The 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 26th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship

NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship

The annual NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament determines the top men's field lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III....

 tournament. Twelve NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse

College lacrosse

College lacrosse refers to lacrosse played by student athletes at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. In both countries, men's field lacrosse and women's lacrosse are played in both the varsity and club levels...

 teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.

The championship game was played at Maryland

University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...

's Byrd Stadium

Byrd Stadium

Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium , is an outdoor athletic stadium on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. It is the home of the Maryland Terrapins football and lacrosse teams, which compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference...

 in front of 22,102 fans. The game saw Princeton

Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse

The Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse team represents Princeton University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse...

 defeat Virginia

Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse

The Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse team represents the University of Virginia in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse...

 by the score of 13-12 in overtime. Jesse Hubbard

Jesse Hubbard

Jesse Hubbard is a former professional lacrosse player who played professional box lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League and professional field lacrosse in the Major League Lacrosse...

 scored the game-winning goal for Princeton in overtime. This was Princeton's third national championship under Head Coach Bill Tierney

Bill Tierney

William "Bill" Tierney is a Hall of Fame lacrosse coach at the University of Denver.Tierney played collegiate lacrosse at Cortland State, where in 1973, he played on the USILA national championship team...

, since 1992.

Tournament bracket

• * = Overtime

All-Tournament Team

• Michael Watson, Virginia (Named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player)
• Jesse Hubbard
  Jesse Hubbard
  Jesse Hubbard is a former professional lacrosse player who played professional box lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League and professional field lacrosse in the Major League Lacrosse...
  
  , Princeton
• David Curry, Virginia
• Casey Powell
  Casey Powell
  Casey Powell is a lacrosse player in the United States. He was the captain of the US national team in the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship. He currently plays indoor lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League for the Rochester Knighthawks. He also plays Major League Lacrosse for the Hamilton...
  
  , Syracuse
• Becket Wolf, Princeton
• Tim Whiteley, Virginia
• Don McDonough, Princeton
• Tommy Smith, Virginia
• Pancho Gutstein, Princeton
• Chris Massey, Princeton