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.
The championship game was played at Maryland's Byrd Stadium in front of 23,893 fans. The game saw Syracuse University defeat Johns Hopkins University by the score of 13–12. This was a battle of number one versus number two, with both teams coming into the finals with just one loss.[1]
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
1989 FIRST ROUND
MAY 17
Navy 12, Penn 11
Penn 2 1 5 3 — 11
Navy 2 4 3 3 — 12
Penn scoring – John Dick 2, Stewart Fisher 2, Peter Smith 2, Tom Burns 1, Michael
Kelly 1, John Lyons 1, Bill Quill 1, Chris Shoemaker 1.
Navy scoring – Brian Keith 4, Mike Herger 3, Paul Basile 2, Dennis Nealon 2, Brian
Sullivan 1.
Shots: Penn 54, Navy 43. Saves: Penn–Jeremy Sigler 10, Kevin Lopez 9; Navy–Louis
Brown 23.
Attendance: 2,025.
Adelphi 16, Michigan St. 10
Michigan St. 0 1 3 6 — 10
Adelphi 4 5 4 3 — 16
Michigan St. scoring – Mike Siegenthaler 3, Wayne Sansiviero 2, Mike Ferguson 1,
Rich Montalbano 1, Adam Mueller 1, Brad Smaha 1, Dave Stein 1.
Adelphi scoring – Tom Aiello 5, Scott Reh 4, Jeff Reh 3, Chris McKeough 1, Gordon
Purdie 1, Brad Sahlstrom 1, Paul Vlachos 1.
Shots: Michigan St. 39, Adelphi 66. Saves: Michigan St.–Chris Barber 27; Adelphi–Jim
Cheeseman 18.
Attendance: 750.
North Carolina 19, Towson 8
Towson 4 1 1 2 — 8
North Carolina 4 5 6 4 — 19
Towson scoring – Tony Millon 4, John Blatchley 1, Lindsay Dixon 1, David Shoul 1,
Glenn Smith 1.
North Carolina scoring – David Kelly 5, Neill Redfern 5, John Szczypinski 2, Mark
Tummillo 2, Jim Buczek 1, Scott Cox 1, Dan Donnelly 1, Chris Galgano 1, Michael
Thomas 1.
Shots: Towson 39, North Carolina 47. Saves: Towson–David Linthieum 14, Marc
Lamantia 1; North Carolina–Pat Olmert 16, Lars Pedersen 3.
Attendance: 392.
Massachusetts 16, Cornell 7
Cornell 1 3 1 2 — 7
Massachusetts 5 1 5 5 — 16
Cornell scoring – Vince Angotti 2, Steve Meyer 2, Todd Adler 1, Greg Boyce 1, John
Heil 1.
Massachusetts scoring – Chris Tyler 5, Paul Ganci 4, Scott Hiller 2, Bill Begien 1,
Michael Cain 1, Rob Codignotto 1, John Gonzalez 1, Tim Soudan 1.
Shots: Cornell 38, Massachusetts 48. Saves: Cornell–Paul Schimoler 16;
Massachusetts–Sal LoCascio 19.
Attendance: 2,392.
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 – 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
[www[dot]youtube[dot]com/watch?v=69Z4d0jg8Ms -- Syracuse Hopkins 1989 National Championship Game presented by ESPN iLacrosse Television (replace [dot] for the link]