1983 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

1983 NCAA Division I men's
lacrosse tournament
DatesMay 18–28, 1983
Teams8
Finals siteRutgers Stadium
New Jersey Piscataway, New Jersey
ChampionsSyracuse (1st title)
Runner-upJohns Hopkins (10th title game)
SemifinalistsMaryland (10th Final Four)
North Carolina (4th Final Four)
Winning coachRoy Simmons Jr. (1st title)
MOPBrad Kotz, Syracuse
Attendance[1]15,672 finals
35,163 total
Top scorerTim Nelson, Syracuse
(15 goals)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«1982 1984»

The 1983 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 13th annual tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team champion of men's college lacrosse among its Division I programs at the end of the 1983 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.

Syracuse defeated Johns Hopkins in the championship game, 17–16, to claim the Orangemen's first NCAA national title.

The final was played at Rutgers Stadium at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey.

  1. ^ "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.