2014 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

2014 NCAA Division I men's
lacrosse tournament
Teams18
Finals siteM&T Bank Stadium
Baltimore, MD
ChampionsDuke Blue Devils (3rd title)
Runner-upNotre Dame Fighting Irish (2nd title game)
SemifinalistsMaryland Terrapins (22nd Final Four)
Denver Pioneers (3rd Final Four)
Winning coachJohn Danowski (3rd title)
MOPJordan Wolf, Duke
Attendance[1]30,428 semi-finals
25,587 finals
56,015 total
Top scorerJordan Wolf, Duke
(13 goals)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
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The 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship was the 44th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college lacrosse. Eighteen teams competed in the tournament, selected by winning an automatic qualifying conference tournament or as an at-large bid based upon their performance during the regular season. The Divisions I men’s lacrosse committees announced the teams in the field on May 4, 2014.

Tournament overview

The tournament started on May 7, 2014 with two play-in games that were played on campus sites. The winners of the games, Bryant and Air Force, advanced onto the first round of the tournament. The tournament concluded with the championship game on May 29 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.

Schools from ten conferences, America East, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big East, CAA, ECAC, Ivy League, MAAC, NEC, and Patriot League, earned automatic bids into the tournament by winning their respective conference tournaments, leaving eight remaining at-large bids for top ranked teams. Air Force (ECAC), Albany (America East), Bryant (NEC), Denver (Big East), Drexel (CAA), Loyola (Patriot), Notre Dame (ACC), Penn (Ivy), Richmond (Atlantic Sun), and Siena (MAAC), were the schools that claimed automatic bids.

In the finals, with Duke leading 8-2 in the third quarter, Notre Dame put together a comeback narrowing the margin to one with five minutes left in the game. Tewaaraton finalist Jordan Wolf closed out the title for Duke with an empty net goal with under a minute left. This was Duke's second straight title, their 3rd title in the prior five years, and their 8th straight final four appearance.

There were several first round upsets, the most notable being Bryant and Drexel winning their first-ever NCAA tournament games, with Bryant upsetting second seeded Syracuse.

Teams

Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI[2] Record
Air Force ECAC Automatic 28 10-5
Albany America East Automatic 13 11-5
Bryant NEC Automatic 22 14-4
Cornell Ivy At Large 8 11-4
5 Denver Big East Automatic 7 14-2
Drexel CAA Automatic 11 12-4
1 Duke ACC At Large 3 13-3
Harvard Ivy At Large 16 10-6
Johns Hopkins Independent At Large 12 10-4
3 Loyola Patriot Automatic 4 15-1
7 Maryland ACC At Large 9 11-3
North Carolina ACC At Large 10 10-4
6 Notre Dame ACC Automatic 5 9-5
4 Penn Ivy Automatic 2 11-3
Richmond Atlantic Sun Automatic 54 6-10
Siena MAAC Automatic 27 11-5
2 Syracuse ACC At Large 1 11-4
8 Virginia ACC At Large 6 10-5

Bracket

Play-in game
May 7
   
Air Force 13
Richmond 5
Play-in game
May 7
   
Bryant 9
Siena 8
First Round
May 10–11 		Quarterfinals
May 17–18
Delaware Stadium
James M. Shuart Stadium 		Semifinals
May 24
M&T Bank Stadium 		Final
May 26
M&T Bank Stadium
            
1 Duke 20
  Air Force 9
1 Duke 19
  Johns Hopkins 11
8 Virginia 8
  Johns Hopkins 14
1 Duke 15
5 Denver 12
4 Penn 11
  Drexel 16
Drexel 6
5 Denver 15
5 Denver 9
  North Carolina 5
1 Duke 11
6 Notre Dame 9
3 Loyola 6
  Albany 13
Albany 13
6 Notre Dame 14*
6 Notre Dame 13
  Harvard 5
6 Notre Dame 11
7 Maryland 6
7 Maryland 8
  Cornell 7
7 Maryland 16
Bryant 8
2 Syracuse 9
  Bryant 10
* = One Overtime

Tournament boxscores


Tournament Finals

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Duke 2 3 3 3 11
Notre Dame 0 1 3 5 9
  • Duke scoring – Jordan Wolf 2, Myles Jones 2, Kyle Keenan 2, Deemer Class 2, Christian Walsh, Thomas Zenker, Will Haus
  • Notre Dame scoring – Sergio Perkovic 5, Matt Kavanagh 2, John Scioscia, Ben Pridemore
  • Shots: Duke 36, Notre Dame 32

Tournament Semi-Finals

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Duke 3 5 3 4 15
Denver 2 2 5 3 12
  • Duke scoring – Kyle Keenan 4, Jordan Wolf 3, Deemer Class 3, Myles Jones 2, Chad Cohan 2, Christian Walsh
  • Denver scoring – Wesley Berg 5, Tyler Pace 3, Jack Bobzien 3, Zach Miller
  • Shots: Duke 38, Denver 36
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame 4 2 4 1 11
Maryland 2 2 1 1 6
  • Notre Dame scoring – Matt Kavanagh 5, Nick Ossello 2, John Scioscia 2, Conor Doyle, Pat Cotter
  • Maryland scoring – Joe LoCascio 2, Mike Chanenchuk, Connor Cannizzaro, Jay Carlson, Henry West
  • Shots: Maryland 38, Notre Dame 34

Tournament Quarterfinals

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Duke 7 5 2 5 19
Johns Hopkins 3 5 2 1 11
  • Duke scoring – Jordan Wolf 5, Josh Dionne 4, Myles Jones 3, Case Matheis 3, Christian Walsh 2, Kyle Keenan 2
  • Johns Hopkins scoring – Rob Guida 3, Holden Cattoni 3, Connor Reed, Wells Stanwick, Ryan Brown, Brandon Benn, John Crawley
  • Shots: Duke 44, Johns Hopkins 35
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Denver 5 5 4 1 15
Drexel 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
Duke 3 4 4 5 20
Air Force 4 2 1 4 9
  • Duke scoring – Myles Jones 3, Case Matheis 3, Jordan Wolf 3, Deemer Class 2, Josh Dionne 2, Will Haus 2, Kyle Keenan 2, Jack Bruckner 2, Seamus Connelly
  • Air Force scoring – Kyle Cassady 3, Mike Crampton 3, Tommy McKee 2, Erik Smith
  • Shots: Duke 45, Air Force 34
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: Penn 47, Drexel 45
  • Saves: Drexel 12, Penn 10
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
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Maryland 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
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Bryant 3 4 1 5 10
Syracuse 1 0 0 0 9
  • 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

  • Jordan Wolf, A, Duke (Most Outstanding Player)
  • Henry Lobb, D, Duke
  • Kyle Keenan, A, Duke
  • Myles Jones, M, Duke
  • Will Haus, M, Duke
  • Deemer Class, A, Duke
  • Sergio Perkovic, M, Notre Dame
  • Conor Kelly, G, Notre Dame
  • Matt Kavanagh, A, Notre Dame
  • Wesley Berg, A, Denver

References

  1. ^ "Weekend Sports Attendance of 210,727 in Baltimore". May 27, 2014.
  2. ^ "50414_MLA_nittygritty_ SELECTION" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 26, 2019.

External links

  • Tournament statistics via NCAA
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