MAY MADNESS HISTORY
2010
Duke 6, Notre Dame 5 (OT) M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore
On a muggy Memorial Day, Duke
became the fi rst team to win its fi rst NCAA Division I title since Princeton in 1992. It came four years after Duke’s scandal- shortened 2006 season. After the alleged rape charges against three former players proved to be bogus, the Blue Devils had made it to three straight fi nal fours, only to fall short each time before breaking through thanks to long-stick midfi elder CJ Costabile’s faceoff win and goal 5 seconds into overtime. Ned Crotty, one of several fi fth-year
seniors awarded additional eligibility for the canceled 2006 season, won the 2010 Tewaaraton Award.
1994 Ned Crotty: Salisbury 15, Hobart 9
Byrd Stadium, College Park, Md. Salisbury’s fi rst Division III men’s national title came over Hobart, the team
that had won 13 of the previous 14 since the NCAA D-III title was fi rst contested in 1980 — and a program that was headed to Division I the next season in 1995. The Sea Gulls have won nine more NCAA championships since the changing
of dynasties under Hall of Fame coach Jim Berkman, the NCAA’s all-time winningest coach.
Jim Berkman I thought beating Hobart was really big at the time because nobody had really
been able to do it. Their program was a real juggernaut, so beating them made our fi rst championship that much more rewarding and legitimate. We knew that it was our last shot at Hobart,
but we only discussed that a little bit with the players. We just talked about seizing the moment. Now, 20 years later, we still take pride in what we did and lacrosse people know the importance, but most kids don’t really remember or know much about Hobart’s era of dominance. They don’t remember that Hobart used to play D-I teams like Syracuse, Cornell and Duke. In fact, they had already beaten Duke, Colgate and Cornell during that season. Cabell Maddux was Hobart’s big star that
year, but he had been hurt and came back in the postseason. We had a defenseman, Tom McAuliffe, who really played a physical game against Cabell and limited his opportunities that afternoon. Erik Miller had a great game in goal for us and was the MVP, and Jake Bergey, who was a freshman, emerged as a star by scoring fi ve goals. In fact, nine of our 15 goals in that game were
scored by players from Pennsylvania, which is interesting because Pennsylvania lacrosse 20
years ago wasn’t what it is now. — as told to Paul Ohanian
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Some people called us chokers. That [title] kind of shut them up. We had been to three fi nal fours and a national championship game, and we had won three ACC titles, which was great. But coming into the season, winning a national championship was our goal. Anything less would have made the season feel like a failure.
My class was the last of the fi fth-year guys. After everything the program had been through, it was like the best of times after the worst of times. That win closed the book on all of that.
Being a high-powered, successful team is what Duke is known for. We did not like playing slow, 6-on-6 lacrosse. In that aspect, Notre Dame won. But we made our shots count, and we got the momentum after Notre Dame had it.
The biggest thing was we didn’t freak out in the biggest game of our careers.
— as told to Gary Lambrecht
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