FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Syracuse beat Johns Hopkins 13-10 in the NCAA final Monday, dethroning the defending national champions and becoming the first school to win its 10th men’s lacrosse title.
The Orange improved to 3-2 in title games against Johns Hopkins.
“When you get recruited at Syracuse, you’re going there to win a national championship,” said Mike Leveille, who was voted the tournament’s most outstanding player. “It’s certainly been an up-and- down road for the seniors. But we hung in there. This is the best ending possible.”
It was Syracuse’s fourth championship this decade but first since 2004. Last year, when three players were suspended for off-field behavior, the Orange finished 3-8 and missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1982.
Midfielder Dan Hardy scored three goals and John Galloway stopped seven shots for the Orange.
Indy 500 purse a record $14.4 million
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indy Racing League delivered on its promise of a record payoff for the Indianapolis 500.
Scott Dixon, who won the race Sunday, took home a record prize of $2,988,065 at the annual victory dinner Monday night. It was nearly double the former record of $1.76 million to Buddy Rice in 2004, and the total purse of $14.4 million broke the previous record of $10.7 million handed out last year.
The increases for first place and total purse marked the largest one- year jumps in the race’s 92-year history. The total prize package also was a record for open-wheel racing and was second in all of auto racing to NASCAR’s Daytona 500 at about $18 million.
Ryan Hunter-Reay, who finished sixth, received $328,065, including a $25,000 award as rookie of the year.
Footnotes.
Leslie Osborne, a midfielder on the U.S. women’s soccer team, will miss the Olympics after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee. Osborne, who turns 25 today, will need at least eight months of rehabilitation.
• Iraq’s soccer federation was suspended from international competition for one year because of the decision by its government to disband all national sports governing bodies.
• Virginia’s Somdev Devvarman became the fourth player in the last 50 years to win consecutive NCAA men’s singles championships by beating Tennessee freshman J.P. Smith 6-3, 6-2 in Tulsa, Okla.
• Vijay Singh withdrew from the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio, because of a rib injury suffered last week, and Ernie Els said on his website he won’t be playing until next week.
• Franco Pellizotti won a mountain time trial at the Giro d’Italia, and Alberto Contador extended his overall lead over Riccardo Ricco from 33 to 41 seconds.
• Chris Greisen was 26-of-30 for 266 yards and four touchdown passes, lifting the visiting Georgia Force to a 40-29 win over the New Orleans VooDoo in the Arena Football League.
• French skydiver Michel Fournier delayed plans to free fall 130,000 feet from the stratosphere because of unfavorable wind conditions in Saskatchewan. Another attempt was planned for today.
The Associated Press
