The Big Ten Conference 's men's lacrosse tournament started in 2015 in the first year the conference sponsored men's lacrosse.[1] Until 2019, the top four teams from the regular season qualified for the tournament. From 2021 tournament, all six teams advance to the tournament while top 2 teams are given a bye to the semifinals. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship .
Tournament champions
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
Location
2015
Johns Hopkins
Ohio State
13–6
Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium , College Park, Maryland [2]
2016
Maryland
Rutgers
14–8
Homewood Field , Baltimore, Maryland
2017
Maryland
Ohio State
10–9
Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium , Columbus, Ohio [3]
2018
Johns Hopkins
Maryland
13-10
U-M Lacrosse Stadium , Ann Arbor, Michigan [4]
2019
Penn State
Johns Hopkins
18–17 (OT)
HighPoint.com Stadium , Piscataway, New Jersey [5]
2020
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [6]
2021
Maryland
Johns Hopkins
12–10
Panzer Stadium , State College, Pennsylvania
2022
Maryland
Rutgers
17–7
Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium , College Park, Maryland [2]
2023
Michigan
Maryland
14–5
Homewood Field , Baltimore, Maryland
Tournament history by school
References
^ Lee, Edward (July 1, 2014). "Big Ten expansion 'absolutely huge' for men's lacrosse". Baltimore Sun .
^ a b "2015 B1G MLax Tournament". University of Maryland.
^ "Big Ten Men's Lacrosse Tournament Central". bigten.org . Retrieved 31 July 2019 .
^ "2018 Big Ten Lacrosse Tournaments". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved 31 July 2019 .
^ "2019 Big Ten Men's Lacrosse Tournament Central". Big Ten. Retrieved 31 July 2019 .
^ "BIG TEN STATEMENT ON COMPETITIONS, RECRUITING". 12 March 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2021 .
External links
Men's Lacrosse at BigTen.org