2004 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

The 2004 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 23rd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Princeton Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey during May 2004.[1] All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. A total of 16 teams were invited to participate. This was also the first tournament to have a total game attendance exceed 10,000 people.

2004 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament
DatesMay 2004
Teams16
Finals sitePrinceton Stadium
Princeton, NJ
ChampionsVirginia (3rd title)
Runner-upPrinceton (7th title game)
MOPAndrea Pfeiffer, Virginia
Attendance13,623 finals
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
«2003 2005»

In a rematch of the previous year's final, Virginia defeated Princeton, 10–4, to win their third national championship.

The leading scorer for the tournament was Amy Appelt from Virginia (15 goals). Andrea Pfeiffer, also from Virginia, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Qualification

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Play-in game

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May 8
   
  Mount St. Mary's (NEC, 14–4) 12
  Manhattan (MAAC, 11–7) 7

Teams

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Seed School Conference Berth type Record
1 Princeton Ivy League Automatic 16–0
2 Virginia ACC Automatic 15–3
3 Maryland ACC At-large 14–4
4 Loyola (MD) CAA At-large 14–3
Colgate Patriot Automatic 13–6
Dartmouth Ivy League At-large 10–5
Duke ACC At-large 13–5
Georgetown Big East Automatic 11–4
James Madison CAA Automatic 15–3
Johns Hopkins ALC At-large 12–4
Mount St. Mary's NEC Automatic 15–4
New Hampshire America East Automatic 15–4
Northwestern ALC At-large 14–2
Notre Dame Big East At-large 12–4
Temple Atlantic 10 Automatic 11–7
Vanderbilt ALC Automatic 10–5

Tournament bracket

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First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Princeton Stadium
Princeton, NJ
            
1 Princeton 18
Colgate 6
1 Princeton (OT) 6
Dartmouth 5
Dartmouth 14
New Hampshire 12
1 Princeton 11
Vanderbilt 3
James Madison 14
Johns Hopkins 9
James Madison 4
Vanderbilt 10
4 Loyola (MD) 4
Vanderbilt 5
1 Princeton 4
2 Virginia 10
3 Maryland 22
Temple 4
3 Maryland 10
Georgetown 14
Georgetown (OT) 13
Duke 12
Georgetown 9
2 Virginia 12
Northwestern 10
Notre Dame 8
Northwestern 11
2 Virginia 15
2 Virginia 19
Mount St. Mary's 2

All-tournament team

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 19, 2015.