1991 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The 1991 tournament championship game was played at the Carrier Dome in front of 8,293 fans.

1991 NCAA Division I Men's
Lacrosse Championship
Finals siteCarrier Dome
ChampionsNorth Carolina (4th title)
Runner-upTowson
Attendance[1]8,293 finals
42,981 total
NCAA Division I Men's Championships
«1990 1992»

Tournament overview

North Carolina completed a perfect 16 and 0 season by defeating Towson 18-13, to win the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, the fourth overall for the Tar Heels.

Towson, coached by Carl Runk, became the first unseeded team to reach the NCAA Division I lacrosse finals. Towson got as close as 12 to 11 at the start of the 4th quarter, after scoring 5 straight goals. But Carolina controlled the remainder of the game in winning the national title for the first time since 1986.

Tournament results
  First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                     
8 Loyola 20  
  Massachusetts 9  
  1 North Carolina 11  
    8 Loyola 9  
     
       
  1 North Carolina 19  
  5 Syracuse 13  
       
       
  4 Johns Hopkins 8
    5 Syracuse 11  
5 Syracuse 28
  Michigan St. 7  
  1 North Carolina 18
  Towson 13
6 Virginia 13  
  Towson 14  
  3 Princeton 13
    Towson * 14  
     
       
  Towson 15
  7 Maryland 11  
       
       
  2 Brown 13
    7 Maryland 16  
7 Maryland 13
  Rutgers 7  
* = Overtime

Tournament boxscores

Tournament Finals

Team1234Total
North Carolina365418
Towson230713
  • North Carolina scoring – Greg Burns 5, Tom Marechek 3, Joe Bonacci, Jim Egan, Rickey Cramer, Dan Caughey, Tom Gilmartin
  • Towson scoring – Chris Colbeck 5, Brian Kroneberger 2, Kevin Beach, Ted Nichols
  • Shots: Syracuse 57, Loyola (Md.) 41
  • Saves: Syracuse Matt Palumb 18, Lee Hine 1 - Loyola (Md.) Charley Toomey 12, Tim Dunnigan 1

Tournament Semi-finals

Team1234Total
North Carolina676219
Syracuse123413
  • 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
Towson32350114
Maryland52420013
  • 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
North Carolina745411
Loyola22269
  • 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
Syracuse337511
Johns Hopkins00128
  • 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
Towson337514
Princeton001213
  • 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
Towson337514
Princeton001213
  • 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


Tournament notes
  • Syracuse sets a new tournament record scoring 28 goals in their first round victory over Michigan State.

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