2002 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

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2002 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament

Dates

May 2002

Teams

Finals site

Diane Geppi-Aikens Field
Baltimore, MD

Champions

Princeton (2nd title)

Runner-up

Georgetown (2nd title game)

MOP

Lauren Simone, Princeton

Attendance

9,023 finals

NCAA Division I women's tournaments
«2001	2003»

The 2002 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 21st annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Diane Geppi-Aikens Field in Baltimore, Maryland during May 2002.^[1] All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. A total of 16 teams were invited to participate.

Princeton defeated Georgetown, 12–7, to win their second national championship. This was the first time since 1994 (also won by Princeton) that Maryland did not win the national title.

The leading scorer for the tournament was Lauren Simone from Princeton (23 goals). Simone was also named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Qualification

Seed	School	Conference	Berth	Record
1	Georgetown	Big East	Automatic	14–1
2	Princeton	Ivy League	Automatic	15–1
3	North Carolina	ACC	Automatic	15–2
4	Cornell	Ivy League	At-large	14–1
	Duke	ACC	At-large	9–7
	Lafayette	Patriot	Automatic	13–6
	Le Moyne	MAAC	Automatic	10–7
	Loyola (MD)	CAA	Automatic	15–3
	Maryland	ACC	At-large	10–9
	Notre Dame	Big East	At-large	12–4
	Ohio State	ALC	At-large	11–4
	Syracuse	Big East	At-large	10–5
	Temple	Atlantic 10	Automatic	14–4
	UMBC	NEC	Automatic	12–4
	Vanderbilt	ALC	Automatic	10–5
	Virginia	ACC	At-large	14–3

Tournament bracket

First Round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals Diane Geppi-Aikens Field Baltimore, MD

1	Georgetown	20

	Lafayette	9
			1	Georgetown	11

				Duke	4
	Duke	10

	Vanderbilt	5
						1	Georgetown (OT)	12

						4	Cornell	10
4	Cornell	16

	Syracuse	8
			4	Cornell	14

				Maryland	4
	Maryland	13

	Loyola (MD)	8
									1	Georgetown	7

									2	Princeton	12
2	Princeton	25

	Le Moyne	3
			2	Princeton	11

				Notre Dame	5
	Notre Dame	15

	Ohio State	7
						2	Princeton	16

						3	North Carolina	2
3	North Carolina	22

	UMBC	6
			3	North Carolina (OT)	14

				Virginia	13
	Virginia	20

	Temple	8

All-tournament team

Katie McCorry, Cornell
Jaimee Reynolds, Cornell
Melissa Biles, Georgetown
Erin Elbe, Georgetown
Chandler Vicchio, Georgetown
Beth Ames, North Carolina
Jazmine Norton, North Carolina
Rachel Becker, Princeton
Sarah Kolodner, Princeton
Whitney Miller, Princeton
Brooke Owens, Princeton
Lauren Simone, Princeton (Most outstanding player)

References

^ "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 13, 2015.

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