 - 13	Navy	Homewood Field, Baltimore, MD
1976	Cornell	16 - 13 (OT)	Maryland	Brown Stadium, Providence, RI
1977	Cornell	16 - 8	Johns Hopkins	Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, VA
1978	Johns Hopkins	13 - 8	Cornell	Rutgers Stadium I, Piscataway, NJ
1979	Johns Hopkins	15 - 9	Maryland	Byrd Stadium
1980	Johns Hopkins	9 - 8 (2 OT)	Virginia	Schoellkopf Field, Ithaca, NY
1981	North Carolina	14 - 13	Johns Hopkins	Palmer Stadium, Princeton, NJ
1982	North Carolina	7 - 5	Johns Hopkins	Scott Stadium
1983	Syracuse	17 - 16	Johns Hopkins	Rutgers Stadium I
1984	Johns Hopkins	13 - 10	Syracuse	Delaware Stadium, Newark, DE
1985	Johns Hopkins	11 - 4	Syracuse	Brown Stadium
1986	North Carolina	10 - 9 (OT)	Virginia	Delaware Stadium
1987	Johns Hopkins	11 - 10	Cornell	Rutgers Stadium I
1988	Syracuse	13 - 8	Cornell	Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY
1989	Syracuse	13 - 12	Johns Hopkins	Byrd Stadium
1990	Syracuse^[a]	21 - 9	Loyola (MD)	Rutgers Stadium I
1991	North Carolina	18 - 13	Towson	Carrier Dome
1992	Princeton	10 - 9 OT	Syracuse	Franklin Field
1993	Syracuse	13 - 12	North Carolina	Byrd Stadium
1994	Princeton	9 - 8 (OT)	Virginia	Byrd Stadium
1995	Syracuse	13 - 9	Maryland	Byrd Stadium
1996	Princeton	13 - 12 (OT)	Virginia	Byrd Stadium
1997	Princeton	19 - 7	Maryland	Byrd Stadium
1998	Princeton	15 - 5	Maryland	Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway
1999	Virginia	12 - 10	Syracuse	Byrd Stadium
2000	Syracuse	13 - 7	Princeton	Byrd Stadium
2001	Princeton	10 - 9 (OT)	Syracuse	Rutgers Stadium
2002	Syracuse	13 - 12	Princeton	Rutgers Stadium
2003	Virginia	9 - 7	Johns Hopkins	M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore
2004	Syracuse	14 - 13	Navy	M&T Bank Stadium
2005	Johns Hopkins	9 - 8	Duke	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
2006	Virginia	15 - 7	Massachusetts	Lincoln Financial Field
2007	Johns Hopkins	12 - 11	Duke	M&T Bank Stadium
2008	Syracuse	13 - 10	Johns Hopkins	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
2009	Syracuse	-	-	-
2010	Duke	-	-	-
2011	Virginia	-	-	-

Division II NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Champions

Year	Champion	Score	Defeated	Venue
1974	Towson State	18-17 (ot)	Hobart	Cortland State
1975	Cortland State	12-11	Hobart	LIU CW Post
1976	Hobart	18-9	Adelphi	UMBC
1977	Hobart	23-13	Washington (MD)	Hobart
1978	Roanoke	14-13	Hobart	Hobart
1979	Adelphi	17-12	UMBC	Adelphi
1980	UMBC	23-14	Adelphi	UMBC
1981	Adelphi	17-14	Loyola (MD)	Adelphi
1982-1992	No NCAA Division II tournament
1993	Adelphi	11-7	C.W. Post	LIU CW Post
1994	Springfield	15-12	New York Tech	LIU CW Post
1995	Adelphi	12-10	Springfield	Springfield
1996	C.W. Post	15-10	Adelphi	LIU CW Post
1997	New York Tech	18-11	Adelphi	Adelphi
1998	Adelphi	18-6	C.W. Post	Rutgers
1999	Adelphi	11-8	C.W. Post	Maryland
2000	Limestone College	10-9	C.W. Post	Maryland
2001	Adelphi	14-10	Limestone College	Rutgers
2002	Limestone College	11-9	New York Tech	Rutgers
2003	New York Tech	9-4	Limestone College	M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore
2004	LeMoyne	11-10 (2 OT)	Limestone College	M&T Bank Stadium
2005	New York Tech	14-13 (OT)	Limestone College	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
2006	LeMoyne	12-5	Dowling	Lincoln Financial Field
2007	LeMoyne	6-5	Mercyhurst	M&T Bank Stadium
2008	New York Tech	16-11	LeMoyne	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
2009	C.W. Post	-	-	-
2010	C.W. Post	-	-	-
2011	Mercyhurst	-	-	-

Division III NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Champions

Year	Champion	Score	Defeated	Venue
1980	Hobart	11-8	SUNY Cortland	Hobart
1981	Hobart	10-8	SUNY Cortland	Hobart
1982	Hobart	9-8 (OT)	Washington College (MD)	Hobart
1983	Hobart	13-9	Roanoke	Hobart
1984	Hobart	12-5	Washington College (MD)	Hobart
1985	Hobart	15-8	Washington College (MD)	Washington College
1986	Hobart	13-10	Washington College (MD)	Hobart
1987	Hobart	9-5	Ohio Wesleyan	Hobart
1988	Hobart	18-9	Ohio Wesleyan	Ohio Wesleyan
1989	Hobart	11-8	Ohio Wesleyan	Hobart
1990	Hobart	18-6	Washington College (MD)	Hobart
1991	Hobart	12-11	Salisbury State	Salisbury
1992	Nazareth (NY)	22-11	Roanoke	Pennsylvania
1993	Hobart	16-10	Ohio Wesleyan	Maryland
1994	Salisbury State	15-9	Hobart	Maryland
1995	Salisbury State	22-13	Nazareth (NY)	Maryland
1996	Nazareth (NY)	11-10 (OT)	Washington College (MD)	Maryland
1997	Nazareth (NY)	15-14 (OT)	Washington College (MD)	Maryland
1998	Washington College (MD)	16-10	Nazareth (NY)	Rutgers
1999	Salisbury State	13-6	Middlebury	Maryland
2000	Middlebury	16-12	Salisbury State	Maryland
2001	Middlebury	15-10	Gettysburg	Rutgers
2002	Middlebury	14-9	Gettysburg	Rutgers
2003	Salisbury	14-13 (OT)	Middlebury	M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore
2004	Salisbury	13-9	Nazareth (NY)	M&T Bank Stadium
2005	Salisbury	11-10	Middlebury	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
2006	SUNY Cortland	13-12 (OT)	Salisbury	Lincoln Financial Field
2007	Salisbury	15-9	SUNY Cortland	M&T Bank Stadium
2008	Salisbury	19-13	SUNY Cortland	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
2009	Cortland	-	-	-
2010	Tufts	-	-	-
2011	Salisbury	-	-	-