2002 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
The 2002 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 32nd 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 2002 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.
| 2002 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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| Dates | May 11–27, 2002 | ||||
| Teams | 12 | ||||
| Finals site | Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey | ||||
| Champions | Syracuse (7th title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Princeton (8th title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | Johns Hopkins (23rd Final Four) Virginia (15th Final Four) | ||||
| Winning coach | John Desko (2nd title) | ||||
| MOP | Michael Powell, Syracuse | ||||
| Attendance | 19,706 finals 60,968 total | ||||
| Top scorer | Michael Powell, Syracuse (14 goals) | ||||
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Syracuse defeated Princeton in the final, 13–12. The Orangemen's victory—for their record-tying seventh official championship and second in three years—was led by Michael Powell, who had four goals and three assists. The game was a rematch of the 2001 championship game, which was won by Princeton.
The championship game was played at Rutgers Stadium at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, with 19,706 fans in attendance. This was the final championship played on a college campus before later tournament finals were moved to larger National Football League venues.