1983 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship
1983 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship | |||||
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Dates | May 1983 | ||||
Teams | 12 | ||||
Finals site | Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA | ||||
Champions | Delaware (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Temple (1st title game) | ||||
MOP | , Delaware | ||||
Attendance | 2,880 finals | ||||
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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 |
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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[]
- ^ "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- 1983 in American sports
- 1983 in lacrosse
- NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship