2009 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
The 2009 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 39th 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 2009 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season. The tournament was played from May 9–25, 2009.
| 2009 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | May 9–25, 2009 | ||||
| Teams | 16 | ||||
| Finals site | Gillette Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts | ||||
| Champions | Syracuse (11th title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Cornell (7th title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | Duke (5th Final Four) Virginia (20th Final Four) | ||||
| Winning coach | John Desko (5th title) | ||||
| MOP | Kenny Nims, Syracuse | ||||
| Attendance | 36,594 semi-finals 41,935 finals 78,529 total | ||||
| Top scorer | Rob Pannell, Cornell (16 goals) | ||||
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Syracuse defeated Cornell in the final, 10–9 in overtime.
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 first round of the tournament was played on May 9–10 at the home fields of the seeded teams. The quarterfinals were held on May 16–17 on neutral site fields at Hofstra University (James M. Shuart Stadium) and the United States Naval Academy (Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium). The tournament culminated with the semifinals and final held on Memorial Day weekend.