The America East Conference's Men's Lacrosse Tournament began in 2000, with the winner of the tournament receiving the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship.
Tournament The America East Conference Tournament is a four team single-elimination tournament held annually at various locations in the America East Conference region. At the end of the regular season, the four teams with the best conference record earn berths in the tournament. The winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship. The other teams, on the other hand, have to hope for an at-large bid into the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship.
History The America East Conference tournament began in 2000. From 1992 through 1999 no tournament for the conference was held. Instead the regular season champion received the automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship.
Tournament Champions
Year Champion Runner-up ScoreLocationMOPWinning teams Head Coach2000 Hofstra Delaware 14-4 Higher seed Tom Kessler, Hofstra John Danowski 2001 Towson Hofstra 13-11 Higher seed Ryan Nash, Towson Tony Seaman2002 Stony Brook Albany 8-6 Higher seed Denis Scannel, Stony Brook John Espey2003 Albany Hartford 7-5 Higher seed Kevin Rae, Albany Scott Marr2004 Albany Binghamton 10-4 Higher seed Kevin Rae, Albany Scott Marr2005 Albany Stony Brook 16-7 Higher seed Kevin Rae, Albany Scott Marr2006 UMBC Albany 19-10 Baltimore, Maryland Brendan Mundorf, UMBC Don Zimmerman2007 Albany UMBC 15-14 Albany, New York Merrick Thomson, Albany Scott Marr2008 UMBC Albany 14-13 Baltimore, Maryland Terry Kimener, UMBC Don Zimmerman2009 UMBC Stony Brook 11-7 Higher seed Mike Camardo, UMBC Don Zimmerman2010 Stony Brook Albany 11-7 Higher seed Charlie Paar, Stony Brook Rick Sowell2011 Hartford Stony Brook 11-10 Higher seed Tim Fallon, Hartford Peter Lawrence2012 Stony Brook Stony Brook 14-8 Higher seed Sean Brady, Stony Brook Jim Nagel2013 Albany UMBC 19-10 Stony Brook, New York Lyle Thompson, Albany Scott Marr2014 Albany UMBC 20-11 Stony Brook, New York Lyle Thompson, Albany Scott Marr2015 Albany Stony Brook 22-9 Albany, New York Lyle Thompson, Albany Scott Marr2016 Hartford Vermont 17-16 Albany, New York Dylan Protesto, Albany Peter Lawrence2017 Albany Binghamton 20-8 Albany, New York Connor Fields, Albany Scott Marr2018 Albany Vermont 14-4 Albany, New York TD Ierlan, Albany Scott Marr2019 UMBC Vermont 14-13 Stony Brook, New York Trevor Patschorke, UMBC Ryan Moran2021 Vermont Albany 15-10 Catonsville, Maryland Tommy Burke, Vermont Chris Feifs2022 Vermont UMBC 13-11 Burlington, Vermont Thomas McConvey, Vermont Chris Feifs2023 Bryant Albany 12-11 Burlington, Vermont Kevin Groeninger, Bryant Brad Ross2024 Albany Vermont 12-11 Albany, New York Jake Piseno, Albany Scott Marr2025 Albany Bryant 12-9 Smithfield, Rhode Island Brady Smith, Albany Scott Marr2026 Albany Vermont 14-11 Albany, New York Ryan Doherty, Albany Scott Marr Source
Performance By School
SchoolRecordWinning pctChampionshipsRunners-upAppearances Albany23–8.7429517Hofstra*3–1.750112Delaware*1–2.333012Towson*2-1.667102Quinnipiac* 0-1.000001UMBC11-9.5504313Stony Brook*10-15.4003418Binghamton2-9.182029Hartford*5-6.455218Vermont3-7.300237 * former member of the conference Sources:
References
External links Official website