1979 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The 1979 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 9th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Twelve 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 University of Maryland, and was played in front of 16,166 fans. The game saw the Johns Hopkins University defeat University of Maryland by the score of 15–9. This tournament was also notable for the only entry of North Carolina State, led by Stan Cockerton, in the NCAA championships. The program was discontinued shortly afterwards. Johns Hopkins using a stingy defense and led by Dave Huntley and Jeff Cook, defeated the Terrapins for the second time this season in winning their second consecutive NCAA title. [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]

The number one seeding in the tournament went to the Blue Jays with a 10 and 0 record and winners of 17 in a row, sincea mid-season defeat in 1978 by Cornell. Syracuse appeared for the first time in the NCAA tournament, while Maryland was making its ninth straight tournament appearance. [Associated Press. "Playoffs begin Wednesday in Division I lacrosse". The Capital. May 14, 1979. pg. 19] [United Press International. "Hopkins sticks Terp '10"'. The Syracuse Herald Journal. May 27, 1979. pg. 31] Following this title game, Hopkins had won or tied for 34 national championships, more than twice as many as any other school. Hopkins had also handed the Terrapins five of their losses over the prior three seasons, including consecutive defeats in the semifinals of the Division I tournaments in 1977 and 1978. [Associated Press. "Terps, Hopkins meet today for crown". The Frederick News-Post. May 26, 1979. pg. 41]

Tournament results

8TeamBracket | RD1=First Round
RD2=Semifinals
RD3=ChampionshipMay 26, 1979

score-width=
team-width=

RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Johns Hopkins
RD1-score1=20
RD1-seed2=8
RD1-team2=North Carolina State
RD1-score2=6

RD1-seed3=4
RD1-team3=Virginia
RD1-score3=15
RD1-seed4=5
RD1-team4=Cornell
RD1-score4=8

RD1-seed5=3
RD1-team5=Navy
RD1-score5=16
RD1-seed6=6
RD1-team6=Massachusetts
RD1-score6=14

RD1-seed7=2
RD1-team7=Maryland
RD1-score7=16
RD1-seed8=7
RD1-team8=Syracuse
RD1-score8=13

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=John Hopkins
RD2-score1=16
RD2-seed2=4
RD2-team2=Virginia
RD2-score2=7

RD2-seed3=3
RD2-team3=Navy
RD2-score3=10
RD2-seed4=2
RD2-team4=Maryland
RD2-score4=15

RD3-seed1=1
RD3-team1=Johns Hopkins
RD3-score1=15
RD3-seed2=2
RD3-team2=Maryland
RD3-score2=9

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