The NCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament is the annual championship in men's lacrosse that is held by the NCAA for teams competing in their Division III level each year.

After the inauguration of the NCAA Division I championship in 1971, the USILA added a "small college" tournament for two years. Hobart defeated Washington College 15-12 to win the 1972 USILA title. And then a year later Cortland State was able to do it by beating Washington College to win the 1973 title, 13-8.

The NCAA conducted a combined Division II and III tournament for the 1974 through 1979 seasons, followed by separate tournaments for Division II and Division III beginning in 1980.

Hobart and Salisbury have been the most successful teams at the Division III level, winning thirteen titles for each. Hobart, however, has since departed for Division I.

Tufts is the current defending national champion, winning their 6th national title in program history in 2026 which also is their 3rd in a row.

Results NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse ChampionshipYear Site(Host Team)StadiumChampionship ResultsSemifinalistsChampionScoreRunner-up1980Details Geneva, NY(Hobart) Boswell Field Hobart 11–8 Cortland State Ithaca and Salisbury State1981Details Hobart (2) 10–8 Cortland State Salisbury State and Washington (MD)1982Details Hobart (3) 9–8(OT) Washington (MD) Roanoke and Salisbury State1983Details Hobart (4) 13–9 Roanoke Ohio Wesleyan and Washington (MD)1984Details Hobart (5) 12–5 Washington (MD) RIT and Salisbury State1985Details Chestertown, MD(Washington (MD)) Kibler Field Hobart (6) 15–8 Washington (MD) Cortland State and RIT1986Details Geneva, NY(Hobart) Boswell Field Hobart (7) 13–10 Washington (MD) Cortland State and Ohio Wesleyan1987Details Hobart (8) 9–5 Ohio Wesleyan RIT and Washington and Lee1988Details Delaware, OH(Ohio Wesleyan) Selby Field Hobart (9) 18–9 Ohio Wesleyan Franklin & Marshall and Roanoke1989Details Geneva, NY(Hobart) Boswell Field Hobart (10) 11–8 Ohio Wesleyan Nazareth (NY) and Washington (MD)1990Details Hobart (11) 18–6 Washington (MD) Ohio Wesleyan and Salisbury State1991Details Salisbury, MD(Salisbury State) Sea Gull Stadium Hobart (12) 12–11 Salisbury State Nazareth (NY) and Ohio Wesleyan1992Details Philadelphia, PA(Penn) Franklin Field Nazareth (NY) 22–11 Roanoke Hobart and Ithaca1993Details College Park, MD(Maryland) Byrd Stadium Hobart (13) 16–10 Ohio Wesleyan Nazareth (NY) and Washington (MD)1994Details Salisbury State 15–9 Hobart Gettysburg and Nazareth (NY)1995Details Salisbury State (2) 22–13 Nazareth (NY) Gettysburg and Ohio Wesleyan1996Details Nazareth (NY) (2) 11–10(OT) Washington (MD) Ohio Wesleyan and Salisbury State1997Details Nazareth (NY) (3) 15–14(OT) Washington (MD) Gettysburg and Ohio Wesleyan1998Details Piscataway, NJ(Rutgers) Rutgers Stadium Washington (MD) 16–10 Nazareth (NY) Ohio Wesleyan and Salisbury State1999Details College Park, MD(Maryland) Byrd Stadium Salisbury State (3) 13–6 Middlebury Denison and RIT2000Details Middlebury 16–12 Salisbury State Nazareth (NY) and Washington & Lee2001Details Piscataway, NJ(Rutgers) Rutgers Stadium Middlebury (2) 15–10 Gettysburg Denison and Nazareth (NY)2002Details Middlebury (3) 14–9 Gettysburg Ithaca and Washington & Lee2003Details Baltimore, MD M&T Bank Stadium Salisbury (4) 14–13(OT) Middlebury SUNY Cortland and Whittier2004Details Salisbury (5) 13–9 Nazareth (NY) Middlebury and Washington (MD)2005Details Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field Salisbury (6) 11–10 Middlebury Nazareth and Roanoke2006Details SUNY Cortland 13–12(OT) Salisbury' Roanoke and Wesleyan2007Details Baltimore, MD M&T Bank Stadium Salisbury (7) 15–9 SUNY Cortland Gettysburg and Wesleyan2008Details Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium Salisbury (8) 19–13 SUNY Cortland Ithaca and Gettysburg2009Details SUNY Cortland (2) 9–7 Gettysburg Middlebury and Stevenson2010Details Baltimore, MD M&T Bank Stadium Tufts 9–6 Salisbury SUNY Cortland and Stevenson2011Details Salisbury (9) 19–7 Tufts Roanoke and RIT2012Details Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium Salisbury (10) 14–10 SUNY Cortland Stevenson and Tufts2013Details Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field Stevenson 16–14 RIT SUNY Cortland and Salisbury2014Details Baltimore, MD M&T Bank Stadium Tufts (2) 12–9 Salisbury RIT and Washington (MD)2015Details Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field Tufts (3) 19–11 Lynchburg RIT and Gettysburg2016Details Salisbury (11) 14–13 Tufts St. Lawrence and Gettysburg 2017DetailsFoxborough, MAGillette StadiumSalisbury (12)15–7RITDenison and Wesleyan2018DetailsWesleyan8–6SalisburyGettysburg and RIT2019Details Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field Cabrini 16–12 Amherst Williams and Salisbury2020DetailsCanceled due to COVID-19 2021Details East Hartford, CT Pratt & Whitney Stadium RIT 15–14(2OT) Salisbury Tufts and Christopher Newport2022Details RIT (2) 12–10 Union Tufts and York2023Details Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field Salisbury (13) 17–12 Tufts Christopher Newport and RIT2024Details Tufts (4) 18–14 RIT Bowdoin and Washington & Lee2025Details Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium Tufts (5) 25–8 Dickinson Bowdoin and RIT2026Details Charlottesville, Virginia (Virginia) Scott Stadium Tufts (6) 17–11 RIT Bowdoin and Wesleyan2027 Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field2028 Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium

Champions Active programs Team Titles Years 13 1994, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023 6 2010, 2014, 2015, 2024, 2025, 2026 3 2000, 2001, 2002 3 1992, 1996, 1997 2 2021, 2022 2 2006, 2009 1 2013 1 2018 1 1998

Former programs Team Titles Years 13 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993 1 2019

Finals appearances by state StateChampionsSchoolRunners-upSchool New York 20 Hobart (13), Nazareth (3), RIT (2), SUNY Cortland (2) 15 SUNY Cortland (5), RIT (4), Nazareth (3), Hobart (2), Union (1) Maryland 15 Salisbury (13), Washington (1), Stevenson (1) 13 Washington (7), Salisbury (6) Massachusetts 6 Tufts (6) 4 Tufts (3), Amherst (1) Vermont 3 Middlebury (3) 3 Middlebury (3) Pennsylvania 1 Cabrini (1) 4 Gettysburg (3), Dickinson (1) Connecticut 1 Wesleyan (1) 0 Ohio 0 4 Ohio Wesleyan (4) Virginia 0 3 Roanoke (2), Lynchburg (1)

See also NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships (Division I, Division II) NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III) NAIA Men's Lacrosse Invitational United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Wingate Memorial Trophy North–South Senior All-Star Game Pre-NCAA Lacrosse Champion

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