Army Black Knights men ' s lacrosse The Army Black Knights men ' s lacrosse team represents the United States Military Academy ( USMA , commonly known as " West Point " ) in National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I men ' s lacrosse competition . During the team ' s 92 - year history , it has won eight national championships and made fifteen postseason NCAA tournament appearances . The team currently holds the fifth - most wins of any team , with an all - time record of 705 – 332 – 7 . History . The first Army lacrosse game was played in 1907 against Stevens Tech . The Cadets won that season ' s only contest , 3 – 1 . In 1909 and 1910 , Army again fielded a lacrosse team , which mostly played local high school and club teams , but also a game each against Stevens Tech and Columbia . In those first three seasons , Army won all ten games it played . In 1921 , lacrosse returned to West Point for good . After a 2 – 3 mark that season , the Cadets improved to 6 – 1 the following year , which was the start to a 33 - year streak of winning seasons . In 1923 , Army finished with a 8 – 1 – 1 record and was named the national championship team by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association ( USILA ) . In 1929 , F . Morris Touchstone became the head coach . He remained in that post for 29 years and became Army ' s all - time winningest head coach in terms of wins with a record of 214 – 73 – 4 and winning percentage of 0 . 743 . During this period , the lacrosse and football teams were closely connected and shared many personnel , as football players found the sport an excellent way to remain physically fit during the off - season . In both 1944 and 1945 , Army won national championships in lacrosse and football . Bill Carpenter , the " Lonesome End " and a future Distinguished Service Cross recipient , continued the tradition as both a football and lacrosse star . After Touchstone ' s death , James F . Adams took over as head coach in 1958 , and in that first season , led the Cadets to their first perfect record since 1910 and the national championship . He stayed on for 12 years and compiled three more shared titles and a winning percentage of 0 . 777 . In 1961 , Adams was named the national Coach of the Year . Adams was replaced by Al Pisano . In 1971 , the NCAA became the awarding authority for the lacrosse national championship and instituted the NCAA tournament . Army participated in each of the first three events . In the inaugural tournament , the Cadets routed Hofstra in order to advance to the final four , where Cornell edged them by one goal . Dick Edell replaced Pisano , and served for seven years before leaving to become Maryland ' s long - time coach . During the 1980s , Army appeared in six NCAA tournaments , including five consecutive ones starting in 1981 . In 1984 , Jack Emmer became head coach , and Army advanced to the final four , before being eliminated by Syracuse . The 1993 team finished with an 12 – 4 record , which included a defeat of Maryland in the first round of the NCAA tournament . In 1991 , Army joined the Patriot League , and won its first 25 consecutive conference games , a league record . In 1999 , the athletic teams , formerly known as the " Cadets " , officially changed their name to the " Black Knights " . Army made three straight NCAA tournament appearances from 2003 to 2005 . The following season , former assistant coach Joe Alberici returned to West Point to assume the head job . That year , the Black Knights finished as runners - up in the Patriot League and narrowly missed a tournament berth . In 2008 , Army earned the conference regular season championship and Alberici was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year . Home stadium . Army currently plays its home games at Michie Stadium , which is also the homefield of the football team and has an official capacity of 40 , 000 . Prior to that , Army lacrosse used " The Plain " ( the main parade ground ) , Clinton Field , Daly Field , and Shea Stadium . Championships . From 1934 through 1970 , the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association ( USILA ) awarded the Wingate Memorial Trophy to the NCAA Division I annual champion , based on regular - season records . Since 1971 , the annual NCAA Men ' s Lacrosse Championship tournament has determined the top team in NCAA Division I lacrosse . Army has been awarded eight national championships , but none since the implementation of the NCAA tournament .