2002 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

The 2002 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 21st annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Diane Geppi-Aikens Field in Baltimore, Maryland during May 2002. All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. A total of 16 teams were invited to participate.

2002 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 2002
Teams	16
Finals site	Diane Geppi-Aikens Field Baltimore, MD
Champions	Princeton (2nd title)
Runner-up	Georgetown (2nd title game)
MOP	Lauren Simone, Princeton
Attendance	9,023 finals
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Princeton defeated Georgetown, 12–7, to win their second national championship. This was the first time since 1994 (also won by Princeton) that Maryland did not win the national title.

The leading scorer for the tournament was Lauren Simone from Princeton (23 goals). Simone was also named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Qualification

Seed	School	Conference	Berth	Record
1	Georgetown	Big East	Automatic	14–1
2	Princeton	Ivy League	Automatic	15–1
3	North Carolina	ACC	Automatic	15–2
4	Cornell	Ivy League	At-large	14–1
	Duke	ACC	At-large	9–7
	Lafayette	Patriot	Automatic	13–6
	Le Moyne	MAAC	Automatic	10–7
	Loyola (MD)	CAA	Automatic	15–3
	Maryland	ACC	At-large	10–9
	Notre Dame	Big East	At-large	12–4
	Ohio State	ALC	At-large	11–4
	Syracuse	Big East	At-large	10–5
	Temple	Atlantic 10	Automatic	14–4
	UMBC	NEC	Automatic	12–4
	Vanderbilt	ALC	Automatic	10–5
	Virginia	ACC	At-large	14–3

Tournament bracket

	First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals Diane Geppi-Aikens Field Baltimore, MD
	1	Georgetown	20
		Lafayette	9
						1	Georgetown	11
							Duke	4
		Duke	10
		Vanderbilt	5
											1	Georgetown (OT)	12
											4	Cornell	10
	4	Cornell	16
		Syracuse	8
						4	Cornell	14
							Maryland	4
		Maryland	13
		Loyola (MD)	8
																1	Georgetown	7
																2	Princeton	12
	2	Princeton	25
		Le Moyne	3
						2	Princeton	11
							Notre Dame	5
		Notre Dame	15
		Ohio State	7
											2	Princeton	16
											3	North Carolina	2
	3	North Carolina	22
		UMBC	6
						3	North Carolina (OT)	14
							Virginia	13
		Virginia	20
		Temple	8

All-tournament team

• Katie McCorry, Cornell
• Jaimee Reynolds, Cornell
• Melissa Biles, Georgetown
• Erin Elbe, Georgetown
• Chandler Vicchio, Georgetown
• Beth Ames, North Carolina
• Jazmine Norton, North Carolina
• Rachel Becker, Princeton
• Sarah Kolodner, Princeton
• Whitney Miller, Princeton
• Brooke Owens, Princeton
• Lauren Simone, Princeton (Most outstanding player)

See also

• NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship
• NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship
• 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship