ESPN’s coverage of the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship begins Saturday, May 15, at noon ET, with first round games on ESPNU from four locations, totaling more than 20 hours of programming throughout the weekend. Quarterfinals will take place Saturday, May 22, and Sunday, May 23, in Hempstead, N.Y., and South Bend, Ind.

Winners advance to compete for a national title in East Hartford, Conn., over Memorial Day weekend. The semifinals on Saturday, May 29 (noon and 2:30 p.m.) and the national championship game on Monday, May 31 (1 p.m.) will all air on ESPN2.

Commentators

• Play-by-play: Jay Alter, Chris Cotter, Mike Monaco and Anish Shroff
• Analysts: Sheehan Stanwick-Burch (four-time All-American at Georgetown, team captain and National Attacker of the Year in 2001), Paul Carcaterra (All-American and national champion at Syracuse), Quint Kessenich (one of the nation’s top goalies during his time at Johns Hopkins and national champion), Matt Ward (2006 Tewaaraton Award winner; national champion with Virginia)
• Cotter and Carcaterra will call quarterfinals from Hempstead, N.Y., while Shroff and Kessenich handle the games originating from South Bend, Ind.
• Shroff, Kessenich and Carcaterra return to call championship weekend from Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn.; Cotter will host studio coverage on-site alongside Ward and former Johns Hopkins head coach David Pietramala

Additional details on ESPN’s championship weekend presentation will be revealed later this month.

NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship Schedule

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