1988 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

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The 1988 tournament championship game was played at Syracuse University in front of 20,148 fans. The Syracuse Orange defeated the Cornel Big Red, 13-8 for the first of their three straight NCAA titles.

This Syracuse team is notable for being undefeated and featuring the Gait brothers, Paul and Gary Gait as well as hall-of-famer Tom Marechek. It is also notable for being the NCAA tournament where Gary Gait took his famous "Air Gait" shot in a tight semi-final game against University of Pennsylvania.

[edit] Tournament results

	First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	8	Navy	10
		Harvard	9
						1	Syracuse	23
						8	Navy	5
											1	Syracuse	11
										4	Penn	10
						4	Penn	12
						5	Loyola	9
	5	Loyola	19
		Air Force	8
																1	Syracuse	13
																6	Cornell	8
	6	Cornell	13
		Massechusetts	11
						3	North Carolina	4
						6	Cornell	6
											6	Cornell	17
										7	Virginia	6
						2	Johns Hopkins	10
						7	Virginia *	11
	7	Virginia *	10
		Yale	9

• * = Overtime

[edit] External links

• NCAA history
• "Air Gait" I link
• "Air Gait" writeup

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