2004 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
The 2004 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 34th 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 2004 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.
| 2004 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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Penn and Navy played in the first round | |||||
| Dates | May 15–31, 2004 | ||||
| Teams | 16 | ||||
| Finals site | M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore, Maryland | ||||
| Champions | Syracuse (8th title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Navy (2nd title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | Johns Hopkins (24th Final Four) Princeton (10th Final Four) | ||||
| Winning coach | John Desko (3rd title) | ||||
| MOP | Michael Powell, Syracuse | ||||
| Attendance | 46,923 semi-finals 43,898 finals 90,821 total | ||||
| Top scorer | Michael Powell, Syracuse (19 goals) | ||||
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Syracuse won the championship with a 14–13 win over Navy. The Orange, led by senior Michael Powell, scored the game winner with one minute left in the fourth quarter, claiming their eighth national title. Powell finished the game with one goal and five assists. Syracuse outscored Navy 3–1 in the final five minutes to overcome a 12-11 fourth-quarter deficit. Navy got the ball back with 15 seconds left, but could not get a shot off.
With Syracuse's 2004 national championship win Michael Powell joins his brothers Casey and Ryan as the first set of brothers to win a national championship with the same school.
The championship game was played at M&T Bank Stadium, the home of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens, in Baltimore, Maryland in front of 43,898 fans.