Syracuse Lacrosse Wins #10!

Though this blog covers Syracuse basketball, there needs to be an acknowledgment of the Syracuse Orange Lacrosse team winning its 10th National Championship today 13-10 over Johns Hopkins. For those not familiar with lacrosse, Syracuse meeting Johns Hopkins in the finals is similar to Kansas vs UCLA in the college hoops, or the Yankees / Dodgers in the World Series, or the Celtics / Lakers in the NBA Finals. It doesn't get more legendary than that.

Only seven colleges have won the Division I National Championship in Lacrosse:

1. Syracuse - 10
2. Johns Hopkins - 9
3. Princeton - 6
4. North Carolina - 4
5. Virginia - 4
6. Cornell - 3
7. Maryland - 2

If you cared to know, the most Division II championships go to:

1. Adelphi - 7
2. NYIT - 4
3. LeMoyne - 3
4. Hobart - 2
5. Limestone - 2
6. Towson State - 1
7. UMBC - 1
8. C.W. Post - 1
9. Roanoke - 1
10. Cortland - 1
11. Springfield - 1

And the most Division III championships of all time:

1. Hobart - 13
2. Salisbury - 8
3. Nazareth - 3
4. Middlebury - 3
5. Cortland - 1
6. Washington (MD) - 1

Enjoy your Memorial Day!