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.

Tournament overview

The championship game was hosted by

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

, and was played in front of 7,557 fans. The game saw the

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

defeat

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...

by the score of 9–8 in double-overtime, to win their third straight national title. Hopkins came back from an 8 to 6 deficit with nine minutes left 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 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 to 9 ending Hopkins 25 game win streak. Following the tournament, National lacrosse champ Johns Hopkins dominated the Division I All American squad with eight total selections. Goali
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defenseman Mark Greenberg and midfielder Brendan Schneck repeated as first team choices, while

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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. Virginia took advantage at the face off with Cavs junior Steve Kraus winning 17 of his 20 faceoffs. The title winning goal by Jeff Harris in the second overtime period won Hopkins the first-ever third straight NCAA title, a feat which would not be duplicated for 10 more years.

Tournament results

:^''(i)'' one overtime :^''(ii)'' two overtimes

Tournament boxscores

Tournament Finals Tournament Semi-Finals Tournament Quarterfinals

Tournament outstanding players

* Jim Bidne, Attack, Johns Hopkins, tournament Most Outstanding Player

References

External links

1980 Title Game on YouTubeJohns Hopkins Wins Lacrosse Title Eugene Register-Guard - Jun 1, 1980
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NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship The NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament determines the annual top men's field lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I. This tournament has determined the national champion since the inaugural 1971 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse ...