NCAA Lacrosse National Championship Winners list, Past champions by year, History.

Top-seeded Cornell (18-1) defeated No. 2 Maryland 13-10 in front of a Memorial Day crowd of 32,512 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, to claim its fourth NCAA title and first since 1977. The Terrapins (14-5) won the title in 2022 but had to settle for a runner-up finish for the third time in the last five NCAA tournaments.

Two days after Cornell relied on its supporting cast to survive a semifinal challenge from Penn State, the Big Red’s biggest stars shined brightest in the final. CJ Kirst, who will likely be adding the Tewaaraton Award to his trophy case later this week, notched six goals and an assist, and his fellow attackman Ryan Goldstein found the net four times. Five of Kirst’s six tallies came after halftime as the Big Red asserted control of the game.

NCAA men's and women's lacrosse championships winners list by year, history

The NCAA holds annual single-elimination tournaments to decide the national champion in both Division I men's and women's lacrosse.

2025: Cornell (M), North Carolina (W)

2024: Notre Dame (M), Boston College (W)

2023: Notre Dame (M), Northwestern (W)

2022: Maryland (M), North Carolina (W)

2021: Virginia (M), Boston College (W)

2020: Both tournaments canceled due to COVID-19

2019: Virginia (M), Maryland (W)

2018: Yale (M), James Madison (W)

2017: Maryland (M), Maryland (W)

2016: North Carolina (M), North Carolina (W)

2015: Denver (M), Maryland (W)

2014: Duke (M), Maryland (W)

2013: Duke (M), North Carolina (W)

2012: Loyola Maryland (M), Northwestern (W)

2011: Virginia (M), Northwestern (W)

2010: Duke (M), Maryland (W)

2009: Syracuse (M), Northwestern (W)

2008: Syracuse (M), Northwestern (W)

2007: Johns Hopkins (M), Northwestern (W)

2006: Virginia (M), Northwestern (W)

2005: Johns Hopkins (M), Northwestern (W)

2004: Syracuse (M), Virginia (W)

2003: Virginia (M), Princeton (W)

2002: Syracuse (M), Princeton (W)

2001: Princeton (M), Maryland (W)

2000: Syracuse (M), Maryland (W)

1999: Virginia (M), Maryland (W)

1998: Princeton (M), Maryland (W)

1997: Princeton (M), Maryland (W)

1996: Princeton (M), Maryland (W)

1995: Syracuse (M), Maryland (W)

1994: Princeton (M), Princeton (W)

1993: Syracuse (M), Virginia (W)

1992: Princeton (M), Maryland (W)

1991: North Carolina (M), Virginia (W)

1990: Syracuse* (M), Harvard (W)

1989: Syracuse (M), Penn State (W)

1988: Syracuse (M), Temple (W)

1987: Johns Hopkins (M), Penn State (W)

1986: North Carolina (M), Maryland (W)

1985: Johns Hopkins (M), New Hampshire (W)

1984: Johns Hopkins (M), Temple (W)

1983: Syracuse (M), Delaware (W)

1982: North Carolina (M), Massachusetts (W)

1981: North Carolina (M)

1980: Johns Hopkins (M)

1979: Johns Hopkins (M)

1978: Johns Hopkins (M)

1977: Cornell (M)

1976: Cornell (M)

1975: Maryland (M)

1974: Johns Hopkins (M)

1973: Maryland (M)

1972: Virginia (M)

1971: Cornell (M)

x-Participation in tournament vacated by NCAA

Who has the most NCAA men's lacrosse championships?

Syracuse have been the most successful program since 1970 with 10 national titles, followed by Johns Hopkins with 9 national titles in the NCAA era. Cornell are the reigning national champions, winning the school's fourth title in 2025.

Who has the most NCAA Women's lacrosse championships?

On the women's side, Maryland has been the most dominant program, winning a record 14 national championships. Six of those titles have come since 2001, when women's lacrosse became a Division I sport. Before then, the title was a national collegiate championship.

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