1991 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

1991 NCAA Division I Men's
Lacrosse Championship
Finals site Carrier Dome
Champions North Carolina (4th title)
Runner-up Towson
Attendance[1] 8,293 finals
42,981 total
NCAA Division I Men's Championships
«1990 1992»

The 1991 tournament championship game was played at the Carrier Dome in front of 8,293 fans.

Tournament Overview

North Carolina completed a perfect 16 and 0 season by defeating Towson 18-13, to win the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, the fourth overall for the Tar Heels.

Towson, coached by Carl Runk, became the first unseeded team to reach the NCAA Division I lacrosse finals. Towson got as close as 12 to 11 at the start of the 4th quarter, after scoring 5 straight goals. But Carolina controlled the remainder of the game in winning the national title for the first time since 1986.


Tournament results

  First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                     
8  Loyola 20  
   Massachusetts 9  
  1  North Carolina 11  
    8  Loyola 9  
      
        
  1  North Carolina 19  
  5  Syracuse 13  
        
        
  4  Johns Hopkins 8
    5  Syracuse 11  
5  Syracuse 28
   Michigan St. 7  
  1  North Carolina 18
   Towson 13
6  Virginia 13  
   Towson 14  
  3  Princeton 13
     Towson * 14  
      
        
   Towson 15
  7  Maryland 11  
        
        
  2  Brown 13
    7  Maryland 16  
7  Maryland 13
   Rutgers 7  
* = Overtime

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (pdf). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.

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