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The 1997 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 16th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Goodman Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania during May 1997.[1] All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. This year, the tournament field expanded from 6 to 8 teams, the first expansion since 1986.
1997 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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Dates | May 1997 | ||||
Teams | 8 | ||||
Finals site | Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA | ||||
Champions | Maryland (5th title) | ||||
Runner-up | Loyola (MD) (1st title game) | ||||
Attendance | 3,571 finals | ||||
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Maryland defeated Loyola Maryland, 8–7, to win their fifth and third consecutive, national championship. This would subsequently become the third of Maryland's record seven straight national titles (1995–2001).
The leading scorers for the tournament, each with 10 goals, were Amy Fine from North Carolina and Kerri Johnson from Loyola (MD). The Most Outstanding Player trophy was not awarded this year, although it would be reintroduced in 1998.
School | Conference | Berth | Record |
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James Madison | CAA | Automatic | 13-4 |
Loyola (MD) | CAA | At-large | 13-2 |
Maryland | ACC | Automatic | 18-1 |
North Carolina | ACC | At-large | 13-3 |
Penn State | Independent | At-large | 10-5 |
Temple | Independent | At-large | 13-2 |
Virginia | ACC | At-large | 14-4 |
William & Mary | CAA | At-large | 10-5 |
First Round | Semifinals | Finals Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA | ||||||||||||
Maryland | 6 | |||||||||||||
Penn State | 2 | |||||||||||||
Maryland | 9 | |||||||||||||
Temple | 6 | |||||||||||||
Temple | 17 | |||||||||||||
James Madison | 10 | |||||||||||||
Maryland | 8 | |||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 7 | |||||||||||||
North Carolina (3OT) | 12 | |||||||||||||
Virginia | 11 | |||||||||||||
North Carolina | 8 | |||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 10 | |||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 11 | |||||||||||||
William & Mary | 2 |
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