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On May 1, 2010, the Statesmen Athletic Association honored the 1980 lacrosse team by naming them a Hobart Team of Distinction. They were recognized prior to the start of the Hobart-Air Force lacrosse game.
The 1980 squad opened the season with seven straight wins by an average margin of victory of 10.9 goals. The season opening run included an 11-8 victory over archrival Cornell. The Statesmen went 1-2 over their next three games, falling to Syracuse and UMBC, but rebounded with a 6-4 win at Cortland to post a 9-2 regular season record.
Hobart drew a grossly overmatched MIT team in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Statesmen dominated the Engineers, setting NCAA Tournament records for most goals in a game (37), fewest goals allowed (1), most combined goals in a game (38), most assists in a game (24), and most shots in a game (106).
In the semifinals, Hobart dispatched the Sea Gulls for a second time by the tighter-by-comparison-score of 21-5 to set up a championship showdown with the Red Dragons. The Statesmen rallied from a 5-4 halftime deficit to win the national championship 11-8.
The team boasted five All-Americans that season, midfielders Mark Darcangelo ’82, Jon Feinstein ’80, and Larry Grimaldi ’82, and attackmen Roy McAdam ’80 and Scott Petosa ’80, while McAdam was named the National Attackman and National Player of the Year and Darcangelo was tabbed the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.
Four members of the team have been inducted into the Hobart Athletics Hall of Fame, Assistant Coach Terry Corcoran ’78 (HOF Class of 1992), Darcangelo (2003), Head Coach Dave Urick (1990), and goalie Guy Van Arsdale ’83 (2001).
