1977 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The 1977 Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship game was played at University of Virginia in front of 10,080 fans. Cornell capped off a 13-0 season with its second-straight NCAA championship as they defeated Johns Hopkins, 16-8.

1977 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
Dates	May 1977
Teams	8
Finals site	University of Virginia
Champions	Cornell (3rd title)
Runner-up	Johns Hopkins
MOP	Eamon McEneaney, Cornell
Attendance^[1]	10,080 finals 29,193 total
NCAA Division I Men's Championships «1976 1978»

Tournament overview

Led for the second straight year by Coach Richard M. Moran and USILA most outstanding player winner Eamon McEneaney, Cornell completed a second undefeated season becoming the first team to win back-to-back championships. Cornell capped off a 13-0 season with a 16-8 victory over Johns Hopkins in the finals. McEneaney scored three goals and assisted on five others, while Hall of Famer Dan Mackesey was a stalwart in goal with 14 saves. Cornell opened with an 9 to 0 lead in the first 20 minutes and led by as many as 13 to 1 early in the second half of the finals.

The victory was the 29th straight for Cornell and represented their third title in seven NCAA championships. Cornell would not lose again until the following year's championship game again versus Johns Hopkins. Both of Hopkins' losses during the season were to Cornell, and McEneaney had 25 total points during the tournament eclipsing the prior record of 20 set by Mike French in 1976.

Coach Moran earned his second Morris Touchstone Award as the Division I Coach of the Year, while Eamon McEneaney won the Lt. Raymond Enners Award as the most outstanding player in the nation and Chris Kane wins the Schmeisser Cup as the nation’s outstanding defenseman. Dan Mackesey repeated as the winner of the Ens. C.M. Kelly, Jr. Award as the nation’s most outstanding goaltender, making it the fifth time in a 10-year span that a Big Red player had received the award. ^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Tournament results

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Championship May 28
	1	Cornell	17
	8	Massachusetts	13
						1	Cornell	22
						5	Navy	6
	5	Navy	14
	4	Penn	12
											1	Cornell (13–0)	16
											2	Johns Hopkins (11–2)	8
	3	Maryland	14
	6	Washington & Lee	8
						3	Maryland	12
						2	Johns Hopkins	22
	2	Johns Hopkins	16
	7	North Carolina	9

Tournament boxscores

Tournament Finals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornell (13–0)	5	5	4	2	16
Johns Hopkins (11–2)	0	1	2	5	8
Cornell scoring – Eamon McEneaney 3, Tom Marino 3, Steve Page 2, John Sierra 2, Craig Jaeger, Reilly McDonald, Bob Mathisen, Keith Reitenbach, George Lau, Gary Malm Johns Hopkins scoring – Frank Cutrone, Scott Baugher, Rich Hirsch, Steve Wey, Dave Huntley, Mike O’Neill, Joe Devlin, Tom Myrick Shots: Johns Hopkins 46, Cornell 36 Saves: Cornell 17, Johns Hopkins 8

Tournament Semi-Finals

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornell	9	4	5	4	22
Navy	1	1	1	3	6
Cornell scoring – Tom Marino 6, Eamon McEneaney 5, Bob Henrickson 2, Craig Jaeger 2, Steve Page, John Sierra, Keith Reitenbach, Joe Szombathy, Ned Gerber, Joe Taylor, Chuck Wieb Navy scoring – Bill Stulb 2, Jeff Long, Mike Hannan, Mike Chanenchuk, Brendan Schneck Shots: Cornell 57, Navy 25

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Johns Hopkins	8	4	5	5	22
Maryland	3	2	2	5	12
Johns Hopkins scoring – Dave Huntley 4, Bob DeSimone 4, Mike O’Neill 2, Wayne Davis 2, Rich Hirsch 2, George Johnson 2, Frank Cutrone 2, Tom Myrick, Joe Swerdloff, Scott Baugher, Phil Federico Maryland scoring – Mike Hynes 4, Ron Martinello 2, Lance Kohler 2, Greg Rumpf, Bob Ott, Mark Shores, Pete Worstell Shots: Johns Hopkins 54, Maryland 45

Tournament First Round

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornell	6	2	6	3	17
Massachusetts	5	3	2	3	13
Cornell scoring – Eamon McEneaney 3, Tom Marino 3, Bob Henrickson 3, Steve Page 3, Craig Jaeger, Dave Bray, Joe Szombathy, Keith Reitenbach, Reiley McDonald Massachusetts scoring – Jeff Spooner 2, Norm Smith 2, Steve Pappas, 2, Kevin Patterson, Terry Keefe, Vinnie Lobello, Chuck Smith, Randy Krutzler, John Reardon, Mickey Menna Shots: Cornell 61, Massachusetts 42

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Navy	2	5	2	5	14
Pennsylvania	3	2	4	3	12
Navy scoring – Brendan Schneck 4, Bob Holman 4, Jeff Long 2, Mike Chanenchuk, Mike Hannan, Ernie Styron, Skip Wagner Pennsylvania scoring – Mike Page 5, Peter Hollis 4, Tim Dachille 2, Kevin Dachille Shots: Pennsylvania 33, Navy 20

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Johns Hopkins	6	2	3	5	16
North Carolina	3	1	2	3	9
Johns Hopkins scoring – Mike O’Neill 4, Joe Swerdloff 3, Scott Baugher 2, Bob Teasdall, Dave Huntley, Tom Myrick, Bob DeSimone, Steve Wey, Frank Cutrone, Doober Aburn North Carolina scoring – Joe Yevoli 3, Larry Turkheimer 2, Bruce Matthai, Dan Cox, Paul Worstell, Bob Volker Shots: Johns Hopkins 77, North Carolina 34

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Maryland	4	2	4	4	14
Wash. & Lee	1	1	4	2	8
Maryland scoring – Kevin Boland 3, Bert Olsen 3, Pete Worstell 2, Greg Rumpf, Lance Kohler, Terry Kimball, Mark Shores, Andy Tyrie, Nick Mannis Wash. & Lee scoring – Jay Sindler 2, Doug Fuge 2, Chris Kearney 2, Jeff Frita, Jack Dudley Shots: Maryland 63, Wash. & Lee 51

Tournament outstanding players

• Eamon McEneaney, Cornell, tournament Most Outstanding Player

Leading Scorers

Name	GP	G	A	Pts
Eamon McEneaney, Cornell	3	11	14	25
Mike O’Neill, Johns Hopkins	3	7	8	15
Tom Marino, Cornell	3	12	2	14
Rich Hirsch, Johns Hopkins	3	3	8	11
Brendan Schneck, Navy	2	5	5	10
Mike Hynes, Maryland	3	4	5	9
Steve Page, Cornell	3	6	2	8
Bob Henrickson, Cornell	3	5	3	8
Mike Page, Pennsylvania	1	5	2	7
Peter Hollis, Pennsylvania	1	4	3	7
Bob DeSimone, Johns Hopkins	3	5	2	7

Tournament notes

• Cornell the national champion scores 55 total goals, a new tournament record

References

1. "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (pdf). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.
2. . CSTV.com. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011.
3. "Ivy League Lacrosse Title Chase Heats Up By David Clarke". TheCrimson.com. April 16, 1977.
4. . SportsIllustrated.com. June 6, 1977. Archived from the original on April 17, 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
5. United Press International. McEneaney Leads Cornell. THE DAILY MESSENGER. May 31, 1977. pg. 10
6. United Press International. Cornell romps, 16-8. The Syracuse Herald Journal. May 29, 1977. pg. 73

External links

• 1977 NCAA Men's Lacrosse National Championship at YouTube