The 2000 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 30th annual

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hosted by the

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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

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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

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at the

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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 *

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, Virginia *A.J. Haugen, Johns Hopkins

Footnotes

References

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Qualifying

Tournament bracket

All-Tournament Team

See also

Footnotes

References