1997 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

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1997 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament
DatesMay 1997
Teams8
Finals site Goodman Stadium
Bethlehem, PA
Champions Maryland (5th title)
Runner-up Loyola (MD) (1st title game)
Attendance3,571 finals
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
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The 1997 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 16th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Goodman Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania during May 1997. [1] All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. This year, the tournament field expanded from 6 to 8 teams, the first expansion since 1986.

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Maryland defeated Loyola Maryland, 8–7, to win their fifth and third consecutive, national championship. This would subsequently become the third of Maryland's record seven straight national titles (1995–2001).

The leading scorers for the tournament, each with 10 goals, were Amy Fine from North Carolina and Kerri Johnson from Loyola (MD). The Most Outstanding Player trophy was not awarded this year, although it would be reintroduced in 1998.

Teams

SchoolConferenceBerthRecord
James Madison CAA Automatic13-4
Loyola (MD) CAA At-large13-2
Maryland ACC Automatic18-1
North Carolina ACC At-large13-3
Penn State IndependentAt-large10-5
Temple IndependentAt-large13-2
Virginia ACC At-large14-4
William & Mary CAA At-large10-5

Tournament bracket

First RoundSemifinalsFinals
Goodman Stadium
Bethlehem, PA
         
  Maryland 6
  Penn State 2
 Maryland9
 Temple 6
  Temple 17
  James Madison 10
 Maryland8
 Loyola (MD) 7
  North Carolina (3OT) 12
  Virginia 11
 North Carolina 8
 Loyola (MD)10
  Loyola (MD) 11
  William & Mary 2

Tournament outstanding players

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References

  1. "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 12, 2015.