The 2000 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 30th annual
tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
hosted by the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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to determine the team champion of men's
college lacrosse among its
Division I programs, held at the end of the
2000 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.
Syracuse defeated
Princeton
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in the final, 13–7.
This marked the seventh victory in a national championship game for the Syracuse program.
The championship game was played at
Byrd Stadium
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at the
University of Maryland
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in
College Park, Maryland
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, with 24,105 fans in attendance.
Qualifying
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.
No teams made their debut appearance in the Division I lacrosse tournament.
Tournament bracket
* * = Overtime
All-Tournament Team
*Liam Banks, Syracuse (Named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player)
*Rob Mulligan, Syracuse
*
Ryan Powell, Syracuse
*Marshall Abrams, Syracuse
*
John Glatzel, Syracuse
*
Josh Sims, Princeton
*Sean Hartofilis, Princeton
*Ryan Curtis, Virginia
*
Conor Gill
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High school and collegiate career
Conor Gill was a standout att ...
, Virginia
*A.J. Haugen, Johns Hopkins
See also
*
2000 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
*
2000 NCAA Division II lacrosse tournament
*
2000 NCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament
Footnotes
References
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