1984 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship
| 1984 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | May 1984 | ||||
| Teams | 12 | ||||
| Finals site | Nickerson Field Boston, MA | ||||
| Champions | Temple (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Maryland (1st title game) | ||||
| MOP | , Temple | ||||
| Attendance | 1,938 finals | ||||
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The 1984 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship was the third annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship of NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Nickerson Field in Boston, Massachusetts during May 1984. [1]
The Temple Owls won their first championship after defeating the Maryland Terrapins in the final, 6–4.
The leading scorer for the tournament, for the second straight year, was , from Delaware, with 20 goals. , from Temple, was 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. This tournament, in turn, was contested by 12 teams.
| Team | Appearance | Last Bid | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 2nd | 1983 | 12-3-1 |
| Harvard | 2nd | 1983 | 12-1 |
| Lehigh | 1st | Never | 12-4 |
| Loyola (MD) | 2nd | 1983 | 14-3 |
| Maryland | 2nd | 1983 | 14-0-1 |
| Massachusetts | 3rd | 1983 | 07-5 |
| New Hampshire | 1st | Never | 11-2 |
| Northwestern | 2nd | 1983 | 08-3 |
| Penn | 2nd | 1983 | 07-6 |
| Penn State | 2nd | 1983 | 12-1 |
| Temple | 2nd | 1983 | 12-2 |
| Yale | 1st | Never | 08-5 |
Tournament bracket[]
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals Nickerson Field Boston, MA | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Maryland | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh (2OT) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola (MD) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Maryland | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Harvard | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts (OT) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Maryland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Temple | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Temple | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Temple | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Delaware | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Third place | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Penn State | 9 | Massachusetts | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Delaware | 10 | Delaware | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Delaware | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tournament outstanding players[]
- , Delaware
- , Delaware
- , Delaware
- , Maryland
- , Maryland
- , Maryland
- , Maryland
- , Maryland
- , Massachusetts
- , Temple
- , Temple (Most Outstanding Player)
- , Temple
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- 1984 in American sports
- 1984 in lacrosse
- NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship