Canisius ( MAAC ) , Lehigh ( Patriot League ) , Loyola ( ECAC ) , Massachusetts ( CAA ) , Stony Brook ( America East ) , Syracuse ( Big East ) , and Yale ( Ivy League ) , earned an automatic bid into the tournament by winning their respective conference tournaments . During the tournament , the Colgate Raiders won their first ever NCAA Tournament game , defeating Massachusetts by a score of 13 – 11
Big East
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2012 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship