1980_NCAA_Division_I_lacrosse_tournament
The 1980 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 10th annual tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team champion of men's college lacrosse among its Division I programs to end the 1980 NCAA Division I lacrosse season.
| 1980 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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| Dates | May 21–31, 1980 | ||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Finals site | Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, New York | ||||
| Champions | Johns Hopkins (4th title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Virginia (2nd title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | North Carolina (1st Final Four) Syracuse (1st Final Four) | ||||
| Winning coach | Henry Ciccarone (2nd title) | ||||
| MOP | Jim Bidne, Johns Hopkins | ||||
| Attendance[1] | 7,557 finals 23,046 total | ||||
| Top scorer | Brendan Schneck, Johns Hopkins (16 goals) | ||||
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Two-time defending champions Johns Hopkins defeated Virginia in the championship game, 9–8 in double-overtime. This was the Blue Jays' third straight and fourth overall NCAA national title.
The championship game was played at Schoellkopf Field at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, with 7,557 fans in attendance.
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.
In the final, Hopkins came back from an 8–6 deficit with nine minutes left to play. 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 0:48 to play in the second overtime to give Hopkins the team's third straight national title. Virginia had defeated the Blue Jays earlier in the year 12–9, ending Hopkins’ then 25 game win streak.
Following the tournament, National lacrosse champ Johns Hopkins dominated the Division I All American squad with eight total selections. Goalie Mike Federico, defenseman Mark Greenberg and midfielder Brendan Schneck repeated as first team choices, while Jeff Cook made the second team attack squad.
Virginia was notable in this tournament for playing overtime games in all three of their contests, including the two overtime game against Hopkins in the finals. Hopkins players Wayne Davis and Ned Radebaugh were both sidelined in that game. Virginia took advantage at the face off with Cavs junior Steve Kraus winning 17 of his 20 faceoffs. The winning goal by Jeff Harris in the second overtime period gave Hopkins the first-ever third straight NCAA title a feat which would not be duplicated for 10 more years.[2][3][4][5]
| Quarterfinals May 21 | Semifinals May 24 | Championship May 31 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Johns Hopkins | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Harvard | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Johns Hopkins | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Syracuse | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Syracuse | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Washington and Lee | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Johns Hopkins (14–1) | 9(ii) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Virginia (12–2) | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | North Carolina | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Navy | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | North Carolina | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Virginia | 11(i) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Virginia | 9(i) | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Cornell | 8 | ||||||||||||
- (i) one overtime
- (ii) two overtimes
Finals
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT1 | OT2 | Total |
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| Johns Hopkins | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Virginia | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
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Semifinals
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Johns Hopkins | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| Syracuse | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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| Virginia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
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Quarterfinals
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Johns Hopkins | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| Harvard | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Syracuse | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Washington and Lee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| North Carolina | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| Navy | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT1 | Total |
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| Virginia | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Cornell | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
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- Jim Bidne, Attack, Johns Hopkins, tournament Most Outstanding Player
Leading scorers
| Name | GP | G | A | Pts |
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| Brendan Schneck, Johns Hopkins | 3 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Tim O’Hara, Syracuse | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Jim Bidne, Johns Hopkins | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Jim Zaffuto, Johns Hopkins | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Mike Burnett, North Carolina | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Dave Huntley, Johns Hopkins | 2 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Ron Martinello, Maryland | 3 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| John Lamon, Maryland | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Ned Radebaugh, Johns Hopkins | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Mike Chanenchuk, Navy | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Jeff Harris, Johns Hopkins | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
- 1980 NCAA Division II lacrosse tournament
- 1980 NCAA Division III lacrosse tournament (inaugural edition)
- "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- Joe Marshall (June 9, 1980). "It Was Not A Bad Year". Sports Illustrated.
- Associated Press. Hopkins repeats as lacrosse champs. The Capital. June 2, 1980. pg. 17
- Associated Press. Hopkins, Virginia dominate All-America lacrosse squad. The Capital. June 4, 1980. pg. 25
- www.hopkinssports.com (2009). "2009 Johns Hopkins Men's Lacrosse Media Guide" (PDF). www.hopkinssports.com.