2001 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
| 2001 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship | |||||
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| Dates | May 2001 | ||||
| Teams | 16 | ||||
| Finals site |
Homewood Field Baltimore, MD | ||||
| Champions | Maryland (9th title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Georgetown (1st title game) | ||||
| MOP | Courtney Martinez, Maryland | ||||
| Attendance | 7,967 finals | ||||
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The 2001 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 20th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Homewood Field in Baltimore, Maryland during May 2001.[1] All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. This year, the tournament field expanded from 12 to 16 teams, its current size.
Maryland defeated Georgetown, 14–13 after triple overtime, to win their ninth overall, and seventh consecutive, national championship. This was the last of Maryland's record seven straight national titles (1995–2001). With the win, the Terrapins also secured an undefeated season (23–0).
For the third consecutive year, the leading scorer for the tournament was Jen Adams from Maryland (26 goals). Courtney Martinez, also from Maryland, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Tournament bracket
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals Homewood Field Baltimore, MD |
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| Maryland | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
| Monmouth | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Madison | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Madison | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Maryland (3OT) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loyola (MD) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loyola (MD) | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loyola (MD) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hofstra | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
All-tournament team
- Erin Elbe, Georgetown
- Caitlin McLean, Georgetown
- Sheehan Stanwick, Georgetown
- Suzanne Eyler, Loyola (MD)
- Stacey Moriang, Loyola (MD)
- Jen Adams, Maryland
- Quinn Carney, Maryland
- Kelly Coppedge, Maryland
- Courtney Martinez, Maryland (Most outstanding player)
- Tori Wellington, Maryland
- Rachel Becker, Princeton
- Jess Nelson, Princeton
See also
- NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
- NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship (began 2001)
- NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship
- 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
References
- ↑ "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 13, 2015.