1983 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship

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1983 NCAA Division I Women's
Lacrosse Championship
DatesMay 1983
Teams12
Finals siteFranklin Field
Philadelphia, PA
ChampionsDelaware (1st title)
Runner-upTemple (1st title game)
MOP, Delaware
Attendance2,880 finals
NCAA Division I Women's Championships
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The 1983 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship was the second annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship of NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during May 1983.[1]

The Delaware Blue Hens won their first championship by defeating the Temple Owls in the final, 10–7.

The leading scorer for the tournament was , from Delaware, with 14 goals. Emas was also named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.

Qualification[]

Until 1985, there was only one NCAA championship; a Division III title was added in 1985 and a Division II title in 2001. Hence, all NCAA women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. A total of 12 teams were invited to contest the tournament, expanding on the 2 teams from the previous year. Eleven teams made their debuts in the NCAA tournament this year.

Team Appearance Last Bid Record
Dartmouth 1st Never 08-5
Delaware 1st Never 14-2
Harvard 1st Never 11-3-1
Loyola (MD) 1st Never 07-3-1
Maryland 1st Never 11-2-1
Massachusetts 2nd 1982 11-1-1
Northwestern 1st Never 08-2
Penn 1st Never 08-4
Penn State 1st Never 12-1
Princeton 1st Never 07-6
Temple 1st Never 11-1-3
William & Mary 1st Never 08-5

Tournament bracket[]

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Franklin Field
Philadelphia, PA
            
1 Temple 16
Princeton 6
Princeton 12
Dartmouth 10
1 Temple 10
4 Massachusetts 4
4 Massachusetts 7
Harvard 6
Harvard 9
Northwestern 4
1 Temple 7
Delaware 10
3 Maryland 8
Delaware 11
Delaware 11
William & Mary 7
Delaware 7
2 Penn State 5
Third place
2 Penn State 12 4 Massachusetts 6
Penn 2 2 Penn State (OT) 7
Penn 9
Loyola (MD) 5

Tournament outstanding players[]

  • , Delaware
  • , Delaware (Most Outstanding Player)
  • , Delaware
  • , Delaware
  • , Massachusetts
  • , Massachusetts
  • , Massachusetts
  • , Penn State
  • , Penn State
  • , Penn State
  • , Temple
  • , Temple

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
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