NCAA ends DI men's lacrosse May 25

The NCAA’s 2026 Division I men’s lacrosse championship ended on Monday, May 25, at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia, according to the association’s championship schedule page. The tournament began on Wednesday, May 6, as an 18-team single-elimination field and ran through Memorial Day weekend. Princeton and Notre Dame were listed as the teams in the title game on the NCAA’s updated bracket page. The championship game was scheduled for 1 p.m. Eastern at Scott Stadium, the NCAA said. ### Which teams played for the national title? Princeton and Notre Dame were listed in the championship matchup on the NCAA’s May 24 bracket-and-schedule update. The NCAA page identified Princeton as the No. 1 seed and Notre Dame as the No. 2 seed entering the final. The same page said the title game would conclude the 2026 tournament on Monday, May 25, in Charlottesville. (ncaa.com) Saturday, May 23, set the championship pairing. The NCAA’s earlier schedule page listed semifinal games of Princeton against Duke and Notre Dame against Syracuse at Scott Stadium. Princeton advanced from the first semifinal, and Notre Dame advanced from the second, according to the NCAA bracket coverage and highlights listings. (ncaa.com) ### How was the 2026 tournament set up? The NCAA said the Division I men’s championship used an 18-team, single-elimination format. Ten teams received automatic qualification bids and eight were selected at large, according to the association’s championship page. The four lowest-ranked automatic qualifiers played in the opening round for the final two places in the first round. (ncaa.com) Wednesday, May 6, marked the start of play. The NCAA selection page said the bracket was announced on Sunday, May 3, and the opening-round games began three days later. The official bracket page and scoreboard show the tournament progressing through first-round games on May 9 and May 10, quarterfinals on May 16 and May 17, semifinals on May 23 and the championship on May 25. (ncaa.com) ### Why was Scott Stadium the focal point of championship weekend? Scott Stadium in Charlottesville hosted the Division I semifinals and final on May 23 and May 25, the NCAA’s daily schedule page said. The same schedule showed the Division III men’s national championship on Sunday, May 24, followed later that day by the Division II men’s national championship. Parking, gate-opening and game times for all three days were posted on the NCAA championship site. (ncaa.com) The NCAA’s venue and broadcast pages also identified Scott Stadium as the site for the 2026 Division I men’s championship weekend. The association said broadcast details would be updated as competition progressed, and its championship hub grouped venue, ticket and event information in one place. ### Where did the field come from? The NCAA said 73 member institutions sponsor Division I men’s lacrosse and are eligible for the national championship. (ncaa.com) That pool fed the 18-team bracket announced in the May 3 selection show. The official bracket page carried the printable bracket and links to ticket information during the tournament. The bracket page also laid out the tournament path from opening-round games into quarterfinal sites in Hempstead, New York, and Richmond, Virginia, before the field moved to Charlottesville for the semifinals and final. (ncaa.com) The NCAA’s future dates page lists the next Division I men’s lacrosse championship weekend for May 27-29, 2027, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (ncaa.com 1) (ncaa.com 2)