1975 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The 1975 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship was the fifth annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Eight NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met in the postseason single-elimination tournament to decide the national championship.

The championship game was hosted by Johns Hopkins University, and was played in front of 10,875 fans. The game saw the Terrapins of the University of Maryland defeat the Midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy by the score of 20–13 for their second national title in three years. Frank Urso scored five goals in the final for Maryland. Jack Emmer's Washington and Lee team avenged a loss in the prior year's tournament with an upset of top-ranked Johns Hopkins in the first round.[1]

The national title game represented the 50th time the Middies and Maryland had met since the sport was put on Maryland's varsity list in 1924. The Terps season concluded with a five-game winning streak including victories over lacrosse powers Johns Hopkins, Hofstra, Washington & Lee, and Navy. Navy had earlier in the season upset Maryland.[2]

Tournament results

  First Round Semifinals Championship
                           
  2  Johns Hopkins 7  
7  Washington & Lee 11  
  7  Washington & Lee 5  
  3  Maryland 15  
3  Maryland 19
  6  Hofstra 7  
    3  Maryland 20
  4  Navy 13
  4  Navy 17  
5  Penn 6  
  4  Navy 15
  1  Cornell 12  
1  Cornell 18
  8  Rutgers 5  

References

  1. ^ "Men's Lacrosse Championship Record Book". NCAA.org. http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/lacrosse/m_lacrosse_champs_records_book/2005/2005_d1_m_lacrosse_champ_records.pdf. Retrieved 2008-06-25. 
  2. ^ United Press International. Terps Favored Over Navy in Stick Finals. THE CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES. May 29, 1975. pg. 21

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