The 1991 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 21st annual tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team champion of men's college lacrosse among its Division I programs, held at the end of the 1991 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.
1991 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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Teams | 12 | ||||
Finals site | Carrier Dome![]() | ||||
Champions | North Carolina (4th title) | ||||
Runner-up | Towson State (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists | Maryland (13th Final Four) Syracuse (9th Final Four) | ||||
Winning coach | Dave Klarmann (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Dennis Goldstein, North Carolina | ||||
Attendance[1] | 8,293 finals 42,981 total | ||||
Top scorers | Mark Douglas, Maryland Glenn Smith, Towson State (16 goals) | ||||
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North Carolina defeated Towson State in the championship game, 18–13, completing a perfect season (16-0) while also capturing the program's fourth NCAA national title.
Towson State, coached by Carl Runk, became the first unseeded team to reach the NCAA Division I lacrosse finals. The Tigers got as close as 12–11 at the start of the 4th quarter, scoring 5 straight goals. Despite these efforts, North Carolina controlled the remainder of the game, winning the national title for the first time since 1986.
The 1991 tournament championship game was played at the Carrier Dome at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, with 8,293 fans in attendance.
Bracket
editFirst Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final May 27, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Loyola Maryland | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | North Carolina | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Loyola Maryland | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | North Carolina | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Syracuse | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Johns Hopkins | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Syracuse | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Syracuse | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | North Carolina | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
Towson State | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Virginia | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
Towson State | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Princeton | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
Towson State* | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Towson State | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Maryland | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Brown | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Maryland | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Maryland | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 7 |
- Asterisks indicate overtime periods
Box scores
editFinals
edit- May 27, 1991
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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North Carolina | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
Towson State | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
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Semifinals
editTeam | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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North Carolina | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
Syracuse | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT1 | OT2 | Total |
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Towson State | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
Maryland | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
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Quarterfinals
editTeam | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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North Carolina | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
Loyola Maryland | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
Attendance: 11,533 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Syracuse | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
Johns Hopkins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Attendance: 869 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Towson State | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
Princeton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
Attendance: 869 |
Tournament notes
edit- Syracuse sets a new tournament record scoring 28 goals in their first round victory over Michigan State.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.