<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> (8) - 1956, 1969, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2010, 2017, 2018 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Yale Bulldogs men's lacrosse team represents Yale University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's lacrosse . Yale competes as a member of the Ivy League and plays their home games at Reese Stadium in New Haven, Connecticut . The Bulldogs have captured the Ivy League championship five times . Yale is credited, alongside Harvard and Princeton, with the 1883 national championship . </P> <P> On May 28, 2018, the Bulldogs defeated Duke to claim their second ever national title and first NCAA championship in the sport . </P> <P> The first Yale lacrosse team was fielded in 1882 and joined the Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association the following year . The 1978 varsity team, coached by Bob McHenry, backed by the strong defensive efforts of John "Sandy" MacMullen, Mike Burns and Captain Brad Gano, and fueled offensively by Andy Murr, Mike Cromwell, John Piazza, Courtney Whitney, Mike Corcoran, Kevin Connolly and Brian Matthews, among others, was one of Yale's most colorful and exciting teams to watch in action . </P>

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