1974 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The 1974 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 4th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Eight 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 hosted by Rutgers University, and was played in front of 7,728 fans. The game saw the Johns Hopkins University, 12 and 2 for the season and led by legendary coach Bob Scott, defeat University of Maryland led by Frank Urso which had been number one in the nation, by the score of 17–12. [cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_video/NCAANewsArchive/1974/19740801.pdf|title= NCAA News Archive|accessdate=|author= |date= |work= |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|accessdate=|author= |date= |work= |publisher=UMTerp.com]

This tournament is also notable for the Johns Hopkins versus Washington and Lee semifinal game won by Hopkins in a tight 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. Washington and Lee, which finished the season 15 and 1, had defeated Navy twice, Princeton, Duke, North Carolina, and Virginia before losing to Hopkins. [cite web|url=http://www1.wlu.edu/x20249.xml|title=Washington and Lee Media Guide|accessdate=|author= |date=2008 |work= |publisher=WLU.edu] Jack Emmer, who had previously led Cortland State to tournament appearances, coached the Generals to six straight NCAA tournaments from 1973 to 1978. [cite web |url=http://www.wlu.edu/x3570.xml|title=Washington and Lee web site|accessdate=|author= |date= |work= |publisher=WLU.edu]

Tournament results

8TeamBracket | RD1=First Round
RD2=Semifinals
RD3=Championship

score-width=
team-width=

RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Maryland
RD1-score1=12
RD1-seed2=8
RD1-team2=Rutgers
RD1-score2=6

RD1-seed3=4
RD1-team3=Cornell
RD1-score3=15
RD1-seed4=5
RD1-team4=Virginia
RD1-score4=8

RD1-seed5=3
RD1-team5=Johns Hopkins
RD1-score5=18
RD1-seed6=6
RD1-team6=Hofstra
RD1-score6=10

RD1-seed7=2
RD1-team7=Washington & Lee
RD1-score7=11
RD1-seed8=7
RD1-team8=Navy
RD1-score8=9

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Maryland
RD2-score1=19
RD2-seed2=4
RD2-team2=Cornell
RD2-score2=10

RD2-seed3=3
RD2-team3=Johns Hopkins
RD2-score3=11
RD2-seed4=2
RD2-team4=Washington & Lee
RD2-score4=10

RD3-seed1=1
RD3-team1=Maryland
RD3-score1=12
RD3-seed2=3
RD3-team2=Johns Hopkins
RD3-score2=17

* * = Overtime

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