Kansas City, Mo. – [Bracket] The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the qualifiers and pairings for the 2024 NAIA Men's Lacrosse National Invitational hosted by the Savannah Sports Council. The eight-team field will be played at Memorial Stadium in Savannah, Ga., from May 8th through the 11th.
This year's championship field includes four automatic qualifiers and four at-large bids. Teams that won their respective conference tournament titles were awarded automatic berths. The final regular-season men's lacrosse coaches' top 10 rankings were announced Sunday, determining the remaining at-large bids. Check out that top 10 rating Here.
Hudl TV will be the official home of NAIA Men's Lacrosse National Invitational streaming. It will broadcast all matches live at the final site in Savannah, Ga. For more information and to pre-register, click here Here.
Qualifications
- Men's lacrosse is in its eighth year as an invitational sport in the NAIA.
- William Penn (Iowa) and Ottawa (Kan.) are in the National Invitational field for the first time in program history.
- Reinhardt (Ga.) is the only team in the 2024 field to win multiple invitational titles. The Eagles won the title in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022.
- Keizer (Fla.) returns to the National Invitational from the 2024 season as the defending champion.
- This year's field has a combined record of 99-27 (.785%).
- To view the complete bracket, click here
Company | Eligibility Method | Season record | Last qualified | Appearances | Topics |
Concordia (Mich.) | Bigger | 12-4 | 2023 | 2 | |
Cumberlands (Ky.) | Bigger | 13-4 | 2023 | 5 | |
Indiana Tech | Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Tournament Champion | 9-6 | 2023 | 7 | |
Kaiser (Fla.) | Bigger | 14-2 | 2023 | 7 | 1 |
Ottawa (Kan.) | Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament champion | 7-6 | |||
Reinhardt (Ga.) | Appalachian Athletic Conference tournament champion | 14-0 | 2023 | 8 | 5 |
Weber International (Fla.) | Bigger | 14-3 | 2023 | 2 | |
William Penn (Iowa) | Heart of America Athletic Conference tournament champion | 16-2 | 1 |