1984 NCAA women's lacrosse tournament

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1984 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament
DatesMay 1984
Teams12
Finals site Nickerson Field
Boston, MA
Champions Temple (1st title)
Runner-up Maryland (1st title game)
MOP Marie Schmucker, Temple
Attendance1,938 finals
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
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The 1984 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship was the third annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship of NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Nickerson Field in Boston, Massachusetts during May 1984. [1]

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The Temple Owls won their first championship after defeating the Maryland Terrapins in the final, 6–4.

The leading scorer for the tournament, for the second straight year, was Karen Emas, from Delaware, with 20 goals. Marie Schmucker, from Temple, was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.

Qualification

Until 1985, there was only one NCAA championship; a Division III title was added in 1985 and a Division II title in 2001. Hence, all NCAA women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. This tournament, in turn, was contested by 12 teams.

TeamAppearanceLast BidRecord
Delaware 2nd 1983 12-3-1
Harvard 2nd 1983 12-1
Lehigh 1stNever12-4
Loyola (MD) 2nd 1983 14-3
Maryland 2nd 1983 14-0-1
Massachusetts 3rd 1983 7-5
New Hampshire 1stNever11-2
Northwestern 2nd 1983 8-3
Penn 2nd 1983 7-6
Penn State 2nd 1983 12-1
Temple 2nd 1983 12-2
Yale 1stNever8-5

Tournament bracket

First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
Nickerson Field
Boston, MA
            
1Maryland12
Lehigh 6
Lehigh (2OT) 11
Loyola (MD) 10
1Maryland9
Massachusetts 3
4 Harvard 4
Massachusetts5
Massachusetts (OT) 6
Yale 5
1 Maryland 4
3Temple6
3Temple16
Northwestern 7
Northwestern6
New Hampshire 2
3Temple13
Delaware 3
Third place
2 Penn State 9 Massachusetts 5
Delaware10Delaware9
Delaware18
Penn 1

Tournament outstanding players

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References

  1. "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 11, 2015.