ESPN will be the exclusive home of the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship for the 11th consecutive year, beginning Wednesday, May 9, with the opening round game featuring Robert Morris and Canisius (4 p.m. ET, ESPN3). The first round of the championship includes four matchups on Saturday, May 12, and four matchups on Sunday, May 13, to be played at the sites of the top-8 seeds. Tournament action continues with the quarterfinals on Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20, from Hempstead, N.Y., and Annapolis, Md. All matchups will be played on ESPNU.
The semifinals and championship title game will be played over Memorial Day weekend, from Gillette Stadium in Boston. Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich and Paul Carcaterra will call all the action on Saturday, May 26 (noon & 2:30 p.m., ESPNU), and Monday, May 28 (1 p.m., ESPN2).
Commentators
- Play-by-play: Jay Alter, John Brickley, Mike Corey, Booker Corrigan, Chris Cotter, Anish Shroff
- Analysts: Ric Beardsley (four-time All-American defenseman, two-time national champion with Syracuse), Ryan Boyle (former All-American at Princeton), Carcaterra (All-American and national champion with the Syracuse Orangemen), Mark Dixon (former Johns Hopkins midfielder and attackman), Kessenich (one of the nation’s top goalies during his time at Johns Hopkins), Matt Ward (2006 Tewaaraton Award winner; national champion with Virginia), Don Zimmerman (legendary former head coach of UMBC)
- Boyle and Ward will also provide studio coverage during the quarterfinals, as well as championship weekend
- Shroff, Carcaterra and Kessenich are hitting the road, as they call quarterfinal matchups in New York and Maryland in the same weekend, before heading to Boston for championship weekend
Coverage Highlights
- Ben Reeves and No. 3 Yale are coming off a loss to Ivy League-winner Cornell; will face UMass in the first round
- Two compelling rematches from the regular season: Virginia vs. No. 6 Loyola (May 12, 7:15 p.m.), and Cornell vs. Syracuse (May 13, 7:15 p.m.)
ESPN will also provide coverage of the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship, with championship weekend taking place at Kenneth P. Lavalle Stadium (Stony Brook, N.Y.) from May 25-27. John Brickley, Sheehan Stanwick-Burch and Halley Quillinan will call all the action on ESPNU and ESPN3.
NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentators | Network |
| Wed, May 9 | 4 p.m. | Robert Morris vs. Canisius | ESPN3 |
| First Round | |||
| Sat, May 12 | Noon | UMass vs. No. 3 Yale
Jay Alter, Ryan Boyle |
ESPNU |
| 2:15 p.m. | Villanova vs. No. 4 Duke
Mike Corey, Don Zimmerman |
ESPNU | |
| 5 p.m. | Richmond vs. No. 2 Albany
Chris Cotter, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPNU | |
| 7:15 p.m. | Virginia vs. No. 6 Loyola
Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich |
ESPNU | |
| Sun, May 13 | Noon | Canisius/Robert Morris vs. No. 1 Maryland
Booker Corrigan, Mark Dixon |
ESPNU |
| 2:15 p.m. | Denver vs. No. 7 Notre Dame
John Brickley, Matt Ward |
ESPNU | |
| 5 p.m. | Georgetown vs. No. 5 Johns Hopkins
Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich |
ESPNU | |
| 7:15 p.m. | Cornell vs. No. 8 Syracuse
Chris Cotter, Paul Carcaterra/Ric Beardsley |
ESPNU | |
| Quarterfinals | |||
| Sat, May 19 | Noon | 2018 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship
(Hempstead, N.Y.) Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPNU |
| 2:30 p.m. | 2018 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship
(Hempstead, N.Y.) Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPNU | |
| Sun, May 20 | Noon | 2018 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship
(Annapolis, Md.) Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPNU |
| 2:30 p.m. | 2018 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship
(Annapolis, Md.) Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPNU | |
| Championship Weekend | |||
| Sat, May 26 | Noon | 2018 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship
Semifinal #1 (Boston) Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 |
| 2:30 p.m. | 2018 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship
Semifinal #2 (Boston) Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | |
| Mon, May 28 | 1 p.m. | 2018 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship
Title Game (Boston) Anish Shroff, Quint Kessenich, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 |
NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship Weekend Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentators | Network |
| Fri, May 25 | 5 p.m. | Semifinal #1
John Brickley, Sheehan Stanwick-Burch, Halley Quillinan |
ESPN3 |
| 7:30 p.m. | Semifinal #2
John Brickley, Sheehan Stanwick-Burch, Halley Quillinan |
ESPN3 | |
| Sun, May 27 | Noon | NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship
Title Game John Brickley, Sheehan Stanwick-Burch, Halley Quillinan |
ESPNU |
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