Frank Urso scored five goals in the finals for Maryland. The Terps took 62 shots in both the semi-finals and the finals. In the championship game, Maryland and Navy combined for 120 shots.
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 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, scoring 4 goals in the finals. DeSimone would later transfer to Johns Hopkins helping lead the Blue Jays to the 1978 national title and the 1977 finals.
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, as well as a tournament finals appearance in 1978. Cornell was 15-1 heading into the tournament and earned the top seed in this tournament. Cornell had defeated Navy handily earlier in the season, 16-7, but were upset by the 4th seeded Navy team in the tournament.
Maryland scoring – Frank Urso 5, Mike Hynes 3, Roger Tuck 3, Bill Gould 2, Doug Radebaugh 2, Bert Caswell, Jim Burnett, Mike Ferrell, Tony Morgan, Brooks Sleeper
Navy scoring – Bob DeSimone 4, Fred Cook 3, Jeff Long 2, Jeff Connelly, Marty Mason, Mike Gurny, Jim Shulson
Washington and Lee scoring – Donny Carroll 4, Chris Larson 2, Robin Major Morgan 2, Charlie Brown, Malcom Hastings, Jack Dudley
Johns Hopkins scoring – Franz Wittlesberger 5, Rich Hirsch 2
Shots: Johns Hopkins 42, Washington and Lee 37
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
Maryland
3
5
4
7
19
Hofstra
3
1
2
5
11
Maryland scoring – Frank Urso 3, Bert Caswell 3, Bob Gilmartin 3, Doug Radebaugh 2, Mike Hynes 2, Bert Olsen 2, Roger Tuck, Jim Burnett, Bob Brenton, Todd Bench
Hofstra scoring – Tom Calder 4, Phil Marino, Chuck Rogener, Billy Ruggiero, Bob Hiller, Kevin Hill, Gary White, Ted Stefaniew
Shots: Maryland 80, Hofstra 51
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
Navy
3
1
4
9
17
Pennsylvania
2
3
0
1
6
Navy scoring – Jeff Connelly 3, Jeff Long 2, Marty Mason 2, Fred Cook 2, Skip Wagner 2, Paul Gustin, Bob DeSimone, Bill Claridge, Kevin McConnell, Mike Gurny, Jim Shulson
Pennsylvania scoring – Peter Hollis 2, Bob Kilkowski, Peter Marin, Doug Sachse, Ralph McGee
Shots: Navy 75, Pennsylvania 30
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
Cornell
1
7
7
3
18
Rutgers
2
2
1
0
5
Cornell scoring – Mike French 6, Jon Levine 5, Tom Nolan 3, Eamon McEneaney, Al Haglund, Steve Dybus, Bill Marino
Rutgers scoring – Mike Rinck 3, Jim Teatom, Bob Fornaro
The NCAA did not designate a Most Outstanding Player until the 1977 national tournament. The Tournament outstanding players are listed here as the tournament leading scorers:
Bert Caswell, Maryland, 14 points, leading tournament scorers
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