Final: Syracuse 13, Johns Hopkins 10

Dan Hardy had three goals, while Brendan Lofts and Kenny Nims had a pair to pace the Orange their record 10th national title. Paul Rabil had six goals for Hopkins, second-most all-time in a championship game, while Hopkins goalie Michael Gvozden made 20 saves.

Notes:
- Syracuse is now 7-1 in 2008 when opponents score first.
- The Orange have not been outshot in 2008.
- Syracuse is now 3-2 against Johns Hopkins in NCAA title games, and 10-5 overall, while Hopkins is 9-9 overall in championship games.
- Johns Hopkins lost twice to the same opponent in the same season for the first time ever.
- Hopkins allowed its first man-down goal of the year in the second quarter, Syracuse's third man-down goal of the year.

Tournament Most Outstanding Player:
Michael Leveille, Syracuse

All-Tournament Team:
Syracuse: Dan Hardy, Sid Smith, Danny Brennan, Mike Leveille
Hopkins: Paul Rabil, Kevin Huntley, Michael Evans, Michael Gvozden
Virginia: Danny Glading
Duke: Zack Greer

1:15 -- Rabil, shooting clear from the outside, just got stopped by Syracuse's John Galloway.

2:37 -- Rabil just turned the ball over, stole it back and sidearmed a shot in, making it 2:37. That makes six goals for Rabil today, tying for the second-most ever in a championship.

3:00 -- Hopkins takes its final timeout, with Syracuse on an EMO for 37 more seconds and up 13-8.

Note: Today's game set a new attendance record for the D-I men's lacrosse championship game, with 48,970 -- the largest crowd ever for an outdoor NCAA championship. The whole weekend's attendance, 145,828, also sets a new record for a three-division lacrosse championship weekend.

7:08 -- Paul Rabil scored on a Hopkins EMO, cutting the lead to 13-9 and ending a 12:09 scoreless drought.

8:15 - Dan Niewieroski picked off a Hopkins back-pass, then slipped a pass to Mike Leveille, wide open in front of the net, who bounced a shot in to give Syracuse a 13-8 lead.

8:25 -- Syracuse's Brendan Loftus may have just slipped in a dagger, scoring 5-hole on Gvozden from 5 yards away to put Syracuse up four, at 12-8.

12:32 -- Kenny Nims waited in the right slot, got a pass from Mike Leveille, and hammered it home, putting Syracuse up, 11-8.

Start of 4th Quarter: Syracuse, 10-8. Stats after three: Shots: Hopkins 33, Syracuse 37; Face-off wins: Hopkins 11, Syracuse 10; Clears; Hopkins 15-16, Syracuse 14-16. Saves: Hopkins (Gvozden) 16, Syracuse (Galloway) 8.

3rd, 3:49 -- Syracuse goal, Dan Hardy, his third of the game and 25th of the season, to send Gvozden falling backwards. Syracuse 10-8.

3rd, 4:17 -- After Hopkins' Stpehn Peyser got caught up by a swarm of Syracuse defenders at the point, he flipped the ball up to a streaking Paul Rabil, who caught it, cleared two steps to the left and fired in, low right. 9-8, Syracuse.

3rd, 8:02 -- Syracuse' Brendan Loftus bounced a shot past Gvozden to put the Orange back up two again, at 9-7.

3rd, 10:02 -- Huntley, again. Somehow. From the right side, virtually even with the goal line, he fired a shot near-side high into the top right corner.

3rd, 12:31 -- Paul Rabil took matters into his own hands, as the Hopkins star flung a shot in from about 15 yards away to bring Hopkins within 2, at 8-6.

3rd, 13:41 -- Syracuse's Stephen Brooks curled to the top of the slot and shot far-side on Gvozden. Syracuse, 8-5. That's five goals spanning 8:06 between the second and third periods.

3rd, 14:39 -- Syracuse's Dan Hardy extended the Orange's lead, streaking toward the net and beating Gvozden. Score: Syracuse 7, Hopkins 5

Halftime: Syracuse 6, Hopkins 5

1:34 -- Syracuse has taken the lead with a goal from Dan Hardy, his 23rd of the year, off an assist from Steven Brooks. Score: 6-5, Syracuse

2:33 -- Gvozden now has 13 saves, 10 shy of the record.

3:46 -- Syracuse Pat Perritt snuck to the front of the crease, to Gvozden's left, and slipped a bouncer past the goalie's right foot. It's now tied, 5-5.

4:40 -- Still 5-4, thanks to three more saves from Gvozden, who has saved Hopkins from four almost-certain Syracuse goals, including a point-blank save a minute ago.

6:47 -- Down a man after a jarring hit, Syracuse just got a goal back from Kenny Nims, off an assist from Mike Leveille. Score: Hopkins 5-4.

7:59 -- After Gvozden made an unbelievable diving save to stone Keogh alone on the doorstep, Hopkins came back with a quick clear and a goal from a streaking Kyle Wharton, off an assist from Michael Kimmel.

2nd, 9:01 -- Syracuse cuts into the Hopkins lead with a goal from Stephen Keogh, his second of the game and 20th of year, of assist from Joel White, to make it 4-3 J-Hops.

End of First: The teams scored a combined three goals in 28 seconds to finish the period, with Hopkins leaving the first up, 4-2. Shots: Hopkins 16, Virginia 9; Saves: Hopkins (Gvozden) 9, Virginia (Galloway) 2; Ground Balls: Syracuse 11, Hopkins 10; Face-offs; Virginia 4, Hopkins 3; Clears: Hopkins 6-6, Syracuse 2-2.

1st, 0:27.8 - Hopkins' Kevin Huntley slipped a shot 5-hole, off an assist from George Castle, to send Hopkins to a 3-1 lead. Blue Jays goalie Michael Gvozden had looked impeccable for the last 10 minutes, but just got beaten off the face-off by Syracuse's Danny Brennan, with Brennan's first career goal in his last career game.

1st, 5:13 -- After Syracuse got a goal back with around nine minutes remaining, then killed a Hopkins extra-man opportunity, Hopkins' Paul Rabil shot down the field, curled into the left slot and fired low, bouncing a goal just inside the post to put the Blue Jays up, 2-1.

1st, 11:06 -- Hopkins got on the board first, with a goal from Paul Rabil, unassisted at 11:06. Both teams are packing the slot, keeping all shots to the outside.