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2003 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship

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Dates
  
May 2003

Champions
  
Princeton (3rd title)

Teams
  
16

Finals site
  
Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY

Runner-up
  
Virginia (6th title game)

MOP
  
Rachel Becker, Princeton

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. All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. A total of 16 teams were invited to participate.

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.

All-tournament team

  • Suzanne Eyler, Loyola (MD)
  • Marianne Gioffre, Loyola (MD)
  • Kelly Coppedge, Maryland
  • Alexis Venechanos, Maryland
  • Rachel Becker, Princeton (Most outstanding player)
  • Sarah Kolodner, Princeton
  • Whitney Miller, Princeton
  • Elizabeth Pillion, Princeton
  • Theresa Sherry, Princeton
  • Caitlin Banks, Virginia
  • Lauri Kenis, Virginia

    • References

    2003 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Wikipedia
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