Hempstead, NY - Hofstra University was selected to serve as host for the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Quarterfinals in 2024 and 2026, the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Committee announced Tuesday. Hofstra is currently in the midst of a six-year hosting cycle at James M. Shuart Stadium that runs through the 2022 season.

"We are thrilled to once again be a part of the NCAA Championship experience," said Hofstra Vice President and Director of Athletics Rick Cole Jr. "The Hofstra University community has done a tremendous job in making each NCAA Quarterfinal that we host a first-class experience for the participating teams, fans, and media, and will continue to do so as we prepare to host in each of the next two years and in 2024 and 2026. The local lacrosse community has embraced the event and we are grateful that the NCAA once again recognizes that Hofstra is a prime location to host these important quarterfinal games." 

"Thank you to the NCAA for choosing Hofstra University and Shuart Stadium to once again host the NCAA Quarterfinals," Hofstra Head Men's Lacrosse Coach Seth Tierney stated. "We are thrilled to showcase one of the premier lacrosse venues in the nation and look forward to continuing the tradition of outstanding quarterfinal contests on our turf."

Shuart Stadium is the largest outdoor sports complex on Long Island. Opened in 1963, it has served as the site for NCAA Championships, New York State High School Championships, world championships and professional contests.
 
It has been an important venue in NCAA Lacrosse history as it served as the site of the first-ever NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship game in 1971, which saw Cornell post a 12-6 victory over Maryland. Since then Shuart Stadium has hosted first round NCAA Tournament games in 1973, 1993 and 2006, and NCAA Quarterfinals in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018, and 2019.

The four largest crowds in Shuart Stadium history occurred during the hosting of the NCAA Lacrosse Quarterfinals. The 2014 NCAA Quarterfinal crowd of 13,519 is the third largest attendance in NCAA Division I history and the largest-ever lacrosse crowd on Long Island. In 2011, 13,447 watched the NCAA Quarterfinals at Hofstra while a then-NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship Quarterfinal record of 12,292 witnessed the 1999 NCAA Quarterfinals. A crowd of 11,259 watched the 2009 quarterfinals while 10,510 fans attended the 2001 quarterfinals. Hofstra-hosted quarterfinals hold four of the top nine spots as the best attended quarterfinals in NCAA history.

In addition, advancing through the NCAA Quarterfinals hosted at Hofstra has been a good luck charm for one of the four participants. The eventual national champions have come through the NCAA Quarterfinals in Hempstead, New York, in eight of the 11 hosted by Hofstra.

PREVIOUS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTERFINALS AT HOFSTRA

1997
Princeton*-11, Massachusetts-9
Syracuse-13 vs. Loyola-12
1998
Princeton*-11, Duke-9
Syracuse-17, Virginia-14
1999
Johns Hopkins-11, Hofstra-7
Georgetown-17, Duke-14
2001
Syracuse-18, Hofstra-13
Princeton*-8, Loyola-7
2002
Syracuse*-10, Duke-9
Princeton-14, Georgetown-13
2009
Cornell 6, Princeton 4
Syracuse* 11, Maryland 6
2011
Virginia*-13, Cornell-9
Denver-14, Johns Hopkins-9
2014
Maryland 15, Bryant 8
Notre Dame 14, Albany 13
2017
Ohio State 16, Duke 11
Denver 16, Notre Dame 4
2018
Yale* 8, Loyola (MD) 5
Albany 15, Denver 13
2019
Virginia* 13, Maryland 12
Duke 14, Notre Dame 13
*National Champion