1985 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 15th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Twelve NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.

1985 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
Dates	May–June, 1985
Teams	8
Finals site	Brown University
Champions	Johns Hopkins (6th title)
Runner-up	Syracuse
MOP	Larry Quinn
Attendance[1]	14,455 finals 35,208 total
NCAA Division I Men's Championships «1984 1986»

Tournament overview

The championship game was hosted by Brown University and was played in front of 14,455 fans.

The game saw Johns Hopkins University and Syracuse University meeting in the finals for a third straight year and winning by a score of 11–4. Johns Hopkins finished the season with 13 wins and one loss, the lone loss being to 13th ranked North Carolina 11-10. This was Don Zimmerman's second straight national title as head coach.[1]

As in 1984, Larry Quinn was named Tournament Outstanding Player. Quinn and the Hopkins' defense gave up only 21 goals over this three game tournament.

This finals was notable also for being Hopkin's ninth straight appearance in the title game. The Blue Jays had five victories with four defeats in title games during this nine-year period. Hopkins would return to the NCAA finals in 1987.

Tournament results

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Championship
	1	Johns Hopkins	15
	8	Adelphi	9
						1	Johns Hopkins	11
						4	Virginia	8
	4	Virginia	10
	5	Army	6
											1	Johns Hopkins (13–1)	11
											2	Syracuse (14–2)	4
	3	North Carolina	16
	6	Brown	14
						3	North Carolina	13
						2	Syracuse	14^(i)
	2	Syracuse	14
	7	Penn	7

⁽ⁱ⁾ one overtime

Tournament boxscores

Tournament Finals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Johns Hopkins (13–1)	4	2	4	1	11
Syracuse (14–2)	3	0	1	0	4
Johns Hopkins scoring – Del Dressel 3, Craig Bubier, 2, Brian Wood 2, John Krumenacker 2, Mike Morrill, Brad McClam Syracuse scoring – Brad Kotz, Kevin Sheenan, Fred Opie, Tom Nelson Shots: Johns Hopkins 34, Syracuse 32 Saves: Johns Hopkins 13, Syracuse 10

Tournament Semi-finals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Johns Hopkins	0	5	3	3	11
Virginia	5	1	1	1	8
Johns Hopkins scoring – Del Dressel 3, Craig Bubier 3, John Dressel 2, John Krumenacker, Mike Morrill, Steve Mutscheller Virginia scoring – Roddy Marino 2, Rich Reda 2, Brad Weinman 2, Jeff Nicklas 2 Shots: Johns Hopkins 47, Virginia 27 Saves: Virginia 15, Johns Hopkins 10

Team	1	2	3	4	OT1	Total
Syracuse	4	2	4	3	1	14
North Carolina	4	5	4	0	0	13
Syracuse scoring – Rhett Cavanaugh 4, Emmett Printup 3, Tim Nelson 3, Brad Kotz, Todd Curry, Pat Donahue, John Schimoler North Carolina scoring – Mac Ford 2, Gary Seivold 2, Tim Welsh 2, Pat Welsh 2, Joey Seivold, Greg Cox, Chris Hein, Rob Russell, Brett Davy Shots: North Carolina 42, Syracuse 37 Saves: North Carolina 12, Syracuse 21

Tournament Quarterfinals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Johns Hopkins	3	4	3	5	15
Adelphi	3	3	1	2	9
Johns Hopkins scoring – Brian Wood 5, Craig Bubier 3, John Krumenacker 2, Del Dressel, John Dressel, Mike Morrill, Steve Mutscheller, Chris Schreiber Adelphi scoring – Todd Lawson 2, Bob Quinn 2, Dave Sweeney, Joe LoCacio, Frank Tashman, Joe Bayern, Pat Badolato Shots: Johns Hopkins 48, Adelphi 35 Saves: Adelphi 19, Johns Hopkins 13

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Virginia	2	3	1	4	10
Army	0	2	1	3	6
Virginia scoring – Roddy Marino 4, Rich Reda 2, Chase Monroe 2, Jeff Nicklas, Todd Esposito Army scoring – P.J. Sullivan 2, Bob Betchley, Rob Hoynes, Don Tillar, Doug Shaver Shots: Virginia 42, Army 28 Saves: Virginia 9, Army 8

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
North Carolina	3	5	7	1	16
Brown	2	3	2	7	14
North Carolina scoring – Mac Ford 6, Joey Seivold 2, Gary Seivold 2, Steve Martel, Tim Welsh, Greg Cox, Harry McCambridge, Kevin Haus, Teddy Brown Brown scoring – Tom Gagnon 3, Nick Mathews 3, Chris Abbot 2, John Keough 2, Steve Heffernan, Walter Cataldo, Tony Stedman, Chris Girgenti Shots: Brown 35, North Carolina 31 Saves: Brown 13, North Carolina 13

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	4	2	1	7	14
Pennsylvania	0	4	1	2	7
Syracuse scoring – Brad Kotz 3, Tom Nelson 3, Todd Curry 2, John Schimoler 2, Gordie Mapes 2, Tim Nelson, Emmet Printup Pennsylvania scoring – Leo Paytas 2, John Shoemaker, Bill Morrill, Kevin Nicklas, Bill Schreiner, Joe Gillette Shots: Syracuse 37, Pennsylvania 20 Saves: Syracuse 11, Pennsylvania 9

Tournament outstanding players

• Larry Quinn, Johns Hopkins (Named Tournament's Most Outstanding Player)

Leading Scorers	GP	G	A	Pts
Craig Bubier, Johns Hopkins	3	8	4	12
Brian Wood, Johns Hopkins	3	7	5	12
Tim Nelson, Syracuse	3	4	7	11
Mac Ford, North Carolina	2	8	2	10
Brad Kotz, Syracuse	3	5	5	10
Del Dressel, Johns Hopkins	3	7	2	9
Roddy Marino, Virginia	2	6	2	8
John Krumenacker, Johns Hopkins	3	5	3	8
Rhett Cavanaugh, Syracuse	3	4	3	7

References

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