NCAA men's lacrosse Final Four May 25

The NCAA’s 2026 Division I men’s lacrosse championship will be decided on Monday, May 25, at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. Princeton and Notre Dame advanced through Saturday’s semifinals to reach the title game, according to the NCAA bracket and championship schedule. The NCAA says the tournament began on May 6 as an 18-team, single-elimination field. Monday’s championship is scheduled for 1 p.m. Eastern at the same venue that hosted the semifinals. ### Which teams are still alive on championship day? Princeton and Notre Dame are the last two teams remaining in the bracket. The NCAA’s official 2026 Division I men’s lacrosse bracket shows Princeton defeating Duke 14-7 in one semifinal and Notre Dame beating Syracuse 15-7 in the other. Those results set the championship pairing for Monday. Saturday, May 23, was the semifinal day at Scott Stadium. (ncaa.com) NCAA.com listed the matchups as No. 1 Princeton vs. Duke at noon Eastern and No. 2 Notre Dame vs. No. 6 Syracuse at 2:30 p.m. Eastern, both on ESPN2. By the end of the day, the bracket had been reduced from four semifinalists to two finalists. ### How did the tournament get to this stage? (ncaa.com) May 6 was the opening day of the championship, when the NCAA began play in an 18-team format. NCAA.com says 10 teams received automatic bids and eight were selected at large. The four lowest-ranked automatic qualifiers played opening-round games for the final two places in the first round. (ncaa.com) May 3 was selection day. The NCAA announced the full bracket that night on ESPNU, and the field then moved through opening-round, first-round and quarterfinal games before the semifinals in Charlottesville. The official bracket shows quarterfinal winners Princeton, Duke, Notre Dame and Syracuse advancing to the final weekend. ### Why is this being called the Final Four weekend? (ncaa.com) The NCAA’s championship pages frame May 23 and May 25 as the final weekend of the Division I men’s tournament at Scott Stadium. The daily schedule lists the two Division I semifinals on Saturday and the Division I national championship on Monday. That format matches the “Final Four” shorthand commonly used for the last four teams and the semifinal-plus-final weekend. (ncaa.com) Scott Stadium is the host site for all three days of the NCAA men’s championship weekend. NCAA.com’s event pages list Division I games on Saturday and Monday, with the Division III men’s national championship and Division II men’s national championship scheduled there on Sunday, May 24. ### What should a reader know about Monday’s game details? Monday, May 25, is the championship date, and the NCAA’s daily schedule lists parking lots opening at 8 a.m. and gates, clubs and suites opening at noon. (ncaa.com) The Division I men’s national championship is scheduled for 1 p.m. local time. NCAA.com says all times are Eastern and subject to change. Broadcast information on NCAA.com says coverage details are updated as competition progresses and directs viewers to championship broadcast listings. (ncaa.com) The semifinal schedule published by NCAA.com carried ESPN2 designations, while the championship remains listed on the NCAA bracket and event pages as the final game of the tournament. ### What happens after Monday? Monday, May 25, ends the 2026 NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse tournament. The NCAA bracket identifies Princeton and Notre Dame as the championship participants, and the winner at Scott Stadium will be the national champion. The NCAA’s men’s lacrosse home page lists the event as the Division I men’s lacrosse championship for May 23-25 in Charlottesville. (ncaa.com 1) (ncaa.com 2)