1990 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The 1990 tournament championship game was played at Rutgers University in front of 19,070 fans. The Syracuse Orangemen defeated the Loyola Greyhounds, 21–9.

1990 NCAA Division I Men's
Lacrosse Championship
Finals siteRutgers University
ChampionsSyracuse(vacated)
Runner-upLoyola Greyhounds
Attendance[1]19,070 finals
57,418 total
NCAA Division I Men's Championships
«1989 1991»

Tournament overview

Syracuse's participation in the tournament was later vacated by the NCAA Committee on infractions. Syracuse was found to have violated rules when coach Roy Simmons, Jr.'s wife Nancy Simmons co-signed a car loan with Paul Gait. Roy Simmons, Jr.'s 3-0 record as well as Paul Gait's 7 goals and 7 assists in this tournament are not recognized by the NCAA.

This Syracuse team is notable for being undefeated and featuring the Gait brothers, Paul and Gary Gait as well as hall-of-famer Tom Marechek, and is generally considered one of the best teams in NCAA lacrosse history.

The Orangemen won three consecutive titles from 1988 to 1990. They became the first team to win three in a row since Johns Hopkins from 1978 to 1980. The 1990 team scored more than 20 goals in 10 games this season, including 20 or more goals over the three NCAA tournament teams. Their closest game was a 15-12 win over Penn. During the Gait's four years at Syracuse, the team won 50 games with 5 losses and won three straight national titles (one of which was vacated by the NCAA).

Jon Reese had a tremendous season for Yale, scoring an NCAA record 82 goals out of the midfield and leading Yale to a 15 and 1 regular season. This was Yale's second only NCAA tournament appearance and they received the second seed in the tournament, making it to the Final Four.[2][3]

Tournament results
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
Brown 12
8 Massachusetts 9
1 Syracuse 20
Brown 12
1 Syracuse 21
4 North Carolina 10
4 North Carolina 18
5 Harvard 3
5 Harvard 9
Notre Dame 3
1 Syracuse 21
3 Loyola 9
6 Virginia 6
Rutgers 7
3 Loyola 19
Rutgers 10
3 Loyola 14 *
2 Yale 13
2 Yale 17
Princeton 8
7 Johns Hopkins 8
Princeton 9
  • * = Overtime

Tournament boxscores

Tournament Finals

Team1234Total
Syracuse365721
Loyola23049
  • Syracuse scoring – Greg Burns 5, Gary Gait 5, Paul Gait 3, Tom Marechek 3, Joe Bonacci, Jim Egan, Rickey Cramer, Dan Caughey, Tom Gilmartin
  • Loyola scoring – Chris Colbeck 5, Brian Kroneberger 2, Kevin Beach, Ted Nichols
  • Shots: Syracuse 57, Loyola 41
  • Saves: Syracuse Matt Palumb 18 - Lee Hine 1, Loyola Charley Toomey 12 - Tim Dunnigan 1

Tournament Semi-finals

Team1234Total
Syracuse676221
North Carolina123410
  • Syracuse scoring – Gary Gait 5, Tom Marechek 4, Greg Burns 4, Jim Egan 2, Brook Chase 2, Rodney Dumpson, Joe Bonacci, Paul Gait, David Patane
  • North Carolina scoring – Mike Acee 3, Chip Mayer 2, Steve Huff 2, Joe Bedell 2, Jim Buczek
  • Shots: Syracuse 42, North Carolina 60
  • Saves: Syracuse – Matt Palumb 22, Lee Hine 3, Pat McCabe 1; North Carolina – Andy Piazza 14
  • Attendance: 15,154
Team1234OT1OT2Total
Loyola32350114
Yale52420013
  • Loyola scoring – Brian Kroneberger 5, Chris Colbeck 3, Jim Blanding 2, Kevin Beach 2, 4, Jim Egan 2, Ted Nichols, Sean Quinn
  • Yale scoring – Jon Reese 6, Kim Dunn 4, Karl Wimer 3
  • Shots: Loyola 56, Yale 36
  • Saves: Yale - Tony Guido 19, Loyola - Charley Toomey 13
  • Attendance: 15,154

Tournament Quarterfinals

Team1234Total
Syracuse745420
Brown222612
  • Syracuse scoring – Gary Gait 5, Paul Gait 3, Tom Marechek 3, Greg Burns 2, Rodney Dumpson 2, Jim Egan 2, Matt Moore, Joe Bonacci, Brook Chase
  • Brown scoring – Rich Touhey 3, Jay McMahon 2, Tom Dwyer 2, Andrew Towers 2, Darren Lowe, Neil Munro, Sam Jackson
  • Shots: Brown 62, Syracuse 51
  • Saves: Syracuse Matt Palumb 18, Lee Hine 3, Pat McCabe 1 - Brown Steve Ayers 10

Attendance: 11,533

Team1234Total
North Carolina337518
Harvard00123
  • North Carolina scoring – Steve Huff 4, John Webster 3, Dennis Goldstein 3, Dan Donnelly, Chip Mayer, Jim Buczek, Donnie McNichol, Steve Speers, Andy Dunkerton, Holmes Harden, Dan Levy
  • Harvard scoring – Seth Handy, Don Rogers, Tim Reilly
  • Shots: North Carolina 60, Harvard 30
  • Saves: Harvard Chris Miller 13, Mike Murphy 1 - North Carolina Andy Piazza 10, Lars Pederson 2, Billy Daye 1

Attendance: 869

Team1234Total
Loyola356519
Rutgers225110
  • Loyola scoring – Chris Colbeck 6, Jim Blanding 4, Brian Kroneberger 3, Kevin Anderson 2, Kevin

Beach 2, Todd Sloper, Ted Nichols

  • Rutgers scoring – M.G. Hollingsworth 2, Peter Tortorella 2, Doug Beeler 2, Scott Moore, Greg Rinaldi, Steve

Locker, John Mone

  • Shots: Loyola 56, Rutgers 41
  • Saves: Rutgers John Schmunk 17, Loyola Charlie Toomey 22, Tim Dunnigan 2

Attendance: 2,784

Team1234Total
North Carolina337518
Harvard00123
  • North Carolina scoring – Steve Huff 4, John Webster 3, Dennis Goldstein 3, Dan Donnelly, Chip Mayer, Jim Buczek, Donnie McNichol, Steve Speers, Andy Dunkerton, Holmes Harden, Dan Levy
  • Harvard scoring – Seth Handy, Don Rogers, Tim Reilly
  • Shots: North Carolina 60, Harvard 30
  • Saves: Harvard Chris Miller 13, Mike Murphy 1 - North Carolina Andy Piazza 10, Lars Pederson 2, Billy Daye 1

Attendance: 869

Team1234Total
Yale346417
Princeton04138
  • Yale scoring – Jason O’Neill 4, Karl Wimer 4, Jon Reese 4, Kim Dunn 3, Brian Walter 2
  • Princeton scoring – Justin Tortolani 2, Torr Marro 2, Mark Ames, Highley Thompson, Ed Calkins, Mal Meistrell
  • Shots: Princeton 42, Yale 36
  • Saves: Yale Tony Guido 17, Chris Swanenburg 1 - Princeton Jim Ardrey 9, Mike Millner 1

Attendance: 3,540

References
  1. "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (pdf). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. "Syracuse Loses Lacrosse Title". The New York Times. June 11, 1995. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  3. "NCAA Lacrosse History". NCAA. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
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