The 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 30th 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'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 24,105 fans, The game saw the Syracuse University

Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse

The Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse team represents Syracuse University in NCAA Division I men's college lacrosse. The Orange have won 10 NCAA championship titles, and currently competes as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference men's lacrosse conference...

 defeat Princeton University

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

 by the score of 13–7. This marks the 7th victory in a national championship game for the Syracuse program.

Tournament bracket

• * = Overtime

All-Tournament Team

• Liam Banks, Syracuse (Named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player)
• Rob Mulligan, Syracuse
• Ryan Powell
  Ryan Powell (lacrosse)
  Ryan Powell , is an American lacrosse player from West Carthage, New York. He was a four-time All-American at Syracuse University. He currently plays for the Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League and the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse. His brothers Casey and Mike also have enjoyed...
  
  , Syracuse
• Marshall Abrams, Syracuse
• John Glatzel
  John Glatzel
  John Glatzel is a professional lacrosse player with the New Jersey Pride of Major League Lacrosse....
  
  , Syracuse
• Josh Sims
  Josh Sims
  Joshua S. "Josh" Sims is a professional lacrosse player who last played field lacrosse with the Chicago Machine of Major League Lacrosse in 2010 and box lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League with the Philadelphia Wings in 2010. He starred as a member of the Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse team...
  
  , Princeton
• Sean Hartofilis, Princeton
• Ryan Curtis, Virginia
• Conor Gill
  Conor Gill
  Conor Gill is a professional lacrosse player who had an exceptional collegiate career at the University of Virginia before going on to the professional ranks.-High school and collegiate career:...
  
  , Virginia
• A.J. Haugen, Johns Hopkins