The NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships
The NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship is ranked number 95 on the list and took place this past weekend. While not enjoying the prominence of NCAA Men’s Basketball’s Final Four, the NCAA Lacrosse Championship match has it beat in attendance and drawing power. For three days, the Division I, II, and III champions are decided, the only NCAA event that allows three divisions at one site. A lacrosse fanatic’s dream come true. Truly the best of the best battling it out on the lacrosse field. Syracuse took the Division I title this year.
The weekend is more than just lacrosse matches. Fan-oriented events are scheduled, including youth lacrosse clinics, interactive fan zones, and community-oriented initiatives.
Fun Facts:
The average lacrosse program has anywhere from forty-five to fifty players.
From 1996 to 2006, 152 new NCAA lacrosse programs were added.
Twenty-seven new varsity lacrosse programs were started in 2008.
The NCAA National Lacrosse championships boast an attendance of 50,000 per division championship.
As of 2007, there were nearly 17,000 male college lacrosse players.
Participation in NCAA men’s lacrosse has increased by over 25 percent from 1997to 2007.
Men’s lacrosse ranks fifth out of eighty NCAA sponsored championships in merchandise sales.
New York has the greatest number of men’s college lacrosse teams in the country. California is a close second.
