The 2008 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Tournament was held from May 10 through May 25, 2008. This was the 29th annual Division III NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship

NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship

The annual NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament determines the top men's field lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III....

 tournament. Sixteen NCAA Division III college men's lacrosse

College lacrosse

College lacrosse refers to lacrosse played by student athletes at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. In both countries, men's field lacrosse and women's lacrosse are played in both the varsity and club levels...

 teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a play-in game to advance to the tournament.

The tournament culminated with the finals held on Memorial Day

Memorial Day

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 weekend at Gillette Stadium

Gillette Stadium

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 in Foxborough, Massachusetts

Foxborough, Massachusetts

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 16,246 people, 6,141 households, and 4,396 families residing in the town. The population density was 809.1 people per square mile . There were 6,299 housing units at an average density of 313.7 per square mile...

. The championship weekend, which included the Division I

2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was held from May 10 through May 26, 2008. This was the 38th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament...

 and Division II championships, was hosted by Harvard University

Harvard University

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 and the Eastern College Athletic Conference

Eastern College Athletic Conference

The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 21 sports . It has 317 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location from Maine to North Carolina and west to Illinois...

. The game set an attendance record for the Division III title game of 24,317 fans.

The championship featured a third consecutive meeting between perennial powerhouses Cortland State Red Dragone

State University of New York at Cortland

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 and Salisbury State Sea Gulls. The Sea Gulls victory sealed their 20th straight appearance and 26th overall in the NCAA Division III tournament. They have a record of 45-18 all-time in the tournament and is a new Division III record beating Hobart's

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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old record of 41.

Play-in games

The final four rounds of the tournament were preceded by five play-in games on May 7:

• Springfield 17 – Kean 2
• Bowdoin 11 – Mount Ida 5
• Western New England 14 – Western Connecticut State 4
• Ohio Wesleyan 12 – Kenyon 8
• Denision 19 – Widener 6

Tournament results

• * = Overtime