Division I

Dates and sites: First-round North games are May 10 on campus. First-round South games are May 11 on campus. Quarterfinals for the North are May 17 at Syracuse. South quarterfinals are May 18 at Towson. The semifinals (May 24) and championship (May 26) are at Baltimore's Ravens Stadium.

Field: A total of 16 teams will be selected. Seven conferences will receive automatic bids. The remaining teams will be selected at large.

Selection date: May 4.

2002 champion: Syracuse.

Top team contenders: Syracuse, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Virginia, Maryland, Georgetown.

Players to watch: Michael Powell, Syracuse; Ryan Boyle, Princeton; Bobby Benson, Johns Hopkins; Chris Rotelli, Virginia; Joe Walters, Maryland.

Division II

Dates and sites: The semifinals will be played May 18 on campus. The championship game is May 25 at Ravens Stadium in Baltimore.

Field: A total of four teams will be selected. Two teams will be selected from each of the two geographic regions, Northeast and Southwest.

Selection date: May 4.

2002 champion: Limestone.

Top team contenders: Limestone, NYIT, Pace, Mercyhurst, Bryant, Limestone.

Players to watch: Devan Spilker, Limestone; Jeremy Jablonski, Pace; Brian Boyle, NYIT; Jerod Felice, Mercyhurst; Jon Yuengling, Bryant.

Division III

Dates and sites: First-round (May 7), second-round (May 11), quarterfinal (May 14) and semifinal (May 18) games will be played on campus. The championship is May 25 at Baltimore's Ravens Stadium.

Field: A maximum of 17 teams will be selected. The field will consist of three pools. The first 13 berths will go to champions of automatic-qualifying conferences. Two berths are reserved for true independents. Two other berths will be reserved for teams from the automatic-qualifying conferences that did not win their conference's automatic berth.

Selection date: May 4.

2002 champion: Middlebury.

Top team contenders: Middlebury, Whittier, Gettysburg, Hampden-Sydney, Salisbury, Washington (Maryland), Cortland State.

Players to watch: Steve Berger, Washington (Maryland), Josh Bergey, Salisbury; Chris Lucas, Hampden-Sydney; Kelly Hall, Whittier; Brian Pryor, Gettysburg; Eric Krieger, Middlebury.