1980 NCAA Division III Lacrosse Championship

1980 NCAA Division III Lacrosse Championship

Tournament information
Sport	College lacrosse
Location	Geneva, New York (final)
Host(s)	Hobart and William Smith Colleges (final)
Venue(s)	(final)
Participants	8
Final positions
Champions	Hobart (1st title)
Runner-up	Cortland (1st title game)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	180 (16.36 per match)
Attendance	8,901 (809 per match)
MVP	, Hobart
Top scorer(s)	, Hobart (17)
← 1979  →

The 1980 NCAA Division III Lacrosse Championship was the inaugural single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of NCAA Division III men's college lacrosse in the United States.

This was the first championship exclusively for Division III men's lacrosse programs, who previously competed in a combined-format Division II championship from 1974 to 1979.

The tournament field included eight times, with the final played at at the Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York.^[1]

Hosts Hobart defeated Cortland in the final, 11–8, to win their first Division III national title. The Statesmen (12–2) were coached by . Hobart had previously won two national titles at the Division II level (1976 and 1977).

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See also[]

• NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
• NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship – featured Division III programs before 1980
• NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship – introduced in 1985

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