1988 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
1988 NCAA Division I Men's
Lacrosse Championship |
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| Finals site |
Syracuse University |
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| Champions |
Syracuse (2nd title) |
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| Runner-up |
Cornell |
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| Attendance[1] |
20,148 finals
46,141 total |
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The 1988 tournament championship game was played at Syracuse University in front of 20,148 fans. The Syracuse Orangemen defeated the Cornell Big Red, 13-8 for the first of their three straight NCAA titles.
Tournament overview
The 1988 national champion Syracuse team is notable for being undefeated, 15-0, and for featuring the Gait brothers Paul and Gary Gait, as well as lacrosse Hall-of-Famer Tom Marechek. This NCAA tournament is also notable for being the tournament where Gary Gait took his famous "Air Gait" shot in a tight semi-final game against University of Pennsylvania. Syracuse won that semifinal game against Penn on a goal by Paul Gait with 3 seconds left.
In a 23-5 quarterfinal win over Navy, Gait scored a tournament record of 9 goals.
Tournament results
- (i) one overtime
Tournament boxscores
Tournament Finals
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Syracuse | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Cornell | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
- Syracuse scoring – Greg Burns 3, Gary Gait 2, Brook Chase 2, Paul Gait 2, Jim Egan 2, Rodney Dumpson, Keith Owens
- Cornell scoring – Tim Goldstein 3, John Wurzburger 2, Mike Cummings, Steve Meyer, Vince Angotti
- Shots: Syracuse 50, Cornell 48
- Saves: Syracuse 21, Cornell 19
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Tournament Semi-Finals
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Syracuse | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| Penn | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
- Syracuse scoring – Gary Gait 3, John Zulberti 3, Paul Gait 2, Jim Egan 2, Greg Burns
- Penn scoring – Sean Dougherty 3, Chris Flynn 2, Stewart Fisher 2, John Lyons, Peter Smith, Chris Conforti
- Shots: Syracuse 46, Pennsylvania 29
- Saves: Pennsylvania 20, Syracuse 15
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Cornell | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| Virginia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
- Cornell scoring – Steve Meyer 4, Vince Angotti 3, John Wurzburger 2, Mike Cummings 2, Tony Morgan 2, John Heil, Tim Goldstein, Kevin Moran, Geoff Hall
- Virginia scoring – Steve Anderson, Doug Amacher, Andy Kraus, Tom Burt, Tom Engelke, David Smith
- Shots: Virginia 48, Cornell 37
- Saves: Cornell 23, Virginia 15
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Tournament Quarterfinals
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Syracuse | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 23 |
| Navy | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
- Syracuse scoring – Gary Gait 9, Paul Gait 7, Brad Roos, John Zulberti, Rick Cramer, Keith Owens, Jim Egan, Neil Alt, James Poli
- Navy scoring – Mike Herger 2, Rich Schwarz, Tim Andrews, Tom Hanzsche
- Shots: Syracuse 50, Navy 20
- Saves: Navy 14, Syracuse 10
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Pennsylvania | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Loyola | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
- Pennsylvania scoring – Bob Scheetz 3, Mike Kelly 3, Stewart Fisher 2, Peter Smith 2, Sean Dougherty, Ted Nyman
- Loyola scoring – Brian Kroneberger 3, Mike Ruland 2, Rusty Pritzlaff, Andy Wilson, Chris Colbeck, Brian Lutz
- Shots: Pennsylvania 39, Loyola 33
- Saves: Loyola 17, Pennsylvania 16
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Cornell | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
- Cornell scoring – John Wurzburger 4, Bill O’Hanlon, Tim Goldstein
- North Carolina scoring – Michael Thomas, Mark Tummillo, John Szczypinski, Chris Hein
- Shots: Cornell 44, North Carolina 42
- Saves: Cornell 27, North Carolina 15
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT1 | Total |
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| Virginia | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Johns Hopkins | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
- Virginia scoring – Chase Monroe 5, Doug Amacher, Andy Kraus, Mike Smith, Chris Wakely, Tom Burt, Rob Schmalz
- Johns Hopkins scoring – Matt Panetta 3, Mike Morrill 2, Pat Russell 2, Jeff Ihm, Greg Kelly, Jack Crawford
- Shots: Johns Hopkins 50, Virginia 40
- Saves: Virginia 26, Johns Hopkins 17
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References
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