1980 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament
The 1980 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 10th annual tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team champion of men's college lacrosse among its Division I programs to end the 1980 NCAA Division I lacrosse season.
| 1980 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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| Dates | May 21–31, 1980 | ||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Finals site | Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, New York | ||||
| Champions | Johns Hopkins (4th title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Virginia (2nd title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | North Carolina (1st Final Four) Syracuse (1st Final Four) | ||||
| Winning coach | Henry Ciccarone (2nd title) | ||||
| MOP | Jim Bidne, Johns Hopkins | ||||
| Attendance | 7,557 finals 23,046 total | ||||
| Top scorer | Brendan Schneck, Johns Hopkins (16 goals) | ||||
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Two-time defending champions Johns Hopkins defeated Virginia in the championship game, 9–8 in double-overtime. This was the Blue Jays' third straight and fourth overall NCAA national title.
The championship game was played at Schoellkopf Field at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, with 7,557 fans in attendance.
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