2012 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

2012 NCAA Division I men's
lacrosse tournament
2012 NCAA Division I men's; lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 12–28, 2012
Teams	16
Finals site	Gillette Stadium; Foxborough, Massachusetts
Champions	Loyola (1st title)
Runner-up	Maryland (11th title game)
Semifinalists	Duke (8th Final Four); Notre Dame (3rd Final Four)
Winning coach	Charley Toomey (Loyola title)
MOP	Eric Lusby, Loyola
Attendance	31,774 semi-finals; 30,816 finals; 62,590 total
Top scorer	Eric Lusby, Loyola; (17 goals)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«2011	2013»

The 2012 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 42nd annual tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team champion of men's college lacrosse among its Division I programs, held at the end of the 2012 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.^[2] The tournament was played from May 12–28, 2012.

Loyola won their first ever NCAA lacrosse title, defeating unseeded Maryland, 9–3. Despite beginning the season unranked, the Greyhounds became the ninth school to win an NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse championship since tournament play began in 1971. Loyola won 12 straight games to start the season before losing their only game, an overtime loss to Johns Hopkins. The Greyhounds' Eric Lusby set a then-tournament record for goals with 17.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The championship game was played at Gillette Stadium, the home of the NFL's New England Patriots, in Foxborough, Massachusetts, with 41,935 fans in attendance.

The United States Naval Academy hosted two quarterfinal matches on May 19 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. Drexel University hosted the other two quarterfinal matches on May 20 at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania.

Qualifying

Sixteen teams were selected to compete in the tournament based upon their performance during the regular season, and for some, by means of a conference tournament automatic qualifier.

Canisius (MAAC), Lehigh (Patriot League), Loyola (ECAC), Massachusetts (CAA), Stony Brook (America East), Syracuse (Big East), and Yale (Ivy League), earned an automatic bid into the tournament by winning their respective conference tournaments. During the tournament, the Colgate Raiders won their first ever NCAA Tournament game, defeating Massachusetts by a score of 13–11.

Bracket

First Round May 12–13			Quarterfinals May 19–20			Semifinals May 26			Final May 28

1	Loyola Maryland	17

	Canisius	5
			1	Loyola Maryland	10

				Denver	9
8	North Carolina	14

	Denver	16
						1	Loyola Maryland	7

						4	Notre Dame	5
4	Notre Dame	13

	Yale	7
			4	Notre Dame	12

			5	Virginia	10
5	Virginia	6

	Princeton	5
									1	Loyola Maryland	9

										Maryland	3
3	Duke	12

	Syracuse	9
			3	Duke	17

				Colgate	6
6	Massachusetts	11

	Colgate	13
						3	Duke	10

							Maryland	16
7	Lehigh	9

	Maryland	10
				Maryland	11

			2	Johns Hopkins	5
2	Johns Hopkins	19

	Stony Brook	9

* = Overtime
† = Double Overtime
‡ = Triple Overtime

Box scores

Finals

#1 Loyola Maryland vs. Maryland

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Loyola	2	3	1	3	9
Maryland	1	2	0	0	3
Loyola scoring – Eric Lusby 4, Mike Sawyer, Pat Byrnes, Davis Butts, Justin Ward, Phil Dobson Maryland scoring – Mike Chanenchuk, Jesse Bernhardt, Kevin Cooper Shots: Loyola 32, Maryland 29 Saves: Maryland 8, Loyola 7

Semifinals

#1 Loyola Maryland vs. #4 Notre Dame

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Loyola	2	3	2	0	7
Notre Dame	1	2	0	2	5
Loyola scoring – Eric Lusby 5, Josh Hawkins, Davis Butts Notre Dame scoring – Westy Hopkins 2, Nicholas Beattie, Sean Rogers, Jim Marlatt Shots: Loyola 28, Notre Dame 28 Saves: Loyola 15 , Notre Dame 13

#3 Duke vs. Maryland

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Maryland	3	4	3	6	16
Duke	2	2	3	3	10
Maryland scoring - Drew Snider 4, Owen Blye 3, Billy Gribbin 2, Kevin Forster 2, Kevin Cooper, Joe Cummings, John Haus, Mike Chanenchuk, Sean McGuire Duke scoring – Justin Turri 2, Robert Rotanz 2, Josh Dionne, Christian Walsh, CJ Costabile, Josh Offit, Eddie Loftus, Andrew Vekstein Shots: Duke 32, Maryland 29 Shots: Maryland 10, Duke 7 Attendance: 31,774

Quarterfinals

#1 Loyola Maryland vs. #8 Denver

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Loyola	2	4	3	1	10
Denver	2	2	2	3	9
Loyola scoring – Eric Lusby 5, Josh Hawkins, Davis Butts Denver scoring – Rob Guida 3, Holden Cattoni 3, Connor Reed, Wells Stanwick, Ryan Brown, Brandon Benn, John Crawley Shots: Loyola 44, Denver 35 Saves: Loyola 44, Denver 35

First round

#1 Loyola Maryland vs. Canisius

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Loyola	4	0	5	8	17
Canisius	0	3	0	2	5
Loyola scoring – Mike Sawyer 5, Eric Lusby 3, Davis Butts 2, Scott Ratliff 2, Chris Layne, Pat Byrnes, Justin Ward, Tyler Foley, Will Fredericks Canisius scoring – Jimmy Haney 3, Brandon Bull, Travis Gibbons Shots: Loyola 47, Canisius 22 Shots: Canisius 12, Loyola 2

#8 Denver vs. North Carolina

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

All-tournament team

Eric Lusby, A, Loyola (Most Outstanding Player)
Josh Hawkins, M, Loyola
Joe Fletcher, D, Loyola
Scott Ratliff, LSM, Loyola
Jack Runkel, G, Loyola
Joe Cummings, A, Maryland
Drew Snider, M, Maryland
Jesse Bernhardt, D, Maryland
Brendan J.R. Murphy, D, Canisius
C.J. Costabile, LSM, Duke
John Kemp, G, Notre Dame

Leading scorers

Leading Scorers
Name	GP	G	A	Pts
Eric Lusby, Loyola	4	17	5	22
Jeremy Noble, Denver	2	5	8	13
Justin Turri, Duke	3	6	6	12
Robert Rotanz, Duke	3	10	1	11
Steele Stanwick, Virginia	2	3	6	9
Jay Jalbert, Virginia	3	8	4	12
Tucker Radebaugh, Virginia	3	7	5	12
Drew McKnight, Virginia	3	6	5	11
Dan Denihan, Johns Hopkins	2	9	2	11
Mike Henehan, Georgetown	3	7	4	11
Greg McCavera, Georgetown	3	6	5	11

References

^ "LaxPower Mobile". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
^ "DIVISION I MEN'S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ "ESPN Announces College Lacrosse Schedule for 2012". Inside Lacrosse. 23 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
^ "Navy To Host The Men's Lacrosse Quarterfinals In 2012". United States Naval Academy. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
^ "May Madness: Men's Division I Bracketology, May 6". Inside Lacrosse. 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
^ "Men's Lacrosse: Colgate Defeats Previously Unbeaten UMass in NCAA First Round". Inside Lacrosse. 12 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

External links

Tournament statistics via NCAA

[1] "LaxPower Mobile". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.

[2] "DIVISION I MEN'S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

[3] "ESPN Announces College Lacrosse Schedule for 2012". Inside Lacrosse. 23 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

[4] "Navy To Host The Men's Lacrosse Quarterfinals In 2012". United States Naval Academy. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

[5] "May Madness: Men's Division I Bracketology, May 6". Inside Lacrosse. 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.

[6] "Men's Lacrosse: Colgate Defeats Previously Unbeaten UMass in NCAA First Round". Inside Lacrosse. 12 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

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