2004 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

The 2004 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 23rd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Princeton Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey during May 2004. All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship. A total of 16 teams were invited to participate. This was also the first tournament to have a total game attendance exceed 10,000 people.

2004 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 2004
Teams	16
Finals site	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ
Champions	Virginia (3rd title)
Runner-up	Princeton (7th title game)
MOP	Andrea Pfeiffer, Virginia
Attendance	13,623 finals
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In a rematch of the previous year's final, Virginia defeated Princeton, 10–4, to win their third national championship.

The leading scorer for the tournament was Amy Appelt from Virginia (15 goals). Andrea Pfeiffer, also from Virginia, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Qualification

Play-in game

	May 8
		Mount St. Mary's (NEC, 14–4)	12
		Manhattan (MAAC, 11–7)	7

Teams

Seed	School	Conference	Berth type	Record
1	Princeton	Ivy League	Automatic	16–0
2	Virginia	ACC	Automatic	15–3
3	Maryland	ACC	At-large	14–4
4	Loyola (MD)	CAA	At-large	14–3
	Colgate	Patriot	Automatic	13–6
	Dartmouth	Ivy League	At-large	10–5
	Duke	ACC	At-large	13–5
	Georgetown	Big East	Automatic	11–4
	James Madison	CAA	Automatic	15–3
	Johns Hopkins	ALC	At-large	12–4
	Mount St. Mary's	NEC	Automatic	15–4
	New Hampshire	America East	Automatic	15–4
	Northwestern	ALC	At-large	14–2
	Notre Dame	Big East	At-large	12–4
	Temple	Atlantic 10	Automatic	11–7
	Vanderbilt	ALC	Automatic	10–5

Tournament bracket

	First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ
	1	Princeton	18
		Colgate	6
						1	Princeton (OT)	6
							Dartmouth	5
		Dartmouth	14
		New Hampshire	12
											1	Princeton	11
												Vanderbilt	3
		James Madison	14
		Johns Hopkins	9
							James Madison	4
							Vanderbilt	10
	4	Loyola (MD)	4
		Vanderbilt	5
																1	Princeton	4
																2	Virginia	10
	3	Maryland	22
		Temple	4
						3	Maryland	10
							Georgetown	14
		Georgetown (OT)	13
		Duke	12
												Georgetown	9
											2	Virginia	12
		Northwestern	10
		Notre Dame	8
							Northwestern	11
						2	Virginia	15
	2	Virginia	19
		Mount St. Mary's	2

All-tournament team

• Michi Ellers, Georgetown
• Coco Stanwick, Georgetown
• Lauren Vance, Princeton
• Ashley Bastinelli, Vanderbilt
• Bridget Morris, Vanderbilt
• Katie Norbury, Princeton
• Elizabeth Pilion, Princeton
• Amy Appelt, Virginia
• Caitlin Banks, Virginia
• Nikki Lieb, Virginia
• Andrea Pfeiffer, Virginia (Most outstanding player)
• Elizabeth Pinney, Virginia

See also

• NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship
• NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship
• 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship