1980 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The 1980 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 10th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Eight NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament. The championship game was hosted by Cornell University, and was played in front of 7,557 fans. The game saw the Johns Hopkins University defeat University of Virginia by the score of 9–8 in double-overtime. [cite web |url=http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/lacrosse/m_lacrosse_champs_records_book/2005/2005_d1_m_lacrosse_champ_records.pdf |title=Men's Lacrosse Championship Record Book |accessdate=2008-06-25 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=NCAA.org]

Hopkins battled back from an 8-6 deficit with nine minutes to play, when attackman Jeff Harris took a pass from Jim Bidne in front of the Virginia goal and rifled a shot over the left shoulder of the Cavalier's goalie with 1:12 to play in the second overtime to give Hopkins the team's third straight national title. [cite web |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1123508/1/index.htm|title=It Was Not A Bad Year|accessdate=|author=Joe Marshall|date=June 09, 1980|work= |publisher=Sports Illustrated] Virginia had defeated the Blue Jays earlier in the year 12 to 9, ending Hopkins 25 game win streak. [Associated Press. "Hopkins repeats as lacrosse champs". The Capital. June 2, 1980. pg. 17] Following the tournament, National lacrosse champ Johns Hopkins dominated the Division I All American squad with eight total selections. Goalie Mike Frederico, defenseman Mark Greenberg and midfielder Brendan Schneck repeated as first team choices, while Jeff Cook made the second team attack squad. [Associated Press. "Hopkins, Virginia dominate All-America lacrosse squad". The Capital. June 4, 1980. pg. 25]

Tournament results

8TeamBracket | RD1=First Round
RD2=Semifinals
RD3=Championship

score-width=
team-width=

RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Johns Hopkins
RD1-score1=16
RD1-seed2=8
RD1-team2=Harvard
RD1-score2=12

RD1-seed3=4
RD1-team3=Syracuse
RD1-score3=12
RD1-seed4=5
RD1-team4=Washington and Lee
RD1-score4=4

RD1-seed5=3
RD1-team5=North Carolina
RD1-score5=18
RD1-seed6=6
RD1-team6=Navy
RD1-score6=11

RD1-seed7=2
RD1-team7=Virginia
RD1-score7=9
RD1-seed8=7
RD1-team8=Cornell
RD1-score8=8

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=John Hopkins
RD2-score1=18
RD2-seed2=4
RD2-team2=Syracuse
RD2-score2=11

RD2-seed3=3
RD2-team3=North Carolina
RD2-score3=10
RD2-seed4=2
RD2-team4=Virginia
RD2-score4=11

RD3-seed1=1
RD3-team1=Johns Hopkins
RD3-score1=9
RD3-seed2=2
RD3-team2=Virginia
RD3-score2=8

References