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The ECAC Lacrosse League was an American NCAA Division I college athletic conference and part of the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Founded in 1999 with play beginning in 2000, this part of the conference only sponsored men’s lacrosse. It disbanded at the end of the 2014 season as an indirect result of the early-2010s NCAA conference realignment.

History[edit]

The founding members included Georgetown University, Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), Rutgers University, Stony Brook University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the United States Naval Academy. In 2005, Loyola College in Maryland, Hobart College, and St. John’s University joined the ECAC. And in 2006, Fairfield University joined the league. In 2010, the league added Air Force, Bellarmine, Denver, Ohio State and Quinnipiac, replacing Georgetown, Rutgers and St. John’s, who left for the original Big East Conference, and Massachusetts and Penn State, who left for the Colonial Athletic Association. In 2011, the ECAC added the University of Michigan Wolverines who were making their move from club level to NCAA Division I. They became full members in 2013, the same year in which Loyola’s lacrosse team joined the rest of the school’s sports in the Patriot League.

After the 2013 season, a number of members announced their intention to exit the ECAC. In late May, following a second semi-finals appearance in three years, Denver announced that they would leave the ECAC to join the new Big East Conference for the 2014 season, leaving the ECAC with six teams for that season. In early June, the Big Ten Conference announced the start of conference competition in 2015, removing Michigan and Ohio State from the ECAC after the 2014 season. In mid-June, Fairfield announced it would join the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2015 season. On July 1st, Hobart announced it would join the Northeast Conference beginning immediately for the 2014 season. One week later, Bellarmine announced it would become an affiliate of the ASUN Conference (then known as the Atlantic Sun Conference) for the 2015 season,[1] leaving Air Force as the only ECAC school without a new conference home for 2015. Before Bellarmine’s move took effect, the ASUN and Southern Conference (SoCon) announced a lacrosse alliance under which the two leagues split sponsorship of the sport, with women’s lacrosse remaining in the ASUN and men’s lacrosse shifting to the SoCon. Accordingly, Bellarmine played in the SoCon from the 2015 season[2] until the ASUN established its own men’s lacrosse league for the 2022 season.[3]

Final members[edit]

Previous members[edit]

Institution Nickname Location Head Coach Field Current Lacrosse League Seasons in ECAC
Stony Brook Seawolves Stony Brook, NY Jim Nagle Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium CAA 2000-2002
UMBC Retrievers Catonsville, MD Don Zimmerman UMBC Stadium America East 2000-2003
Navy Midshipmen Annapolis, Maryland Rick Sowell Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Patriot League 2000-2003
Georgetown Hoyas Washington, D.C. Kevin Warne Multi-Sport Field Big East Conference 2000-2010
Rutgers Scarlet Knights New Brunswick, New Jersey Brian Brecht Yurcak Field Big Ten Conference 2000-2010
St. John’s Red Storm New York City, New York Jason Miller DaSilva Memorial Field Big East Conference 2005-2010
Penn State Nittany Lions University Park, Pennsylvania Jeff Tambroni Penn State Lacrosse Field Big Ten 2000-2010
UMass Minutemen Amherst, Massachusetts Greg Cannella Garber Field A-10 2000-2010
Quinnipiac Bobcats Hamden, Connecticut Eric Fekete QU Lacrosse Field MAAC 2010-2011
Denver Pioneers Denver, CO Bill Tierney Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium Big East Conference 2010-2013
Loyola (MD) Greyhounds Baltimore, MD Charley Toomey Ridley Athletic Complex Patriot League 2005-2013
Hobart Statesmen Geneva, NY T.W. Johnson Boswell Field A-10 2005-2013

Membership timeline[edit]

Big Ten Conference University of Michigan Northeast Conference Quinnipiac University Big Ten Conference Ohio State University Big East Conference University of Denver ASUN Conference Southern Conference Bellarmine University ASUN Conference Southern Conference United States Air Force Academy Colonial Athletic Association Fairfield University Big East Conference Big East Conference (1979–2013) St. John’s University Atlantic 10 Conference Northeast Conference Hobart College Patriot League Loyola University Maryland Patriot League United States Naval Academy America East Conference University of Maryland, Baltimore County Atlantic 10 Conference Colonial Athletic Association University of Massachusetts Amherst Colonial Athletic Association America East Conference Stony Brook University Big Ten Conference Big East Conference Big East Conference (1979–2013) Rutgers University–New Brunswick Big Ten Conference Colonial Athletic Association Penn State University Big East Conference Big East Conference (1979–2013) Georgetown University

Full members Other Conference Other Conference

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Champions[edit]

Regular Season Champions[edit]

Year Champion(s) Conference Overall
2014 Fairfield 3–1 12–4
2013 Denver 6–1 12–4
2012 Loyola 6–0 18–1
2011 Denver 6–0 14–2
2010 Denver 6–0 11–4
2009 Massachusetts 6–1 9–5
2008 Loyola 6–1 7–6
2007 Georgetown 6–0 11–2
2006 Georgetown 6–1 11–3
2005 Massachusetts
Penn State		 5–1
5–1		 11–2
9–5
2004 Georgetown 3–0 11–4
2003 Georgetown 4–1 11–4
2002 Massachusetts 5–0 12–4
2001 Georgetown
Massachusetts		 5–1
5–1		 11–2
12–2
2000 Georgetown 6–0 11–2

Playoff Champions[edit]

Year Champion Title Game Opponent Score Playoff Location
2014 Air Force Fairfield 9-8 Jesse Owens Memorial Field, Columbus, Ohio
2013 Ohio State Denver 11-10 Boswell Field, Geneva, New York
2012 Loyola Fairfield 14-7 Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium, Denver
2011 Denver Fairfield 11-9 Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium, Denver

ECAC teams in the NCAA Tournament[edit]

Year Team(s) Results
2014 Air Force First Round
2013 Denver Semifinals
Ohio State Quarterfinals
Loyola First Round
2012 Loyola National Champions
Denver Quarterfinals
2011 Denver Semifinals
2010 Denver First Round
Loyola First Round
2009 Massachusetts First Round
2008 Loyola First Round
2007 Georgetown Quarterfinals
Loyola First Round
2006 Massachusetts National Finalist
Georgetown Quarterfinals
2005 Georgetown Quarterfinals
Massachusetts Quarterfinals
Penn State First Round
2004 Georgetown Quarterfinals
Rutgers First Round
2003 Georgetown Quarterfinals
Massachusetts Quarterfinals
Penn State First Round
Rutgers First Round
2002 Georgetown Quarterfinals
Massachusetts Quarterfinals
Stony Brook First Round
2001 Georgetown First Round

Offensive Player of the Year[edit]

Rookie of the Year[edit]

Goalkeeper of the Year[edit]

Defensive Player of the Year[edit]

Coach of the Year[edit]

Specialist of the Year[edit]

Year Name Position Team
2013 Scott Ratliff LSM Loyola
2012 Chase Carraro FO Denver

All-time ECAC season statistic leaders[edit]

  • Points: Sean Morris, Massachusetts (31, 2005)
  • Points per game: Steve Dusseau, Georgetown (5.40, 2002)
  • Goals: Scott Urick, Georgetown (21, 2000)
  • Goals per game: Steve Dusseau, Georgetown (3.6, 2002)
  • Assists: Brendan Cannon, Georgetown (18, 2006)
  • Assists per game: Brendan Cannon, Georgetown (2.57, 2002)
  • Saves: Drew Adams, Penn State (87, 2006)
  • Goals against average: Mickey Jarboe, Navy (5.96, 2000)

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