2000 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship

2000 NCAA Division I Women's
Lacrosse Championship
Dates May 2000
Teams 12
Finals site Lions Stadium
Trenton, NJ
Champions Maryland (8th title)
Runner-up Princeton (4th title game)
MOP Jen Adams, Maryland
Attendance 4,788 finals
NCAA Division I Women's Championships
«1999 2001»

The 2000 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 19th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Lions Stadium in Trenton, New Jersey during May 2000.[1] All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. Ultimately, 12 teams were invited to the tournament.

Maryland defeated Princeton, 16–8, to win their eighth overall and sixth consecutive, national championship. This would subsequently become the sixth of Maryland's record seven straight national titles (1995–2001).

For the second consecutive year, the leading scorer for the tournament was Jen Adams from Maryland, with 22 goals. Adams was also again named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Tournament bracket

  First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Lions Stadium
Trenton, NJ
                                     
 Georgetown 11  
 Syracuse 10  
   Maryland (2OT) 7  
     Georgetown 6  
      
        
   Maryland 17  
   Loyola (MD) 7  
 Loyola (MD) 14  
 Delaware 4  
   North Carolina 5
     Loyola (MD) 5  
      
        
   Maryland 16
   Princeton 8
 Virginia 13  
 Boston U. 10  
   James Madison 12
     Virginia 5  
      
        
   James Madison 9
   Princeton 15  
 Duke 7  
 Dartmouth 6  
   Princeton (2OT) 9
     Duke 8  
      

All-tournament team

See also

References

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