2008 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
The 2008 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 38th annual tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team champion of men's college lacrosse among its Division I programs. The tournament was played from May 10–26, 2008.
| 2008 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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| Dates | May 10–26, 2008 | ||||
| Teams | 16 | ||||
| Finals site | Gillette Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts | ||||
| Champions | Syracuse (9th title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Johns Hopkins (18th title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | Duke (4th Final Four) Virginia (19th Final Four) | ||||
| Winning coach | John Desko (4th title) | ||||
| MOP | Mike Leveille, Syracuse | ||||
| Attendance | 48,224 semi-finals 48,970 finals 97,194 total | ||||
| Top scorer | Mike Leveille, Syracuse (19 goals) | ||||
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Syracuse beat Johns Hopkins in the championship game, 13–10.
The championship game was played at Gillette Stadium, the home of the NFL's New England Patriots, in Foxborough, Massachusetts, with a crowd of 48,970 fans.
The first round of the single-elimination tournament was played on May 10–11 at the home field of the top-seeded team. The quarterfinals were held on May 17–18 on two separate neutral fields: the Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland, and Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York. The tournament culminated with the semifinals and finals held on Memorial Day weekend. The championship weekend, which included the Division II and Division III championships, was hosted by Harvard University and the Eastern College Athletic Conference.