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2019 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Year in Review

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #3 Penn State Nittany Lions

It was a year of firsts for the Nittany Lions, including their first time going to Championship Weekend.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #4 Duke Blue Devils

Duke reached Championship Weekend for the second consecutive season.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #5 Penn Quakers

Penn advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time since 1988.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #6 Loyola Greyhounds

The Greyhounds made another appearance in the NCAA Quarterfinals and had their first ever Tewaaraton Award winner.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #7 Maryland Terrapins

For the first time since 2013, Maryland did not reach Championship Weekend.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Notre Dame was a goal short of reaching Championship Weekend.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #9 Army West Point Black Knights

Army came away with the Patriot League Championship, thanks in part to the emergence of one of the best freshmen in the country.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #10 Georgetown Hoyas

Georgetown won the Big East Championship by defeating Denver for the second consecutive season.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #11 Towson Tigers

Towson returned to the top of the CAA in 2019 and nearly defeated Maryland in the NCAA Tournament.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #12 Richmond Spiders

Richmond won their second consecutive SoCon title and nearly upset Duke in the NCAA Tournament.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #13 Syracuse Orange

Syracuse made it to the NCAA Tournament once again, but were unseeded for the first time since 2012.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #14 Robert Morris Colonials

Robert Morris was able to win their second consecutive NEC title in 2019.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #15 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays

Looking like a team that was not going to make the NCAA Tournament, Johns Hopkins earned two big wins over archrival Maryland late in the season.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #16 UMBC Retrievers

UMBC was the fourth seed in the America East Tournament and surprisingly won the entire thing.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #17 Marist Red Foxes

The Red Foxes won their second MAAC Championship in the last five seasons.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #18 High Point Panthers

The Panthers upset two final four teams in 2019, but could not win the SoCon Tournament.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #19 Hobart Statesmen

Hobart’s hot start was not enough at the end of the season.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #20 Denver Pioneers

Denver missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #21 Quinnipiac Bobcats

With an interim head coach, the Bobcats proved to be one of the better teams in the MAAC.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #22 Lehigh Mountain Hawks

Lehigh bounced in and out of the top 20 throughout the season, but could not claim a Patriot League Championship.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #23 Vermont Catamounts

The Catamounts looked like the best team from the America East, but were unable to take the conference championship.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #24 Drexel Dragons

Drexel made it to the CAA title game for the first time since 2014.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #25 Boston University Terriers

Led by two outstanding offensive studs, the Terriers reached the Patriot League semifinals for the third straight season.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #26 Cornell Big Red

The Big Red were right on the bubble for the NCAA Tournament, but came up just short.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #27 UMass Minutemen

Despite winning the CAA regular season title, the Minutemen were ousted in the conference semifinals.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #28 Delaware Blue Hens

The Blue Hens continued to rise under Ben DeLuca in the CAA.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #29 Air Force Falcons

The Falcons returned to the SoCon Tournament and have plenty of young players looking to take the program back to the top of the conference.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #30 Sacred Heart Pioneers

The Pioneers had two of the conference’s best offensive players in 2019.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #31 Stony Brook Seawolves

Despite winning the regular season America East title, the Seawolves fell in the conference semifinals and made a head coaching change.

2019 Men’s College Lacrosse Year In Review: #32 Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers

The Mount finished above .500 for the first time since 2011 and also hosted the NEC Tournament.