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1974 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament

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{{Infobox college lacrosse championship

| Gender = Men's

| Year = 1974

| Image =

| ImageSize =

| Caption =

| Dates = May 18–June 1, 1974

| Teams = 8

| FinalsField = Rutgers Stadium

| FinalsCity = {{flagicon|New Jersey}} Piscataway, New Jersey

| Champions = Johns Hopkins

| TitleCount = 1st

| RunnerUp = Maryland

| GameCount = 3rd

| Semifinal1 = Cornell

| FinalFourCount1 = 2nd

| Semifinal2 = Washington and Lee

| FinalFourCount2 = 2nd

| Coach = Bob Scott

| CoachCount = 1st

| TopScorer = [https://hopkinssports.com/honors/hall-of-fame/franz-wittelsberger/113 Franz Wittlesberger]

| TopScorerTeam = Johns Hopkins

| Goals = 15

| AttendFinals = 7,728

| AttendRef = {{cite web|title=NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_lacrosse_champs_finals_records/2013/D1ResultsRecs.pdf|publisher=NCAA|accessdate=24 April 2014|page=3 (51)}}

}}

The 1974 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the fourth annual tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team champion of college lacrosse among its Division I members in the United States.

Johns Hopkins, in the national championship game for the third straight year, defeated defending champion and top-ranked Maryland, 17–12, to win the title.

The championship game was played at Rutgers Stadium on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey and was played in front of a crowd of 7,728 fans.

Overview

The championship game saw Johns Hopkins, 12-2 for the season and led by legendary coach Bob Scott and Hall of Fame attackman Jack Thomas, defeat University of Maryland, led by Hall of Famer Frank Urso.

This was the seventh Johns Hopkins team that Scott had directed to part or all of a national title dating back to prior to the start of NCAA participation in the lacrosse championship playoffs. Scott retired as head coach following this game to become Athletic Director. All American Franz Wittlesberger scored five goals in the final. Hopkins' senior defenseman Bob Barbera scored the only goal of his career in the championship game. Hopkins built a lead of 14-6 in the 3rd quarter, and was able to hold off the Terps despite Frank Urso's 3 goals and 5 assists. Freshman Kevin Mahon finished with 21 saves for the day.

This tournament is also notable for the Johns Hopkins versus Washington and Lee semifinal game won by Hopkins in a close 11 to 10 matchup. Trailing 10 to 7 in the fourth quarter, Hopkins scored four straight goals, including the game winner with two minutes left, to overcome previously unbeaten Washington and Lee. Rich Kowalchuk scored on a feed from Tom Myrick for the game-winning goal with 1:50 to play in the fourth quarter. Hopkins outshot Washington and Lee 21 to 5 in the 4th quarter. With the game tied and 4 minutes left to play, Washington and Lee with the ball went into a stall, where a bad pass turned possession over to Hopkins and leading to the game winning goal.

Washington and Lee, which finished the season 15-1, was coming off their second straight undefeated regular season and had defeated Navy twice, Princeton, Duke, North Carolina, and Virginia before losing to Hopkins. Jack Emmer, who had previously led Cortland State to a tournament appearance coached the Generals to six straight NCAA tournaments from 1973 to 1978.{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/NCAANewsArchive/1974/19740801.pdf|title= NCAA News Archive, JHU - From Bridesmaid to Bride, p. 7|accessdate=|author= |date=August 1, 1974|publisher=NCAA.org}}{{cite web|url=http://umterps.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/mlax-mediaguide-07.html|title=Maryland Men's Lacrosse Media Guide|publisher=UMTerp.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017001252/http://umterps.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/mlax-mediaguide-07.html|archive-date=2007-10-17|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www1.wlu.edu/x20249.xml|title=Washington and Lee Media Guide|year=2008|publisher=WLU.edu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601231907/http://www.wlu.edu/x20249.xml|archive-date=2010-06-01|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wlu.edu/x3570.xml|title=Washington and Lee web site|publisher=WLU.edu|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104164322/http://www1.wlu.edu/x3570.xml|archivedate=2007-11-04}}

Bracket

{{8TeamBracket

| RD1 = Quarterfinals
May 18, 1974

| RD2 = Semifinals
May 25, 1974

| RD3 = Championship
June 1, 1974

| seed-width=20

| team-width=170

| score-width=35

| boldwinner=high

| RD1-seed1 = 1

| RD1-team1 = Maryland (6-1)

| RD1-score1 = 12

| RD1-seed2 = 8

| RD1-team2 = Rutgers (8-4)

| RD1-score2 = 6

| RD1-seed3 = 4

| RD1-team3 = Cornell (11-1)

| RD1-score3 = 15

| RD1-seed4 = 5

| RD1-team4 = Virginia

| RD1-score4 = 8

| RD1-seed5 = 2

| RD1-team5 = Johns Hopkins

| RD1-score5 = 18

| RD1-seed6 = 7

| RD1-team6 = Hofstra

| RD1-score6 = 10

| RD1-seed7 = 3

| RD1-team7 = Washington and Lee (14-0)

| RD1-score7 = 13

| RD1-seed8 = 6

| RD1-team8 = Navy (7-4)

| RD1-score8 = 10

| RD2-seed1 = 1

| RD2-team1 = Maryland

| RD2-score1 = 19

| RD2-seed2 = 4

| RD2-team2 = Cornell

| RD2-score2 = 10

| RD2-seed3 = 2

| RD2-team3 = Johns Hopkins

| RD2-score3 = 11

| RD2-seed4 = 3

| RD2-team4 = Washington and Lee

| RD2-score4 = 10

| RD3-seed1 = 1

| RD3-team1 = Maryland (8–2)

| RD3-score1 = 12

| RD3-seed2 = 2

| RD3-team2 = Johns Hopkins (12–2)

| RD3-score2 = 17

}}

Box scores

= Finals =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; max-width:40em"
Teamstyle="width:2em"| 1style="width:2em"| 2style="width:2em"| 3style="width:2em"| 4style="width:2em"| Total
style="text-align:left" | Johns Hopkins (12–2)554317
style="text-align:left" | Maryland (8–2)315312
colspan=6 style="text-align:left; font-size:88%;" |{{plainlist}}

  • Johns Hopkins scoring – [https://hopkinssports.com/honors/hall-of-fame/franz-wittelsberger/113 Franz Wittelsberger] 5, Rick Kowalchuk 3, Rich Hirsch 3, Jack Thomas 3, Bill Nolan 2, Bob Barbera
  • Maryland scoring – Frank Urso 3, Dave Dempsey 2, Ed Mullen 2, Kevin Boland 2, Dave Hallock, Bob Mitchell, Roger Tuck
  • Shots: Johns Hopkins 59, Maryland 57
  • Shots: Johns Hopkins 21, Maryland 21

{{endplainlist}}

= Semi-finals =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; max-width:40em"
Teamstyle="width:2em"| 1style="width:2em"| 2style="width:2em"| 3style="width:2em"| 4style="width:2em"| Total
style="text-align:left" | Johns Hopkins322411
style="text-align:left" | Washington and Lee414110
colspan=6 style="text-align:left; font-size:88%;" |{{plainlist}}

  • Johns Hopkins scoring – Rick Kowalchuk 3, Jim Cahill 2, Dale Kohler 2, Rich Hirsch, Pat Sinram, Franz Wittelsberger, Bill Nolan.
  • Washington and Lee scoring – Bill Rienhoff 3, [https://generalssports.com/honors/hall-of-fame/skip-lichtfuss/148 Skip Lichtfuss] 3, Bryan Chasney 2, Ted Bauer, Dave Warfield
  • Shots: Johns Hopkins 30, Washington and Lee 25

{{endplainlist}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; max-width:40em"
Teamstyle="width:2em"| 1style="width:2em"| 2style="width:2em"| 3style="width:2em"| 4style="width:2em"| Total
style="text-align:left" | Maryland357419
style="text-align:left" | Cornell341210
colspan=6 style="text-align:left; font-size:88%;" |{{plainlist}}

  • Maryland scoring – Ed Mullen 3, Dave Dempsey 3, Roger Tuck 3, Pat O'Meally 2, Frank Urso 2, Dino Mattessich 2, Kevin Boland 2, Bob Mitchell, [https://umterps.com/honors/university-of-maryland-athletics-hall-of-fame/douglas-radebaugh/112 Doug Radebaugh]
  • Cornell scoring – Jim Trenz 3, Mike French 2, Bill Marino 2, Jon Levine 2, Tom Haggerty
  • Shots: Maryland 66, Cornell 30

{{endplainlist}}

= Quarterfinals =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; max-width:40em"
Teamstyle="width:2em"| 1style="width:2em"| 2style="width:2em"| 3style="width:2em"| 4style="width:2em"| Total
style="text-align:left" | Maryland250512
style="text-align:left" | Rutgers21216
colspan=6 style="text-align:left; font-size:88%;" |{{plainlist}}

  • Maryland scoring – Frank Urso 3, Ed Mullen 2, Dave Dempsey 2, Pat O'Meally, Dino Mattessich, Brooks Sleeper, Doug Radebaugh, Mike Hynes
  • Rutgers scoring – Steve Arata 3, John Danowski, Mike Rinck, Pete Dorne
  • Shots: Maryland 63, Rutgers 31

{{endplainlist}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; max-width:40em"
Teamstyle="width:2em"| 1style="width:2em"| 2style="width:2em"| 3style="width:2em"| 4style="width:2em"| Total
style="text-align:left" | Cornell413715
style="text-align:left" | Virginia13228
colspan=6 style="text-align:left; font-size:88%;" |{{plainlist}}

  • Cornell scoring – Mike French 6, Jim Trenz 4, Jon Levine 3, Tom Haggerty, Steve Sanford
  • Virginia scoring – Barry Robertson 4, Greg Montgomery 2, Doug Cooper, Bruce Barker
  • Shots: Cornell 46, Virginia 44

{{endplainlist}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; max-width:40em"
Teamstyle="width:2em"| 1style="width:2em"| 2style="width:2em"| 3style="width:2em"| 4style="width:2em"| Total
style="text-align:left" | Johns Hopkins136818
style="text-align:left" | Hofstra152210
colspan=6 style="text-align:left; font-size:88%;" |{{plainlist}}

  • Johns Hopkins scoring – Franz Wittlesberger 7, Jack Thomas 4, Rick Kowalchuk 2, Rich Hirsch, Bill Nolan, Bill McCutcheon, Don Kurz, Mike Perez
  • Hofstra scoring – Kevin Hill 3, Pete Rose 2, Gary White 2, Jeff Fenton, Tom Calder, Teddy Betty
  • Shots: Johns Hopkins 39, Hofstra 26

{{endplainlist}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; max-width:40em"
Teamstyle="width:2em"| 1style="width:2em"| 2style="width:2em"| 3style="width:2em"| 4style="width:2em"| Total
style="text-align:left" | Washington and Lee434213
style="text-align:left" | Navy423110
colspan=6 style="text-align:left; font-size:88%;" |{{plainlist}}

  • Washington and Lee scoring – Dave Warfield 5, Ted Bauer 4, Bryan Chasney 2, Don Carroll, Skip Lichtfuss
  • Navy scoring – Wayne Dunham 2, Pat Meaney 2, Bob DeSimone, Tim Supko, Marty Mason, Dave Bayly, Bill Ayres, Joe Avveduti
  • Shots: Washington and Lee 41, Navy 41

{{endplainlist}}

Outstanding players

The NCAA did not designate a Most Outstanding Player until the 1977 national tournament.

See also

References

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