Princeton beat Maryland 19-7 to win the 1997 national championship.
Princeton’s 1997 national champion men’s lacrosse team has claimed the title of Champion of Champions.
Sixteen former national championship teams were pitted head-to-head in a three-week online tournament. More than 14,000 votes were cast by lacrosse fans to determine a Champion of Champions.
The 1997 Tigers earned 55 percent of the final round vote to beat 2012 Loyola Maryland for the title.
The team will be invited to the Ƶ Division I Men's Lacrosse National Championship Game and honored at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on May 25.
Perhaps the most dominant lineup in Ƶ Division I men’s lacrosse history, Princeton finished 1997 with an unblemished 15-0 record and earned second of three consecutive Ƶ national championships.
Princeton defeated Maryland 19-7 for the national title in what remains the largest margin of victory in a Division I lacrosse championship game.
Princeton reached a self-imposed 19-goal limit five times in 15 games and outscored its Ivy League opponents 98-33 in six games. At season’s end, the Princeton roster included 10 All-Americans and 13 All-Ivy selections. Its All-American attack of Jesse Hubbard, Jon Hess and Chris Massey combined for 112 goals and 77 assists for 199 points.
