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.

Division I

See AIAW Champions for the AIAW Division I champions from 1978 to 1982.

Year	Champion	Score	Defeated
1982	Massachusetts	9-6	Trenton State
1983	Delaware	10-7	Temple
1984	Temple	6-4	Maryland
1985	New Hampshire	6-5	Maryland
1986	Maryland	11-10	Penn State
1987	Penn State	7-6	Temple
1988	Temple	15-7	Penn State
1989	Penn State	7-6	Harvard
1990	Harvard	8-7	Maryland
1991	Virginia	8-6	Maryland
1992	Maryland	11-10 (OT)	Harvard
1993	Virginia	8-6 (OT)	Princeton
1994	Princeton	10-7	Maryland
1995	Maryland	13-5	Princeton
1996	Maryland	10-5	Virginia
1997	Maryland	8-7	Loyola (MD)
1998	Maryland	11-5	Virginia
1999	Maryland	16-6	Virginia
2000	Maryland	16-8	Princeton
2001	Maryland	14-13 (OT)	Georgetown
2002	Princeton	12-7	Georgetown
2003	Princeton	8-7	Virginia
2004	Virginia	10-4	Princeton
2005	Northwestern	13-10	Virginia
2006	Northwestern	7-4	Dartmouth
2007	Northwestern	15-13	Virginia
2008	Northwestern	10-6	Penn
2009	Northwestern	21-7	North Carolina
2010	Maryland	13-11	Northwestern

Team	Championship Record	Winning years
Maryland	10-5	1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010
Northwestern	5-1	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
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
Harvard	1-2	1990
Massachusetts	1-0	1982
New Hampshire	1-0	1985
Trenton State	0-1
Loyola (MD)	0-1
Dartmouth	0-1
North Carolina	0-1
Pennsylvania	0-1
Georgetown	0-2

Division II

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

Team	Championship Record	Winning years
Adelphi University	4-0	2004, 2006, 2009, 2010
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
Lock Haven University	0-1
Longwood University	0-1

Division III

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	TCNJ	15-8	Middlebury
1997	Middlebury	14-9	TCNJ
1998	TCNJ	12-11 (OT)	Williams
1999	Middlebury	10-9	Amherst
2000	TCNJ	14-8	Williams
2001	Middlebury	11-10	Amherst
2002	Middlebury	12-6	TCNJ
2003	Amherst	11-9	Middlebury
2004	Middlebury	13-11 (OT)	TCNJ
2005	TCNJ	9-7	Salisbury
2006	TCNJ	10-4	Gettysburg
2007	Franklin & Marshall	11-8	Salisbury
2008	Hamilton	13-6	Franklin & Marshall
2009	Franklin & Marshall	11-10	Salisbury

1 Trenton State later vacated title

Team	Championship Record	Winning years
Trenton State/TCNJ	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
Hamilton	1-0	2008
St. Lawrence	0-1
William Smith	0-5
Salibury	0-3
Williams	0-2
Gettysburg	0-1

* 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