2003 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
| 2003 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship | |||||
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| Dates | May 2003 | ||||
| Teams | 16 | ||||
| Finals site |
Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY | ||||
| Champions | Princeton (3rd title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Virginia (6th title game) | ||||
| MOP | Rachel Becker, Princeton | ||||
| Attendance | 6,614 finals | ||||
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The 2003 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 22nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York during May 2003.[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 Virginia, 8–7 (in overtime), to win their third overall, and second consecutive, national championship.
The leading scorer for the tournament was Lauren Aumiller from Virginia (21 goals). Rachel Becker, from Princeton, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Tournament bracket
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY |
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| Loyola (MD) | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| UMBC | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loyola (MD) | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loyola (MD) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| Le Moyne | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Princeton (OT) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Boston U. | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| American | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Madison | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
All-tournament team
- Suzanne Eyler, Loyola (MD)
- Marianne Gioffre, Loyola (MD)
- Kelly Coppedge, Maryland
- Alexis Venechanos, Maryland
- Rachel Becker, Princeton (Most outstanding player)
- Sarah Kolodner, Princeton
- Whitney Miller, Princeton
- Elizabeth Pillion, Princeton
- Theresa Sherry, Princeton
- Caitlin Banks, Virginia
- Laurie Kenis, Virginia
See also
- NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship
- NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship
- 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
References
- ↑ "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
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