2001 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship

2001 NCAA Division I Women's
Lacrosse Championship
Dates May 2001
Teams 16
Finals site Homewood Field
Baltimore, MD
Champions Maryland (9th title)
Runner-up Georgetown (1st title game)
MOP Courtney Martinez, Maryland
Attendance 7,967 finals
NCAA Division I Women's Championships
«2000 2002»

The 2001 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 20th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Homewood Field in Baltimore, Maryland during May 2001.[1] All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. This year, the tournament field expanded from 12 to 16 teams, its current size.

Maryland defeated Georgetown, 14–13 after triple overtime, to win their ninth overall, and seventh consecutive, national championship. This was the last of Maryland's record seven straight national titles (1995–2001). With the win, the Terrapins also secured an undefeated season (23–0).

For the third consecutive year, the leading scorer for the tournament was Jen Adams from Maryland (26 goals). Courtney Martinez, also from Maryland, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Tournament bracket

  First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Homewood Field
Baltimore, MD
                                     
 Maryland 23  
 Monmouth 9  
   Maryland 11  
     James Madison 9  
 James Madison 11
 Virginia 8  
   Maryland 14  
   Princeton 7  
 Dartmouth 9  
 Penn State 7  
   Dartmouth 4
     Princeton 10  
 Princeton 14
 Cornell 4  
   Maryland (3OT) 14
   Georgetown 13
 Duke 17  
 Temple 3  
   Duke 6
     Loyola (MD) 7  
 Loyola (MD) 15
 William & Mary 7  
   Loyola (MD) 9
   Georgetown 10  
 Georgetown 20  
 Hofstra 5  
   Georgetown 10
     North Carolina 4  
 North Carolina 14
 Syracuse 9  

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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