
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, May 30, 1995                   TAG: 9505310038
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: COLLEGE PARK, MD.                                LENGTH: Short

SYRACUSE WINS ITS 6TH LACROSSE TITLE

Syracuse won its sixth NCAA lacrosse championship, the second in three years, holding Maryland scoreless for a 25-minute stretch of the second half in a 13-9 victory Monday.

Rob Kavovit had four goals and three assists for the Orangemen, whose six NCAA Division I lacrosse titles is second on the all-time list behind Johns Hopkins' seven.

Nick Licameli and Mark Fietta each had two goals for Syracuse (13-2), which closed the season with an 11-game winning streak. The Orangmen won the national championship in 1990 and 1993 and finished second in 1992.

Syracuse trailed 6-5 early in the third period before Kavovit and Casey Powell scored in a 15-second span to put the Orangemen ahead for good. Kavovit then scored off a pass from Paul Sullivan to make it 8-6 with 8:13 to go in the period.

The score stayed that way until Fietta got a goal from the left side of the cage with 8:33 left, igniting a four-goal burst that gave the Orangemen a 12-6 lead with 6:37 remaining.

Syracuse ended the Terrapins' quest for their first national championship since 1975. Matt Hahn had three goals for Maryland (12-4), which took the lead with 12:15 remaining in the third period and did not score again until 1:44 was left in the game.

A crowd of 26,229 showed up at the University of Maryland, a championship game record.

by CNB