Dates May 1975 Champions Maryland (2nd title) | Teams 8 Runner-up Navy | |
Finals site Homewood Field
Johns Hopkins University MOP Bert Caswell and Frank Urso, Maryland
Jeff Long, Navy | ||
The 1975 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship was the fifth annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Eight NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met in the postseason single-elimination tournament to decide the national championship.
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Tournament overview
The championship game was hosted by Johns Hopkins University and was played in front of 10,875 fans.
The title game saw the Terrapins of the University of Maryland defeat the Midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy by the score of 20–13 for their second national title in three years. Frank Urso scored five goals in the finals for Maryland. The Terps took 62 shots in both the semi-finals and the finals.
The national title game represented the 50th time the Middies and Maryland had met since the sport was put on Maryland's varsity list in 1924. The Terps season concluded with a five-game winning streak including victories over lacrosse powers Johns Hopkins, Hofstra, Washington & Lee, and Navy. Navy had earlier in the season upset Maryland.
Bob DeSimone tied for the lead in goals for Navy, with eight. DeSimone would later transfer to Johns Hopkins, helping to lead the Blue Jays to the 1978 title. In the championship game, Maryland and Navy combined for 120 total shots.
This was the first of four straight impressive tournament appearances by the Cornell attack of Mike French, Jon Levine, Bill Marino and Eamon McEneaney, which resulted in titles for the Big Red in 1976 and 1977.
Jack Emmer's Washington and Lee team avenged a loss in the prior year's tournament with an upset of the top-ranked, but second seed, Johns Hopkins in the first round.
Tournament boxscores
Tournament Finals
Tournament Semi-Finals
Tournament First Round