2012 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

2012 NCAA Division I Men's
Lacrosse Championship
2012 NCAA Division I Men's; Lacrosse Championship
Dates	May 12–28
Teams	16
Finals site	Gillette Stadium; Foxborough, MA
Champions	Loyola (1st title)
Runner-up	Maryland
MOP	Eric Lusby, Loyola
Attendance[1]	31,774 semi-finals; 30,816 finals; 62,590 total
Top scorer	Eric Lusby, Loyola; (17 goals)
NCAA Division I Men's Championships
«2011	2013»

The 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship was the 42nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college lacrosse. Sixteen teams were selected to compete in the tournament based upon their performance during the regular season, and for some, by means of a conference tournament automatic qualifier.

Tournament overview

The tournament started on May 12 and ended on May 28, with the Championship game being played at Gillette Stadium, home of the National Football League's New England Patriots. The United States Naval Academy hosted two quarterfinal matches on May 19 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. Drexel University hosted the other two quarterfinal matches on May 20 at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania.

Canisius (MAAC), Lehigh (Patriot League), Loyola (ECAC), Massachusetts (CAA), Stony Brook (America East), Syracuse (Big East), and Yale (Ivy League), earned an automatic bid into the tournament by winning their respective conference tournaments. During the tournament, the Colgate Raiders won their first ever NCAA Tournament game, defeating Massachusetts by a score of 13–11.

Eric Lusby for Loyola set a then tournament record for goals with 17, and the Loyola Greyhounds won their first ever NCAA lacrosse title in defeating unseeded Maryland, 9-3. Loyola began the season unranked. The Greyhounds were just the ninth school to win an NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse championship, since tournament play began in 1971. Loyola won 12 straight games to start the season before losing their only game, an overtime loss to Johns Hopkins.[2][3][4][5]

Tournament bracket

First Round May 12–13			Quarterfinals May 19–20			Semifinals May 26			Final May 28

1	Loyola	17

	Canisius	5
			1	Loyola	10

				Denver	9
8	North Carolina	14

	Denver	16
						1	Loyola	7

						4	Notre Dame	5
4	Notre Dame	13

	Yale	7
			4	Notre Dame	12

			5	Virginia	10
5	Virginia	6

	Princeton	5
									1	Loyola	9

										Maryland	3
3	Duke	12

	Syracuse	9
			3	Duke	17

				Colgate	6
6	Massachusetts	11

	Colgate	13
						3	Duke	10

							Maryland	16
7	Lehigh	9

	Maryland	10
				Maryland	11

			2	Johns Hopkins	5
2	Johns Hopkins	19

	Stony Brook	9

Tournament boxscores

Tournament Finals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Loyola	2	3	1	3	9
Maryland	1	2	0	0	3
Loyola scoring – Eric Lusby 4, Mike Sawyer, Pat Byrnes, Davis Butts, Justin Ward, Phil Dobson Maryland scoring – Mike Chanenchuk, Jesse Bernhardt, Kevin Cooper Shots: Loyola 32, Maryland 29 Saves: Maryland 8, Loyola 7

Tournament Semi-Finals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Loyola	2	3	2	0	7
Notre Dame	1	2	0	2	5
Loyola scoring – Eric Lusby 5, Josh Hawkins, Davis Butts Notre Dame scoring – Westy Hopkins 2, Nicholas Beattie, Sean Rogers, Jim Marlatt Shots: Loyola 28, Notre Dame 28 Saves: Loyola 15 , Notre Dame 13

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Maryland	3	4	3	6	16
Duke	2	2	3	3	10
Maryland scoring - Drew Snider 4, Owen Blye 3, Billy Gribbin 2, Kevin Forster 2, Kevin Cooper, Joe Cummings, John Haus, Mike Chanenchuk, Sean McGuire Duke scoring – Justin Turri 2, Robert Rotanz 2, Josh Dionne, Christian Walsh, CJ Costabile, Josh Offit, Eddie Loftus, Andrew Vekstein Shots: Duke 32, Maryland 29 Shots: Maryland 10, Duke 7 Attendance: 31,774

Tournament Quarterfinals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Loyola	2	4	3	1	10
Denver	2	2	2	3	9
Loyola scoring – Eric Lusby 5, Josh Hawkins, Davis Butts Denver scoring – Rob Guida 3, Holden Cattoni 3, Connor Reed, Wells Stanwick, Ryan Brown, Brandon Benn, John Crawley Shots: Loyola 44, Denver 35 Saves: Loyola 44, Denver 35

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
D	5	5	4	1	15
D	3	0	2	1	6
Denver scoring – Erik Adamson 6, Harrison Archer 2, Zach Miller 2, Tyler Pace, Wesley Berg, Dallas Bridle, Jeremy Noble, Colin Woolford Drexel scoring – Ben McIntosh 2, Nick Trizano 2, Jules Raucci, Nick Saputo Shots: Denver 32, Drexel 28

Tournament First Round

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Loyola	4	0	5	8	17
Canisius	0	3	0	2	5
Loyola scoring – Mike Sawyer 5, Eric Lusby 3, Davis Butts 2, Scott Ratliff 2, Chris Layne, Pat Byrnes, Justin Ward, Tyler Foley, Will Fredericks Canisius scoring – Jimmy Haney 3, Brandon Bull, Travis Gibbons Shots: Loyola 47, Canisius 22 Shots: Canisius 12, Loyola 2

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Johns Hopkins	3	4	4	5	14
Virginia	4	2	1	4	9
Johns Hopkins scoring – Wells Stanwick 5, Brandon Benn 4, Connor Reed, Holden Cattoni, Kevin Interlicchio, Jack Reilly, Ryan Brown Virginia scoring – Mark Cockerton 2, Ryan Tucker, Owen Van Arsdale, Pat Harbeson, Tyler German, Zed Williams, Joseph Lisicky Shots: Johns Hopkins 45, Virginia 34

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Drexel	3	4	4	5	16
Penn	4	2	1	4	11
Drexel scoring – Ben McIntosh 3, Nick Saputo 3, Ryan Belka 2, Jared Boudreau 2, Jules Raucci 2, Nick Trizano 2, Hank Brown, Chris Frederick Penn scoring – Nick Doktor 3, Pat Berkery, Isaac Bock, Drew Belinsky, Zack Losco, Chris Hilburn, Joe McCallion, Alex Blonsky, Kevin Brown Shots: Drexel 45, Penn 47

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Denver	2	2	1	5	9
North Carolina	1	0	0	0	5
Denver scoring – Erik Adamson 2, Zach Miller 2, Jeremy Noble, Jack Bobzein, Wesley Berg, Dallas Bridle, Sean Cannizzarro North Carolina scoring – Thomas Dour Shots: Denver 41, North Carolina 16

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Albany	3	4	2	4	13
Loyola	1	2	2	1	6
Albany scoring – Miles Thompson 5, Lyle Thompson 3, Ty Thompson 3, Jon Newhouse 1, Will Stenberg 1 Loyola scoring – Justin Ward 2, Pat Laconi 2, Nikko Pontrello 1, Romar Dennis 1 Shots: Albany 44, Loyola 41

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	3	4	1	5	13
Harvard	1	0	0	0	5
Notre Dame scoring – John Scioscia 4, Sergio Perkovic 2, Conor Doyle 2, Matt Kavanaugh 2, Will Corrigan, Jack Near, Bobby Gray Harvard scoring – Thomas Dour Shots: Notre Dame 41, Harvard 16

All-Tournament

Eric Lusby, A, Loyola (Most Outstanding Player)
Josh Hawkins, M, Loyola
Joe Fletcher, D, Loyola
Scott Ratliff, LSM, Loyola
Jack Runkel, G, Loyola
Joe Cummings, A, Maryland
Drew Snider, M, Maryland
Jesse Bernhardt, D, Maryland
Brendan J.R. Murphy, D, Canisius
C.J. Costabile, LSM, Duke
John Kemp, G, Notre Dame

Leading Scorers

Leading Scorers
Name	GP	G	A	Pts
Eric Lusby, Loyola	4	17	5	22
Jeremy Noble, Denver	2	5	8	13
Justin Turri, Duke	3	6	6	12
Robert Rotanz, Duke	3	10	1	11
Steele Stanwick, Virginia	2	3	6	9
Jay Jalbert, Virginia	3	8	4	12
Tucker Radebaugh, Virginia	3	7	5	12
Drew McKnight, Virginia	3	6	5	11
Dan Denihan, Johns Hopkins	2	9	2	11
Mike Henehan, Georgetown	3	7	4	11
Greg McCavera, Georgetown	3	6	5	11

References

"LaxPower Mobile". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
"ESPN Announces College Lacrosse Schedule for 2012". Inside Lacrosse. 23 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
"Navy To Host The Men's Lacrosse Quarterfinals In 2012". United States Naval Academy. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
"May Madness: Men's Division I Bracketology, May 6". Inside Lacrosse. 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
"Men's Lacrosse: Colgate Defeats Previously Unbeaten UMass in NCAA First Round". Inside Lacrosse. 12 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

External links

Tournament statistics via NCAA

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[1] "LaxPower Mobile". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.

[2] "ESPN Announces College Lacrosse Schedule for 2012". Inside Lacrosse. 23 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

[3] "Navy To Host The Men's Lacrosse Quarterfinals In 2012". United States Naval Academy. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

[4] "May Madness: Men's Division I Bracketology, May 6". Inside Lacrosse. 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.

[5] "Men's Lacrosse: Colgate Defeats Previously Unbeaten UMass in NCAA First Round". Inside Lacrosse. 12 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

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