2002 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship

2002 NCAA Division I Women's
Lacrosse Championship
Dates May 2002
Teams 16
Finals site Diane Geppi-Aikens Field
Baltimore, MD
Champions Princeton (2nd title)
Runner-up Georgetown (2nd title game)
MOP Lauren Simone, Princeton
Attendance 9,023 finals
NCAA Division I Women's Championships
«2001 2003»

The 2002 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 21st annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Diane Geppi-Aikens Field in Baltimore, Maryland during May 2001.[1] All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. A total of 16 teams were invited to participate.

Princeton defeated Georgetown, 12–7, to win their second national championship. This was the first time since 1994 (also won by Princeton) that Maryland did not win the national title.

The leading scorer for the tournament was Lauren Simone from Princeton (23 goals). Simone was also named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Tournament bracket

  First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Diane Geppi-Aikens Field
Baltimore, MD
                                     
 Georgetown 20  
 Lafayette 9  
   Georgetown 11  
     Duke 4  
 Duke 10
 Vanderbilt 5  
   Georgetown 12  
   Cornell 10  
 Cornell 16  
 Syracuse 8  
   Cornell 14
     Maryland 4  
 Maryland 13
 Loyola (MD) 8  
   Georgetown 7
   Princeton 12
 Princeton 25  
 Le Moyne 3  
   Princeton 11
     Notre Dame 5  
 Notre Dame 15
 Ohio State 7  
   Princeton 16
   North Carolina 2  
 North Carolina 22  
 UMBC 6  
   North Carolina (OT) 14
     Virginia 13  
 Virginia 20
 Temple 8  

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
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