The Orange, led by senior Michael Powell, scored the game winner with one minute left in the fourth quarter, claiming their eighth national title.

Syracuse outscored Navy 3–1 in the final five minutes to overcome a 12-11 fourth-quarter deficit.

With Syracuse's 2004 national championship win Michael Powell joins his brothers Casey and Ryan as the first set of brothers to win a national championship with the same school.

[4] Sixteen NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.

Providence made their debut appearance in the Division I men's lacrosse tournament.