1979 NCAA Division II Lacrosse Championship
Tournament information | |
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Sport | College lacrosse |
Location | ![]() |
Host(s) | Adelphi University (final) |
Venue(s) | Motamed Field (final) |
Participants | 12 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Adelphi (1st title) |
Runner-up | UMBC (1st title game) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 11 |
Goals scored | 274 (24.91 per match) |
Attendance | 7,754 (705 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | , AU (22) , UMBC (22) |
The 1979 NCAA Division II Lacrosse Championship was the sixth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of NCAA Division II and Division III men's college lacrosse in the United States.
This was the final championship before the introduction of a separate Division III men's championship in 1980. As such, this was the final year of the tournament's twelve-team format.
The final was played at Motamed Field at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York.[1]
Adelphi defeated UMBC in the final, 17–12, to win their first national title. The Panthers (13–3) were coached by .
This was the first Division II championship game without Hobart, who lost to St. Lawrence in the quarterfinals. The defending champions, Roanoke, also fell in the quarterfinal round.
Bracket[]
First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||||
Towson State | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Salisbury State | 13 | Salisbury State | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 12 | Towson State | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
UMBC | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Roanoke | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
UMBC | 22 | UMBC | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
Babson | 7 | UMBC | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
Adelphi | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Adelphi | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cortland | 11 | Cortland | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
Ithaca | 9 | Adelphi | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
St. Lawrence | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hobart | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Lawrence | 14 | St. Lawrence | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
Ohio Wesleyan | 12 |
See also[]
- NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
- NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship (from 1980)
- NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship (from 2001)
References[]
- ^ "NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship History" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship
- 1979 in lacrosse
- 1979 in sports in New York (state)