ECAC Lacrosse League

For the former Division II lacrosse conference, see ECAC Division II Lacrosse League.

ECAC Lacrosse League

Association	NCAA
Founded	1999
Ceased	2014
Commissioner	Rudy Keeling
Sports fielded	1 men's: 1 women's: 0
Division	Division I
No. of teams	5 (at dissolution)
Headquarters	Centerville, Massachusetts
Region	United States
Official website	ecaclacrosse.com
Locations

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

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 1, 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] 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] The final ECAC member, Air Force, spent the 2015 season playing as an independent before joining Bellarmine as an affiliate in the SoCon in 2016, and later following them to the ASUN in 2022.

Final members

Institution	Nickname	Location	Head coach	Field	Joined	Primary conference	Current lacrosse conference
United States Air Force Academy	Falcons	Colorado Springs, CO	Eric Seremet	Cadet Lacrosse Stadium	2010	Mountain West	ASUN
Bellarmine University	Knights	Louisville, KY	Kevin Burns	Owsley B. Frazier Stadium	2010	ASUN	ASUN
Fairfield University	Stags	Fairfield, CT	Andrew Copelan	Lessing Field	2006	MAAC	CAA
University of Michigan	Wolverines	Ann Arbor, MI	John Paul	Michigan Stadium	2013	Big Ten	Big Ten
The Ohio State University	Buckeyes	Columbus, OH	Nick Myers	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium	2010	Big Ten	Big Ten

Previous members

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

Full members Other Conference Other Conference

Champions

Regular Season Champions

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

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

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

Awards

Offensive Player of the Year Year Name Team 2014 Michael Crampton Air Force 2013 Logan Schuss Ohio State 2012 Logan Schuss Ohio State 2011 Mark Matthews Denver 2010 Cooper MacDonnell Loyola 2009 Jim Connolly Massachusetts 2008 Shane Koppens Loyola 2007 Brendan Cannon Georgetown 2006 Sean Morris Massachusetts 2005 Sean Morris Massachusetts 2004 Walid Hajj Georgetown 2003 Chris Fiore Massachusetts 2002 Steve Dusseau Georgetown 2001 Steve Dusseau Georgetown 2000 Andy Flick Georgetown Rookie of the Year Year Name Team 2013 Carter Brown Ohio State 2012 Wes Berg Denver 2011 Jamie Faus Denver 2010 Logan Schuss Ohio State 2009 Mike Sawyer Loyola 2008 Jake Hagelin Kory Kelly Loyola Rutgers 2007 Justin Pennington Rutgers 2006 Drew Adams Penn State 2005 Daryl Veltman Hobart 2004 Trevor Casey Georgetown 2003 Greg Havalchak Rutgers 2002 Will Jones Gene Tundo Penn State Massachusetts 2001 Dave Pittard Navy 2000 Kyle Sweeney Georgetown Goalkeeper of the Year Year Name Team 2013 Dillon Ward Bellarmine 2012 Charles Cipriano Fairfield 2011 Charles Cipriano Fairfield 2010 Jake Hagelin Loyola 2009 Doc Schneider Massachusetts 2008 Drew Adams Penn State 2007 Drew Adams Penn State 2006 Drew Adams Penn State 2005 Mike Fretwell Loyola

Defensive Player of the Year Year Name Team 2013 Joe Fletcher Loyola 2012 Scott Ratliff Loyola 2011 Matt Kawamoto Ohio State 2010 Dillon Roy Denver 2009 P.T. Ricci Loyola 2008 Jerry Lambe Georgetown 2007 Jerry Lambe Georgetown 2006 Jack Reid Massachusetts 2005 Brodie Merrill Georgetown 2004 Greg Havalchak Rutgers 2003 Greg Havalchak Rutgers 2002 Kyle Sweeney Georgetown 2001 Kyle Sweeney Georgetown 2000 Mickey Jarboe Navy Coach of the Year Year Name Team 2014 Eric Seremet Air Force 2013 Kevin Burns Bellarmine 2012 Charley Toomey Loyola 2011 Bill Tierney Denver 2010 Bill Tierney Denver 2009 Greg Cannella Massachusetts 2008 Matt Kerwick Charley Toomey Hobart Loyola 2007 Dave Urick Georgetown 2006 Charley Toomey Loyola 2005 Glenn Thiel Penn State 2004 Greg Cannella Massachusetts 2003 Jim Stagnitta Rutgers 2002 Greg Cannella Massachusetts 2001 Greg Cannella Massachusetts 2000 Dave Urick Georgetown Specialist of the Year Year Name Position Team 2013 Scott Ratliff LSM Loyola 2012 Chase Carraro FO Denver

All-time ECAC season statistic leaders

• 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)

See also

• ECAC Division II Lacrosse League

References

1. "A-Sun Welcomes Bellarmine As Men's Lacrosse Affiliate" (Press release). Atlantic Sun Conference. July 8, 2013. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
2. "SoCon, A-Sun Partner to Enhance Lacrosse" (Press release). Southern Conference. January 9, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
3. "ASUN Conference Announces Formation of Men's Lacrosse League" (Press release). ASUN Conference. February 5, 2021. Archived from the original on February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.