2003 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

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2003 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament
DatesMay 2003
Teams16
Finals site Carrier Dome
Syracuse, NY
Champions Princeton (3rd title)
Runner-up Virginia (6th title game)
MOP Rachel Becker, Princeton
Attendance6,614 finals
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
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The 2003 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 22nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York during May 2003. [1] All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. A total of 16 teams were invited to participate.

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Princeton defeated Virginia, 8–7 (in overtime), to win their third overall, and second consecutive, national championship.

The leading scorer for the tournament was Lauren Aumiller from Virginia (21 goals). Rachel Becker, from Princeton, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Qualification

SeedSchoolConferenceBerth typeRecord
1 Loyola (MD) CAA At-large15-1
2 Maryland ACC Automatic16-3
3 Virginia ACC At-large14-4
4 Duke ACC At-large13-4
American Patriot Automatic11-7
Boston U. America East Automatic14-4
Dartmouth Ivy League Auto (shared)10-4
Georgetown Big East Automatic13-3
James Madison CAA Automatic13-5
Le Moyne MAAC Automatic12-5
Ohio State ALC Automatic13-3
Princeton Ivy League Auto (shared)12-4
Syracuse Big East At-large10-5
Temple A-10 Automatic13-5
UMBC NEC Automatic10-8
Yale Ivy League Auto (shared)13-3

Tournament bracket

First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
Carrier Dome
Syracuse, NY
            
1 Loyola (MD) 18
UMBC 3
1Loyola (MD)11
Yale 4
Yale 12
Syracuse 7
1 Loyola (MD) 3
Princeton5
4 Duke 7
Ohio State 10
Ohio State 8
Princeton17
Princeton 19
Le Moyne 1
Princeton (OT) 8
3 Virginia 7
2 Maryland 26
Temple 6
2Maryland13
Dartmouth 5
Dartmouth 9
Boston U. 6
2 Maryland 8
3Virginia9
3 Virginia 19
American 3
3Virginia16
Georgetown 9
Georgetown 9
James Madison 5

All-tournament team

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References

  1. "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 18, 2015.