2011 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship

2011 NCAA Division I Women's
Lacrosse Championship
Dates May 14–29, 2011
Teams 16
Finals site Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Stony Brook, NY
Champions Northwestern (6th title)
Runner-up Maryland (16th title game)
MOP Shannon Smith, Northwestern
Attendance 19,319 finals
NCAA Division I Women's Championships
«2010 2012»

The 2011 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 30th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse.[1] The first two rounds of the tournament were played at the home fields of higher-seeded teams from May 14–21, and the semifinal and championship rounds were played at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York from May 27–29.[2] All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 16 teams were invited to participate.

Northwestern defeated Maryland, 8–7, to win their sixth national championship, and first since 2001. This would subsequently become the sixth of Northwestern's seven national titles in eight years (2005–2009, 2011–12) as well as the seventh of the Wildcats' eight consecutive appearances in the championship game (2005–12). This was also a rematch of the previous year's final, won by Maryland.

The leading scorer for the tournament was Shannon Smith from Northwestern (22 goals). Smith was also named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Tournament bracket

  First Round
Campus sites
May 14–15		 Quarterfinals
Campus sites
May 21		 Semifinals
LaValle Stadium
Stony Brook, NY
May 27		 Finals
LaValle Stadium
Stony Brook, NY
May 29
                                     
 Maryland* 19  
 Navy 6  
   Maryland* 15  
     Princeton 6  
 James Madison* 10
 Princeton 11  
   Maryland 14  
   Duke 8  
 Duke* 12  
 Penn 9  
   Duke 13
     Florida* 9  
 Florida* 13
 Stanford 11  
   Maryland 7
   Northwestern 8
 North Carolina* 15  
 Virginia 7  
   North Carolina* 16
     Loyola (MD) 13  
 Loyola (MD)* 14
 Massachusetts 7  
   North Carolina 10
   Northwestern 11  
 Dartmouth* 7  
 Albany 10  
   Albany 4
     Northwestern* 18  
 Northwestern* 11
 Boston College 8  

* Host institution

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2011 Championship Tournament Statistics". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
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