1973 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The 1973 NCAA Division I tournament championship game was played at Franklin Field in Philadelphia in front of 5,965 fans. The undefeated Maryland Terrapins, led by coach Bud Beardmore and Hall of Fame midfielder Frank Urso defeated Johns Hopkins 10 to 9 in two overtimes, with Urso scoring the winning goal 1:18 into overtime. Hopkins had defeated Virginia, 12-9, and Maryland beat Washington and Lee, 18-5, to reach the finals. [cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_video/NCAANewsArchive/1973/19730715.pdf|title=NCAA Spring Sports News Archive|last=|first=|date=July 15, 1973|publisher=NCAA.com|accessdate=]

This was Maryland's eighth overall men's lacrosse national championship, but first under the newly instituted NCAA playoff format. For his effort, Bud Beardmore was named USILA Coach of the Year. Prior to the Hopkins overtime win, the Terrapins closest game was a five goal victory against UMBC. Interestingly, Maryland had beaten Hopkins 17 to 4 in a regular season game about a month prior to the finals. [cite web|url=http://umterps.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/mlax-mediaguide-07.html|title=Maryland Mens Lacrosse Media Guide|last=|first=|date=2007|publisher=UMTerps.com|accessdate=]

Johns Hopkins employed a possession game, to counter the Terrapins' vaunted offense, which resulted in over 15 minutes of limited-shooting possessions by the Blue Jays in the first half. The Maryland countered with a patient and mistake-free defensive play to offset the stall tactic. Despite this, Urso was able to get free scoring three goals. [Associated Press. "Terps gain stick title". THE CAPITAL. June 4, 1973. pg. 33]

Tournament results

8TeamBracket | RD1=First Round
RD2=Semifinals
RD3=ChampionshipJune 3, 1973
score-width=
team-width=
RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Maryland
RD1-score1=16
RD1-seed2=8
RD1-team2=Brown
RD1-score2=4
RD1-seed3=4
RD1-team3=Wash. & Lee
RD1-score3=13 *
RD1-seed4=5
RD1-team4=Navy
RD1-score4=12
RD1-seed5=3
RD1-team5=Virginia
RD1-score5=12
RD1-seed6=6
RD1-team6=Hofstra
RD1-score6=5
RD1-seed7=2
RD1-team7=Johns Hopkins
RD1-score7=11
RD1-seed8=7
RD1-team8=Army
RD1-score8=5
RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Maryland
RD2-score1=18
RD2-seed2=4
RD2-team2=Wash. & Lee
RD2-score2=5
RD2-seed3=2
RD2-team3=Johns Hopkins
RD2-score3=12
RD2-seed4=3
RD2-team4=Virginia
RD2-score4=9
RD3-seed1=1
RD3-team1=Maryland
RD3-score1=10 *
RD3-seed2=2
RD3-team2=Johns Hopkins
RD3-score2=9

* * = Overtime

References

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