1984 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship
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]
| 1984 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship | |||||
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| Dates | May 1984 | ||||
| Teams | 12 | ||||
| Finals site | Nickerson Field Boston, MA | ||||
| Champions | Temple (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Maryland (1st title game) | ||||
| MOP | Marie Schmucker, Temple | ||||
| Attendance | 1,938 finals | ||||
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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 Karen Emas, from Delaware, with 20 goals. Marie Schmucker, 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 | Third place | |||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 6 | Massachusetts | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 2 | Delaware | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Temple | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Delaware | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Penn State | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Delaware | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Delaware | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Tournament outstanding players
- Karen Emas, Delaware
- Missy Meharg, Delaware
- Linda Schmidt, Delaware
- Celine Flynn, Maryland
- Andrea Lemire, Maryland
- Mary Lynne Morgan, Maryland
- Kay Ruffino, Maryland
- Tracy Stumpf, Maryland
- Carol Progulski, Massachusetts
- Barbara Bielicki, Temple
- Marie Schmucker, Temple (Most Outstanding Player)
- Carol Schultz, Temple
See also
References
- "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 11, 2015.