1978 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The 1978 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 8th 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 Rutgers University, and was played in front of 13,527 fans. The game saw the Johns Hopkins University defeat Cornell University by the score of 13–8. [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 finals was notable for the defeat by Hopkins of Cornell, which had come into the game riding a 42 game unbeaten streak. [cite web |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=252808 |title=The Harvard Crimson |accessdate=2008-06-28 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=thecrimson.com] Hopkins had lost earlier in the season to Cornell, 16-11, on April 15 at Homewood Field in Baltimore. A 15-12 setback to Navy in the 1975 NCAA semifinals was the last loss for Cornell prior to this title game. [Associated Press. "Cornell, Hopkins square off". The Capital. May 26, 1978. pg. 20]

Mike O'Neill, attackman from Johns Hopkins, who was later named the Division 1 National Player of the Year, was named the top player in the Division 1 championship game, finishing with one goal and three assists. [Associated Press. "Hopkins Stuns Cornell". The Syracuse Herald Journal. May 28, 1978. pg. 17]

Tournament results

8TeamBracket | RD1=First Round
RD2=Semifinals
RD3=ChampionshipMay 27, 1978

score-width=
team-width=

RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Cornell
RD1-score1=12
RD1-seed2=8
RD1-team2=Washington & Lee
RD1-score2=2

RD1-seed3=4
RD1-team3=Navy
RD1-score3=16
RD1-seed4=5
RD1-team4=Army
RD1-score4=13

RD1-seed5=3
RD1-team5=Maryland
RD1-score5=15
RD1-seed6=6
RD1-team6=Virginia
RD1-score6=10

RD1-seed7=2
RD1-team7=Johns Hopkins
RD1-score7=20
RD1-seed8=7
RD1-team8=Hofstra
RD1-score8=8

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Cornell
RD2-score1=13
RD2-seed2=4
RD2-team2=Navy
RD2-score2=7

RD2-seed3=3
RD2-team3=Maryland
RD2-score3=11
RD2-seed4=2
RD2-team4=Johns Hopkins
RD2-score4=17

RD3-seed1=1
RD3-team1=Cornell
RD3-score1=8
RD3-seed2=2
RD3-team2=Johns Hopkins
RD3-score2=13

References