The 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 26th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Twelve NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.
The championship game was played at Maryland's Byrd Stadium in front of 22,102 fans.[1] The game saw Princeton defeat Virginia by the score of 13-12 in overtime. Jesse Hubbard scored the game-winning goal for Princeton in overtime. This was Princeton's third national championship under Head Coach Bill Tierney, since 1992.[2]
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Towson | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loyola | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Princeton | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Towson | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Princeton | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Syracuse | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | North Carolina | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Syracuse | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Syracuse | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Army | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Princeton | 13 * | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Virginia | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Hofstra | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Virginia | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Virginia | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Johns Hopkins | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Maryland | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Johns Hopkins | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Johns Hopkins | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
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