1988 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

1988 NCAA Division I Men's; Lacrosse Championship
Finals site	Syracuse University
Champions	Syracuse (2nd title)
Runner-up	Cornell
Attendance[1]	20,148 finals; 46,141 total
NCAA Division I Men's Championships
«1987	1989»

The 1988 tournament championship game was played at Syracuse University in front of 20,148 fans. The Syracuse Orangemen defeated the Cornell Big Red, 13-8 for the first of their three straight NCAA titles.

Tournament overview

The 1988 national champion Syracuse team is notable for being undefeated, 15–0, and for featuring the Gait brothers Paul and Gary Gait, as well as John Zulberti.

This NCAA tournament is also notable for being the tournament where Gary Gait took his famous "Air Gait" shot in a tight semi-final game against University of Pennsylvania. Penn played a tough zone styled defense to try to contain the Gaits and Syracuse. Gary Gait saw a way around the zone, by running directly to the goal from behind, and slam dunking the ball from behind into the goal past the shocked goaltender. At that time, a player was allowed to both touch the goal and land in the crease, provided the ball had first crossed the goal line. Gait scored on two "Air Gait" plays in that game. The NCAA outlawed that type of play a short while later.

Syracuse won that semifinal game against Penn on a goal by Paul Gait with 3 seconds left.

In a 23–5 quarterfinal win over Navy, Gary Gait scored a tournament record of 9 goals.

Tournament results

Regionals			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final

	Navy	10
8	Harvard	9
			1	Syracuse	23

				Navy	5



						1	Syracuse	11

						4	Penn	10



			4	Penn	12

			5	Loyola	9
5	Loyola	19

	Air Force	8
									1	Syracuse	13

										Cornell	8
	Cornell	13

6	Massachusetts	11
			3	North Carolina	4

				Cornell	6



							Cornell	17

							Virginia	6



			2	Johns Hopkins	10

				Virginia	11⁽ⁱ⁾
	Virginia	10

7	Yale	9

⁽ⁱ⁾ one overtime

Tournament boxscores

Tournament Finals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	2	6	3	2	13
Cornell	1	0	4	3	8
Syracuse scoring – Greg Burns 3, Gary Gait 2, Brook Chase 2, Paul Gait 2, Jim Egan 2, Rodney Dumpson, Keith Owens Cornell scoring – Tim Goldstein 3, John Wurzburger 2, Mike Cummings, Steve Meyer, Vince Angotti Shots: Syracuse 50, Cornell 48 Saves: Syracuse 21, Cornell 19

Tournament Semi-Finals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	1	2	6	2	11
Penn	2	2	3	3	10
Syracuse scoring – Gary Gait 3, John Zulberti 3, Paul Gait 2, Jim Egan 2, Greg Burns Penn scoring – Sean Dougherty 3, Chris Flynn 2, Stewart Fisher 2, John Lyons, Peter Smith, Chris Conforti Shots: Syracuse 46, Pennsylvania 29 Saves: Pennsylvania 20, Syracuse 15

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornell	2	6	4	5	17
Virginia	3	2	1	0	6
Cornell scoring – Steve Meyer 4, Vince Angotti 3, John Wurzburger 2, Mike Cummings 2, Tony Morgan 2, John Heil, Tim Goldstein, Kevin Moran, Geoff Hall Virginia scoring – Steve Anderson, Doug Amacher, Andy Kraus, Tom Burt, Tom Engelke, David Smith Shots: Virginia 48, Cornell 37 Saves: Cornell 23, Virginia 15

Tournament Quarterfinals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	7	2	5	9	23
Navy	1	3	1	0	5
Syracuse scoring – Gary Gait 9, Paul Gait 7, Brad Roos, John Zulberti, Rick Cramer, Keith Owens, Jim Egan, Neil Alt, James Poli Navy scoring – Mike Herger 2, Rich Schwarz, Tim Andrews, Tom Hanzsche Shots: Syracuse 50, Navy 20 Saves: Navy 14, Syracuse 10

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Pennsylvania	4	4	1	3	12
Loyola	1	3	3	2	9
Pennsylvania scoring – Bob Scheetz 3, Mike Kelly 3, Stewart Fisher 2, Peter Smith 2, Sean Dougherty, Ted Nyman Loyola scoring – Brian Kroneberger 3, Mike Ruland 2, Rusty Pritzlaff, Andy Wilson, Chris Colbeck, Brian Lutz Shots: Pennsylvania 39, Loyola 33 Saves: Loyola 17, Pennsylvania 16

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornell	2	3	0	1	6
North Carolina	1	0	1	2	4
Cornell scoring – John Wurzburger 4, Bill O’Hanlon, Tim Goldstein North Carolina scoring – Michael Thomas, Mark Tummillo, John Szczypinski, Chris Hein Shots: Cornell 44, North Carolina 42 Saves: Cornell 27, North Carolina 15

Team	1	2	3	4	OT1	Total
Virginia	3	1	5	1	1	11
Johns Hopkins	0	4	3	3	0	10
Virginia scoring – Chase Monroe 5, Doug Amacher, Andy Kraus, Mike Smith, Chris Wakely, Tom Burt, Rob Schmalz Johns Hopkins scoring – Matt Panetta 3, Mike Morrill 2, Pat Russell 2, Jeff Ihm, Greg Kelly, Jack Crawford Shots: Johns Hopkins 50, Virginia 40 Saves: Virginia 26, Johns Hopkins 17

References

"NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (pdf). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.

External links

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[ncaa-1] "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (pdf). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.

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