1998 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

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1998 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament
DatesMay 1998
Teams12
Finals site UMBC Stadium
Catonsville, MD
Champions Maryland (6th title)
Runner-up Virginia (4th title game)
MOPCathy Nelson, Maryland
Attendance6,080 finals
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
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The 1998 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 17th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at UMBC Stadium in Catonsville, Maryland during May 1998. [1] All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. This year, the tournament field expanded from 8 to 12 teams, the second consecutive expansion after increasing from 6 to 8 teams the previous year.

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Maryland defeated Virginia, 11–5, to win their sixth and fourth consecutive, national championship. This would subsequently become the fourth of Maryland's record seven straight national titles (1995–2001).

The leading scorer for the tournament, with 15 goals, was Cathy Nelson from Maryland. Nelson was also the recipient of the Most Outstanding Player award, given out for the first time since 1984.

Teams

SeedSchoolConferenceBerthRecord
1 Virginia ACC Automatic15-2
2 North Carolina ACC At-large14-2
3 Maryland ACC At-large15-3
4 Dartmouth Ivy League Automatic12-2
Duke ACC At-large10-6
Georgetown IndependentAt-large9-6
James Madison CAA At-large10-7
Loyola (MD) CAA Automatic12-3
Princeton Ivy League At-large11-4
Temple IndependentAt-large13-4
West Chester IndependentAt-large13-4
William & Mary CAA At-large8-7

Tournament bracket

First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
UMBC Stadium
Catonsville, MD
            
1 Virginia 8
Princeton 7
Princeton (OT) 12
Georgetown 11
1Virginia10
4 Dartmouth 7
4 Dartmouth (OT) 9
Loyola (MD) 8
Loyola (MD) 18
West Chester 7
1 Virginia 5
2Maryland11
3 North Carolina 11
Temple 10
Temple 17
Duke 11
3 North Carolina 9
2Maryland14
2 Maryland 13
James Madison 8
James Madison 15
William & Mary 9

Tournament outstanding players

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References

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