NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship

2005 Championship between the Virginia Cavaliers and Northwestern Wildcats

The annual NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship tournament determines the top women's lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III.

This tournament is a single elimination competition that has determined the women's lacrosse collegiate national champion since 1982 for Division I, 1985 for Division III, and 2001 for Division II.

Lacrosse was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981-82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA conquered the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership.

Division I

See Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Champions for the women's lacrosse champions from 1978 to 1982. NOTE: In 1982 there were both NCAA and AIAW Division I champions.

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Finals Site
1982	Massachusetts	9–6	Trenton State	Trenton, NJ
1983	Delaware	10–7	Temple	Philadelphia, PA
1984	Temple	6–4	Maryland	Boston, MA
1985	New Hampshire	6–5	Maryland	Philadelphia, PA
1986	Maryland	11–10	Penn State	College Park, MD
1987	Penn State	7–6	Temple	College Park, MD
1988	Temple	15–7	Penn State	Haverford, PA
1989	Penn State	7–6	Harvard	West Chester, PA
1990	Harvard	8–7	Maryland	Princeton, NJ
1991	Virginia	8–6	Maryland	Trenton, NJ
1992	Maryland	11–10 (OT)	Harvard	Bethlehem, PA
1993	Virginia	8–6 (OT)	Princeton	College Park, MD
1994	Princeton	10–7	Maryland	College Park, MD
1995	Maryland	13–5	Princeton	Trenton, NJ
1996	Maryland	10–5	Virginia	Bethlehem, PA
1997	Maryland	8–7	Loyola (MD)	Bethlehem, PA
1998	Maryland	11–5	Virginia	Catonsville, MD
1999	Maryland	16–6	Virginia	Baltimore, MD
2000	Maryland	16–8	Princeton	Trenton, NJ
2001	Maryland	14–13 (3 OT)	Georgetown	Baltimore, MD
2002	Princeton	12–7	Georgetown	Baltimore, MD
2003	Princeton	8–7	Virginia	Syracuse, NY
2004	Virginia	10–4	Princeton	Princeton, NJ
2005	Northwestern	13–10	Virginia	Annapolis, MD
2006	Northwestern	7–4	Dartmouth	Boston, MA
2007	Northwestern	15–13	Virginia	Philadelphia, PA
2008	Northwestern	10–6	Penn	Johnny Unitas Stadium, Towson, MD
2009	Northwestern	21–7	North Carolina	Johnny Unitas Stadium, Towson, MD
2010	Maryland	13–11	Northwestern	Johnny Unitas Stadium, Towson, MD
2011	Northwestern	8–7	Maryland	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, Stony Brook, NY
2012	Northwestern	8–6	Syracuse	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, Stony Brook, NY

Team	Championship Record	Winning years
Maryland	10–6	1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010
Northwestern	7–1	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
Princeton	3–4	1994, 2002, 2003
Virginia	3–6	1991, 1993, 2004
Penn State	2–2	1987, 1989
Temple	2–2	1984, 1988
Delaware	1–0	1983
Massachusetts	1–0	1982
New Hampshire	1–0	1985
Harvard	1–2	1990
Trenton State	0–1
Loyola (MD)	0–1
Dartmouth	0–1
North Carolina	0–1
Pennsylvania	0–1
Syracuse	0–1
Georgetown	0–2

Division II

See Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Champions for the 1981 and 1982 Division II women's lacrosse champions.

Year	Champion	Score	Defeated
2001	C.W. Post	13–9	West Chester
2002	West Chester	11–6	Stonehill
2003	Stonehill	9–8	Longwood
2004	Adelphi	12–11	West Chester
2005	Stonehill	13–10	West Chester
2006	Adelphi	16–8	West Chester
2007	C.W. Post	15–7	West Chester
2008	West Chester	13–12	C.W. Post
2009	Adelphi	16–4	Lock Haven
2010	Adelphi	17–7	West Chester
2011	Adelphi	17–4	Limestone

Team	Championship Record	Winning years
Adelphi University	5–0	2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University	2–1	2001, 2007
Stonehill College	2–1	2003, 2005
West Chester University	2–6	2002, 2008
Limestone College	0–1
Lock Haven University	0–1
Longwood University	0–1

Division III

See Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Champions for the 1981 and 1982 Division III women's lacrosse champions.

Year	Champion	Score	Defeated
1985	Trenton State	7–4	Ursinus
1986	Ursinus	12–10	Trenton State
1987	Trenton State	8–7 (OT)	Ursinus
1988	Trenton State	14–11	William Smith
1989	Ursinus	8–6	Trenton State
1990	Ursinus	7–6	St. Lawrence
1991	Trenton State	7–6	Ursinus
1992	Trenton State1	5–3	William Smith
1993	Trenton State	10–9	William Smith
1994	Trenton State	29–11	William Smith
1995	Trenton State	14–13	William Smith
1996	New Jersey	15–8	Middlebury
1997	Middlebury	14–9	New Jersey
1998	New Jersey	12–11 (OT)	Williams
1999	Middlebury	10–9	Amherst
2000	New Jersey	14–8	Williams
2001	Middlebury	11–10	Amherst
2002	Middlebury	12–6	New Jersey
2003	Amherst	11–9	Middlebury
2004	Middlebury	13–11 (OT)	New Jersey
2005	New Jersey	9–7	Salisbury
2006	New Jersey	10–4	Gettysburg
2007	Franklin & Marshall	11–8	Salisbury
2008	Hamilton	13–6	Franklin & Marshall
2009	Franklin & Marshall	11–10	Salisbury
2010	Salisbury	7–6	Hamilton
2011	Gettysburg	16–5	Bowdoin
2012	Trinity	8–7	Salisbury

1 Trenton State later vacated title

Team	Championship Record	Winning years
Trenton State/New Jersey	12*-5	1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992 , 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006
Middlebury	5–2	1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004
Ursinus	3–3	1986, 1989, 1990
Franklin & Marshall	2–1	2007, 2009
Amherst	1–2	2003
Trinity	1–0	2012
Hamilton	1–1	2008
Salisbury	1–3	2010
Gettysburg	1–1	2011
William Smith	0–5
St. Lawrence	0–1
Williams	0–2

* Trenton State vacated 1992 title due to NCAA penalties

See also

• AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Champions

External links

• NCAA page for women's lacrosse
• NCAA's Site with footage of the games
• Great Selection of Lacrosse Trophies