{"id":287805,"date":"2026-05-28T17:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/287805\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:40:10","slug":"dramatic-national-title-leaves-tampa-no-1-in-final-d-ii-mens-top-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/287805\/","title":{"rendered":"Dramatic National Title Leaves Tampa No. 1 in Final D-II Men&#8217;s Top 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu moment went Tampa\u2019s way in the Division II NCAA championship game, with the Spartans flipping the script on Adelphi by winning a title in overtime. As such, Tampa is No. 1 in the final USA Lacrosse Division II Men\u2019s Top 20, presented by CWENCH Hydration, of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Ortega nailed the winner in extra time to give Tampa its second men\u2019s lacrosse national title, halting Adelphi\u2019s bid for a third-straight championship. Naturally, Adelphi falls in line at No. 2 in this final ranking.<\/p>\n<p>Saint Anselm, which only suffered three losses this season \u2014 all to Northeast 10 foes \u2014 are No. 3. Anderson, a final four team, is No. 4, and Wingate is No. 5.<\/p>\n<p>USA LACROSSE DIVISION II<br \/>MEN&#8217;S TOP 20<\/p>\n<p>1. Tampa<br \/>2. Adelphi<br \/>3. Saint Anselm<br \/>4. Anderson<br \/>5. Wingate<br \/>6. Molloy<br \/>7. Pace<br \/>8. Lewis<br \/>9. Seton Hill<br \/>10. Lenoir-Rhyne<br \/>11. Newberry<br \/>12. St. Michael\u2019s<br \/>13. Assumption<br \/>14. Florida Tech<br \/>15. Maryville<br \/>16. Flagle<br \/>17. Rockhurst<br \/>18. Wilmington (Del.)<br \/>19. Concordia Irvine<br \/>20. Barton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu moment went Tampa\u2019s way in the Division II NCAA championship game, with the Spartans flipping&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-287805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}