Navy, Syracuse top national lacrosse home attendance average

With no teams left in Division I men's lacrosse with a home game remaining (Maryland would have played its quarterfinal in Byrd Stadium had it advanced Sunday), it's possible to break down the national average attendance leaders.

The Terrapins ranked third nationally, one of four schools to average more than 3,000 fans. Syracuse, unsurprisingly, was near or at the top of the list.

And the national leader? None other than 3-10 Navy, which edged Syracuse by an average of one fan a game. It should be noted the Orange entered the postseason in the lead, but dipped after drawing a crowd of 2,826 to its first-round game against Bryant on Sunday night.

So how did Navy wind up with such a solid number despite setting a school record for losses? April home dates against Maryland (crowd of 6,961) and Army (12,103) certainly helped.

Here's the top 10 average attendance leaders nationally, with the other 53 Division I after the jump below.

No. School	Avg.	Dates
1. Navy	3,860	6
2. Syracuse	3,859	9
3. Maryland	3,643	7
4. Cornell	3,114	7
5. Army	2,929	6
6. Marquette	2,679	2
7. North Carolina	2,619	11
8. Virginia	2,514	9
9. Loyola	2,471	5
10. Hofstra	2,318	8

 

No. School	Avg.	Dates
11. Johns Hopkins	2,296	8
12. Villanova	2,210	10
13. Denver	1,976	8
14. Princeton	1,853	6
15. Notre Dame	1,773	7
16. Harvard	1,493	9
17. Ohio State	1,439	7
18. Duke	1,250	12
19. Yale	1,244	6
20. Georgetown	1,242	7
21. Towson	1,225	7
22. Stony Brook	1,224	6
23. Michigan	1,194	5
24. Penn	1,146	5
25. Bucknell	1,110	7
26. Massachusetts	1,056	5
27. Rutgers	1,028	11
28. Lehigh	996	9
29. Albany	872	5
30. Penn State	850	8
31. High Point	794	7
32. Brown	785	5
33. Delaware	758	7
34. Hartford	754	6
35. UMBC	731	6
36. Drexel	695	8
37. Dartmouth	690	7
38. Siena	684	8
39. Marist	671	6
40. St. John's	653	6
41. Providence	633	8
42. Bryant	602	11
43. Hobart	572	6
44. Holy Cross	570	6
45. Bellarmine	557	8
46. VMI	540	4
47. Canisius	506	6
48. Colgate	485	4
49. Saint Joseph's	474	7
50. Quinnipiac	470	5
51. Mount St. Mary's	444	7
52. Sacred Heart	395	6
53. Vermont	394	7
54. Lafayette	388	6
55. Fairfield	385	7
56. Mercer	380	5
57. Manhattan	339	5
58. Jacksonville	304	6
59. Robert Morris	286	8
60. Detroit	276	4
61. Binghamton	248	7
62. Wagner	236	8
63. Air Force	143	3

--- Patrick Stevens

Comments

[Lou]

Would love to see this as a function of the size of the school. Providence, for example, has 4,000 students, so 600 per game is not bad