1989 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

1989 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
Finals site	Byrd Stadium
Champions	Syracuse (3rd title)
Runner-up	Johns Hopkins
Attendance	23,893 finals 63,836 total
NCAA Division I men's tournaments «1988 1990»

The 1989 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 19th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Twelve 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 played at Maryland's Byrd Stadium in front of 18,965 fans. The game saw Syracuse University defeat Johns Hopkins University by the score of 13–12. This was the second straight national title for Syracuse behind the Gait brothers, Paul and Gary Gait, as well as John Zulberti.

Tournament results

	First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	8	Navy	12
		Penn	11
						1	Syracuse	18
						8	Navy	11
											1	Syracuse	18
											4	Maryland	8
						4	Maryland	12(i)
						5	Adelphi	11
	5	Adelphi	16
		Michigan State	10
																1	Syracuse	13
																2	Johns Hopkins	12
	6	North Carolina	19
		Towson	8
						3	Loyola	5
						6	North Carolina	12
											6	North Carolina	6
											2	Johns Hopkins	10
						2	Johns Hopkins	9
						7	Massachusetts	4
	7	Massachusetts	16
		Cornell	7

⁽ⁱ⁾ one overtime

Tournament boxscores

Tournament Finals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	5	1	3	4	13
Johns Hopkins	4	4	3	1	12
Syracuse scoring – Paul Gait 4, John Zulberti 2, Gary Gait 2, Rodney Dumpson 2, Tom Marechek, Greg Burns, Joe Bonacci Johns Hopkins scoring – Matt Panetta 5, John Wilkens 2, Mike Morrissey, John Dressel, Greg Kelly, Jay Clarke, Brian Lukacz Shots: Johns Hopkins 40, Syracuse 39 Saves: Johns Hopkins – Quint Kessenich 17, Syracuse – Matt Palumb 13 Attendance: 23,893

Tournament Semi-finals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	9	2	3	4	18
Maryland	2	3	2	1	8
Syracuse scoring – Gary Gait 5, Paul Gait 3, Greg Burns 3, Tom Marechek 3, Dan Caughey 2, Rodney Dumpson, John Zulberti Maryland scoring – Mark Douglas 2, Rob Wurzburger 2, Pat Gugerty, Tim Corcoran, Brian Burlace, David Willard Shots: Syracuse 55, Maryland 29 Saves: Syracuse – Matt Palumb 10, Jerry DeLorenzo 0; Maryland – Mike McCanna 4, Matt Herrold 7 Attendance: 20,263

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Johns Hopkins	2	2	2	4	10
North Carolina	3	2	0	1	6
Johns Hopkins scoring – Matt Panetta 3, Mike Morrissey 2, Brian Lukacz, Adam Wright, Jeff Ihm, Greg Kelly, John Wilkens North Carolina scoring – Dennis Goldstein 3, Neill Redfern, Chip Mayer, Dan Donnelly Shots: Johns Hopkins 38, North Carolina 28 Saves: North Carolina – Pat Olmert 8; Johns Hopkins – Quint Kessenich 8 Attendance:

Tournament Quarterfinals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	3	5	4	6	18
Navy	1	0	7	3	11
Syracuse scoring – Greg Burns 4, Tom Marechek 4, Gary Gait 3, John Zulberti 3, Paul Gait 2, Joe Bonacci, Jim Egan. Navy scoring – Brian Keith 4, Paul Basile 2, John Quinn 2, David Ellison, Dennis Nealon, Tim O’Rourke Shots: Syracuse 50, Navy 39 Saves: Syracuse – Matt Palumb 21; Navy – Louis Brown 11 Attendance: 4,572

Team	1	2	3	4	OT1	Total
Maryland	3	3	2	3	1	12
Adelphi	2	6	1	2	0	11
Maryland scoring – Rob Wurzburger 4, Mark Douglas 3, Phil Willard 2, Chris Conner 2, Mike Frick Adelphi scoring – Jeff Reh 4, Dave Reilly 2, Gordon Purdie 2, Mike Muscarella 2, Tom Aiello Shots: Maryland 41, Adelphi 36 Saves: Adelphi – Jim Cheeseman 12; Maryland – Mike McCanna 6, Matt Herrold 3 Attendance: 2,725

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
North Carolina	1	2	5	4	12
Loyola	2	1	0	2	5
North Carolina scoring – Neill Redfern 4, Michael Thomas 3, Dan Donnelly 2, Dennis Goldstein, David Kelly, John Szczypinski Loyola scoring – Brian Kroneberger 3, Mike Ruland, Jim Blanding Shots: North Carolina 48, Loyola 30 Saves: Loyola – Charlie Toomey 17, Tim Dunnigan 0; North Carolina – Pat Olmert 12, Lars Pedersen 1, Joe Breschi 1 Attendance: 3,200

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Johns Hopkins	1	4	2	2	9
Massachusetts	0	3	0	1	4
Johns Hopkins scoring – Jay Clarke 2, Matt Panetta 2, Greg Kelly 2, Brian Lukacz, John Dressel, Brendan Kelly Massachusetts scoring – Scott Hiller, Rob Codignotto, Tim Soudan, Michael Cain Shots: Johns Hopkins 52, Massachusetts 31 Saves: Massachusetts – Sal LoCascio 26; North Carolina – Quint Kessenich 14 Attendance: 4,100

External links

• Title Game video from NCAA on Demand