The 1999 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 29th annual

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hosted by the

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to determine the team champion of men's

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among its Division I programs, held at the end of the 1999 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.

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and held off

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, the number eight seed, in the final, 12–10. This was Virginia's first NCAA title since 1972 and fourth overall, including two pre-NCAA tournament Wingate Trophies in 1952 and 1970. The championship game was played at Byrd Stadium at the

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, with 24,135 fans in attendance.

Summary

Virginia's

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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

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, John Grant, Jr. Grant, Jr. led the

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to a number six national ranking and their first ever tournament win. Grant Jr. was the tournament's leading scorer along with Ryan Powell, with 14 points in just two games. Up until this final, Virginia had lost its last three championship game appearances in overtime. While the Cavaliers built a 9–3 lead by the third quarter, Syracuse still made it close, scoring five unanswered goals to climb back to within 10–9 with 6:30 left. Syracuse became the first number eight seed to make it to the title game. The All-Tournament Team included Conor Gill, Derek Kenney, Ryan Curtis, Jay Jalbert, Court Weisleder, Tucker Radebaugh, Marshall Abrams, Ryan Powell, Dan Denihan and Georgetown's Scott Urick.

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.

Bracket

* ^''(i)'' one overtime

Box scores

Finals

#3 Virginia vs. #8 Syracuse

Semifinals

#5 Georgetown vs. #8 Syracuse

#2 Johns Hopkins vs. #3 Virginia

Quarterfinals

#1 Loyola Maryland vs. #8 Syracuse

#4 Duke vs. #5 Georgetown

#3 Virginia vs. #6 Delaware

#2 Johns Hopkins vs. #7 Hofstra

First round

#8 Syracuse vs. Princeton

#5 Georgetown vs. Notre Dame

#6 Delaware vs. UMBC

#7 Hofstra vs. Navy

All-Tournament Team

, Virginia (Named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player) *Derek Kenney, Virginia *Ryan Curtis, Virginia * Jay Jalbert, Virginia *Court Weisleder, Virginia *Tucker Radebaugh, Virginia *Marshall Abrams, Syracuse * Ryan Powell, Syracuse *Dan Denihan, Johns Hopkins *Scott Urick, Georgetown

Leading scorers

References

External links

NCAA on Demand video of Title Game

Virginia Wins NCAA Men's Lacrosse Title May 31, 1999

UVA Men's Lacrosse Downs Delaware 17-10 in NCAA Quarterfinals May 23, 1999
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