1999 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

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

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*  
   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  
* = Overtime

All-Tournament Team

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