# Brown Bears men's lacrosse

The Brown Bears men's lacrosse team represents Brown University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's lacrosse. Brown competes in the Ivy League and plays its home games at Stevenson-Pincince Field in Providence, Rhode Island.

## History

The Brown University men's lacrosse program was founded in 1926. Brown continued to compete in intercollegiate lacrosse until 1937 when the sport was discontinued. The lacrosse program resumed play in 1961 under head coach Cliff Stevenson. Since 1961, Brown has won 10 Ivy League championships (five outright titles, five shared) and has made 14 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament appearances, including nine NCAA Quarterfinal appearances. In 1994, Brown became the first program from New England to play in the NCAA Final Four, a record that remained until the UMass made a Final Four appearance in 2006. Every season since 2010, Brown has played Bryant and Providence for the Ocean State Cup. Brown won the Cup in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022.

### National awards

The Brown lacrosse program has garnered numerous national collegiate lacrosse awards. Darren Lowe '92 was named 1992 NCAA Division I Player of the Year, as well as 1992 Division I Attackman of the Year. Standout goalie Greg Cattrano, was named Division I Goalie of the Year. In 2009, Jordan Burke became the Division I Goalie of the Year. Brown has also had two coaches selected as Division I Coach of the Year: Dom Starsia in 1985 and 1991, and Peter Lasagna in 1994. In 2016 attackman Dylan Molloy received the Tewaaraton Trophy, the Jack Turnbull Award, and the Lt. Raymond Enners Award.

### Ivy League awards

Brown has also won numerous Ivy League awards since All-Ivy teams were first selected in 1957. Since the award's inception in 1974, ten Brown Bears have been named Ivy League Player of the Year and four Bears have been named Men's Lacrosse Ivy League Rookie of the Year since the Rookie award was established in 1981. Since 1957, three Bears have been chosen First Team All-Ivy three times (Darren Lowe 1990, '91, '92), (Bill Aliber 1981, '82, '83), (Thomas Muldoon 2008, '09, '10) while 14 Bears have been named First Team All-Ivy two times. Jordan Burke became the first player to win Ivy League Player of the Year in back to back years (2008, '09).

## Season Results

The following is a list of Brown's results by season as an NCAA Division I program:
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Cliff Stevenson (Ivy League) (1961–1982) ||||||
| 1971 | Cliff Stevenson | 11–3 | 5–1 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals |
| 1972 | Cliff Stevenson | 9–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |
| 1973 | Cliff Stevenson | 10–2 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals |
| 1974 | Cliff Stevenson | 6–4 | 4–2 | 3rd | |
| 1975 | Cliff Stevenson | 7–5 | 3–3 | 4th | |
| 1976 | Cliff Stevenson | 10–4 | 5–1 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals |
| 1977 | Cliff Stevenson | 3–10 | 1–5 | T–5th | |
| 1978 | Cliff Stevenson | 6–6 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |
| 1979 | Cliff Stevenson | 8–4 | 3–3 | 5th | |
| 1980 | Cliff Stevenson | 9–4 | 3–3 | 4th | |
| 1981 | Cliff Stevenson | 6–6 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |
| 1982 | Cliff Stevenson | 5–9 | 1–5 | 6th | |
| Cliff Stevenson: | Cliff Stevenson: | 170–95 (.642) | 67–47 (.588) | | |
| Dom Starsia (Ivy League) (1983–1992) ||||||
| 1983 | Dom Starsia | 9–5 | 4–2 | 3rd | |
| 1984 | Dom Starsia | 9–5 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |
| 1985 | Dom Starsia | 12–3 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals |
| 1986 | Dom Starsia | 8–6 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |
| 1987 | Dom Starsia | 10–5 | 4–2 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I First Round |
| 1988 | Dom Starsia | 8–6 | 3–3 | T–4th | |
| 1989 | Dom Starsia | 9–6 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |
| 1990 | Dom Starsia | 11–5 | 3–3 | 4th | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals |
| 1991 | Dom Starsia | 13–1 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals |
| 1992 | Dom Starsia | 12–4 | 4–2 | 3rd | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals |
| Dom Starsia: | Dom Starsia: | 101–46 (.687) | 42–18 (.700) | | |
| Peter Lasagna (Ivy League) (1993–2000) ||||||
| 1993 | Peter Lasagna | 10–3 | 5–1 | 2nd | |
| 1994 | Peter Lasagna | 13–5 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Final Four |
| 1995 | Peter Lasagna | 10–6 | 5–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals |
| 1996 | Peter Lasagna | 7–6 | 3–3 | 3rd | |
| 1997 | Peter Lasagna | 8–7 | 4–2 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I First Round |
| 1998 | Peter Lasagna | 4–9 | 2–4 | 5th | |
| 1999 | Peter Lasagna | 4–9 | 2–4 | T–4th | |
| 2000 | Peter Lasagna | 9–6 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |
| Peter Lasagna: | Peter Lasagna: | 65–51 (.560) | 30–18 (.625) | | |
| Scott Nelson (Ivy League) (2001–2006) ||||||
| 2001 | Scott Nelson | 6–8 | 2–4 | T–5th | |
| 2002 | Scott Nelson | 7–7 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |
| 2003 | Scott Nelson | 4–10 | 1–5 | 7th | |
| 2004 | Scott Nelson | 9–5 | 2–4 | T–5th | |
| 2005 | Scott Nelson | 6–6 | 2–4 | T–5th | |
| 2006 | Scott Nelson | 2–11 | 0–6 | 7th | |
| Scott Nelson: | Scott Nelson: | 34–47 (.420) | 11–25 (.306) | | |
| Lars Tiffany (Ivy League) (2007–2016) ||||||
| 2007 | Lars Tiffany | 7–7 | 1–5 | T–6th | |
| 2008 | Lars Tiffany | 11–3 | 5–1 | T–1st | |
| 2009 | Lars Tiffany | 12–4 | 4–2 | 3rd | NCAA Division I First Round |
| 2010 | Lars Tiffany | 8–6 | 4–2 | T–1st | |
| 2011 | Lars Tiffany | 6–8 | 2–4 | T–5th | |
| 2012 | Lars Tiffany | 7–8 | 3–3 | 4th | |
| 2013 | Lars Tiffany | 8–7 | 2–4 | 5th | |
| 2014 | Lars Tiffany | 8–6 | 2–4 | T–5th | |
| 2015 | Lars Tiffany | 12–5 | 4–2 | T–1st | NCAA Division I First Round |
| 2016 | Lars Tiffany | 16–3 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Final Four |
| Lars Tiffany: | Lars Tiffany: | 95–56 (.629) | 33–27 (.550) | | |
| Mike Daly (Ivy League) (2017–2024) ||||||
| 2017 | Mike Daly | 10–6 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |
| 2018 | Mike Daly | 6–9 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |
| 2019 | Mike Daly | 7–9 | 3–3 | 4th | |
| 2020 | Mike Daly | 3–2 | 0–0 | † | † |
| 2021 | Mike Daly | 1–0 | 0–0 | †† | †† |
| 2022 | Mike Daly | 10–6 | 4–2 | T–1st | NCAA Division I First Round |
| 2023 | Mike Daly | 6–8 | 2–4 | T–5th | |
| 2024 | Mike Daly | 3–11 | 2–4 | T–5th | |
| Mike Daly: | Mike Daly: | 46–51 (.474) | 18–18 (.500) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 547–395–4 (.580) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
†NCAA canceled 2020 collegiate activities due to the COVID-19 virus. †† Ivy League cancelled 2021 collegiate season due to the COVID-19 virus.