2009 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship

2009 NCAA Division I Women's
Lacrosse Championship
Dates May 10–24, 2009
Teams 16
Finals site Johnny Unitas Stadium
Towson, MD
Champions Northwestern (5th title)
Runner-up North Carolina (1st title game)
MOP Katrina Dowd, Northwestern
Attendance 20,698 finals
NCAA Division I Women's Championships
«2008 2010»

The 2009 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 28th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse.[1] The tournament was played from May 10 to May 24, 2009, and the semifinal and championship rounds were played at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Maryland from May 22–24.[2] All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 16 teams were invited to participate.

Northwestern defeated North Carolina, 21–7, to win their fifth overall, as well as fifth straight, national championship. This would subsequently become the fifth of Northwestern's seven national titles in eight years (2005–2009, 2011–12) as well as the fifth of the Wildcats' eight consecutive appearances in the championship game (2005–12). Furthermore, Northwestern's win secured an undefeated season (23–0) for the team.

The leading scorer for the tournament was Katrina Dowd from Northwestern (24 goals). Dowd was also named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Qualification

A total of 16 teams were invited to participate. 9 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments while the remaining 7 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records.

Play-in game


May 2
   
1 Fairfield (MAAC, 16-2) 16
2 Sacred Heart (NEC, 12-6) 10

Teams

Seed School Conference Berth type Record
Boston U. America East Automatic 15-3
Colgate Patriot League Automatic 14-4
5 Duke ACC At-large 14-5
Fairfield MAAC Automatic 17-2
Georgetown Big East Automatic 13-5
2 Maryland ACC Automatic 19-0
Massachusetts Atlantic 10 Automatic 11-7
3 North Carolina ACC At-large 13-4
1 Northwestern ALC Automatic 19-0
6 Notre Dame Big East At-large 15-4
4 Penn Ivy League Automatic 13-2
8 Princeton Ivy League At-large 13-3
7 Syracuse Big East At-large 13-4
Towson CAA Automatic 13-5
Vanderbilt ALC At-large 10-6
Virginia ACC At-large 11-7

Tournament bracket

  First Round
Campus sites
May 10		 Quarterfinals
Campus sites
May 16		 Semifinals
Johnny Unitas Stadium
Towson, MD
May 22		 Finals
Johnny Unitas Stadium
Towson, MD
May 24
                                     
1 Northwestern* 23  
Massachusetts 6  
  1 Northwestern* 16  
    8 Princeton 9  
8 Princeton* 15
Georgetown 9  
  1 Northwestern (2OT) 13  
  4 Penn 12  
5 Duke* (2OT) 15  
Virginia 13  
  5 Duke 9
    4 Penn* (2OT) 10  
4 Penn* 10
Fairfield 8  
  1 Northwestern 21
  3 North Carolina 7
3 North Carolina* 15  
Towson 4  
  3 North Carolina* 16
    6 Notre Dame 10  
6 Notre Dame* 19
Vanderbilt 13  
  3 North Carolina 8
  2 Maryland 7  
7 Syracuse* 16  
Boston U. 10  
  7 Syracuse 10
    2 Maryland* 12  
2 Maryland* 20
Colgate 4  

* Host institution

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2009 Championship Tournament Statistics". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
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