Each year, the NCAA Championship determines the top lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III.

Past Winners Division I

• 1971 -- Cornell 12-6 Maryland
• 1972 -- Virginia 13-12 Johns Hopkins
• 1973 -- Maryland 10-9 (2 OT) Johns Hopkins
• 1974 -- Johns Hopkins 17-12 Maryland
• 1975 -- Maryland 20-13 Navy
• 1976 -- Cornell 16-13 (OT) Maryland
• 1977 -- Cornell 16-8 Johns Hopkins
• 1978 -- Johns Hopkins 13-8 Cornell
• 1979 -- Johns Hopkins 15-9 Maryland
• 1980 -- Johns Hopkins 9-8 (2 OT) Virginia
• 1981 -- North Carolina 14-13 Johns Hopkins
• 1982 -- North Carolina 7-5 Johns Hopkins
• 1983 -- Syracuse 17-16 Johns Hopkins
• 1984 -- Johns Hopkins 13-10 Syracuse
• 1985 -- Johns Hopkins 11-4 Syracuse
• 1986 -- North Carolina 10-9 (OT) Virginia
• 1987 -- Johns Hopkins 11-10 Cornell
• 1988 -- Syracuse 13-8 Cornell
• 1989 -- Syracuse 13-12 Johns Hopkins
• 1990 -- Syracuse (participation in tournament vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions) 21-9 Loyola (MD)
• 1991 -- North Carolina 18-13 Towson State
• 1992 -- Princeton 10-9 (2 OT) Syracuse
• 1993 -- Syracuse 13-12 North Carolina
• 1994 -- Princeton 9-8 (OT) Virginia
• 1995 -- Syracuse 13-9 Maryland
• 1996 -- Princeton 13-12 (OT) Virginia
• 1997 -- Princeton 19-7 Maryland
• 1998 -- Princeton 15-5 Maryland
• 1999 -- Virginia 12-10 Syracuse
• 2000 -- Syracuse 13-7 Princeton
• 2001 -- Princeton 10-9 (OT) Syracuse
• 2002 -- Syracuse 13-12 Princeton
• 2003 -- Virginia 9-7 Johns Hopkins
• 2004 -- Syracuse 14-13 Navy

Division II

• 1974 -- Towson State 18-17 (ot) Hobart
• 1975 -- Cortland State 12-11 Hobart
• 1976 -- Hobart 18-9 Adelphi
• 1977 -- Hobart 23-13 Washington (MD)
• 1978 -- Roanoke 14-13 Hobart
• 1979 -- Adelphi 17-12 UMBC
• 1980 -- UMBC 23-14 Adelphi
• 1981 -- Adelphi 17-14 Loyola (MD)
• 1982-1992 -- No tournament
• 1993 -- Adelphi 11-7 C.W. Post
• 1994 -- Springfield 15-12 New York Tech
• 1995 -- Adelphi 12-10 Springfield
• 1996 -- C.W. Post 15-10 Adelphi
• 1997 -- New York Tech 18-11 Adelphi
• 1998 -- Adelphi 18-6 C.W. Post
• 1999 -- Adelphi 11-8 C.W. Post
• 2000 -- Limestone 10-9 C.W. Post
• 2001 -- Adelphi 14-10 Limestone
• 2002 -- Limestone 11-9 New York Tech
• 2003 -- New York Tech 9-4 Limestone
• 2004 -- LeMoyne 11-10 (2 OT) Limestone

Division III

• 1980 -- Hobart 11-8 Cortland State
• 1981 -- Hobart 10-8 Cortland State
• 1982 -- Hobart 9-8 (OT) Washington (MD)
• 1983 -- Hobart 13-9 Roanoke
• 1984 -- Hobart 12-5 Washington (MD)
• 1985 -- Hobart 15-8 Washington (MD)
• 1986 -- Hobart 13-10 Washington (MD)
• 1987 -- Hobart 9-5 Ohio Wesleyan
• 1988 -- Hobart 18-9 Ohio Wesleyan
• 1989 -- Hobart 11-8 Ohio Wesleyan
• 1990 -- Hobart 18-6 Washington (MD)
• 1991 -- Hobart 12-11 Salisbury State
• 1992 -- Nazareth 22-11 Roanoke
• 1993 -- Hobart 16-10 Ohio Wesleyan
• 1994 -- Salisbury State 15-9 Hobart
• 1995 -- Salisbury State 22-13 Nazareth
• 1996 -- Nazareth 11-10 (OT) Washington (MD)
• 1997 -- Nazareth 15-14 (OT) Washington (MD)
• 1998 -- Washington (MD) 16-10 Nazareth
• 1999 -- Salisbury State 13-6 Middlebury
• 2000 -- Middlebury 16-12 Salisbury State
• 2001 -- Middlebury 15-10 Gettysburg
• 2002 -- Middlebury 14-9 Gettysburg
• 2003 -- Salisbury 14-13 (ot) Middlebury
• 2004 -- Salisbury 13-9 Nazareth