FUTURE ELITE LACROSSE: 2010 NCAA Women's Lax Championships
2010 Women's College Lacrosse Championships
The NCAA has posted very preiminary information regarding the 2010 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championships for Division I to be held at Towson University 28 & 30, 2009, and Division II & Division III to be held at Gettysburg College, May 22-23, 2010. We will update tournament information as it becomes available.
Monday, May 18
Northwestern Takes 5th Consecutive NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
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Spurred by a record-setting first half, top-ranked Northwestern rolled to its fifth straight NCAA national championship Sunday evening by overpowering third-seeded North Carolina 21-7 at Towson University's Johnny Unitas Stadium.
The Wildcats (23-0), who survived a huge double-overtime scare from fourth-seeded Pennsylvania on Friday night (winning 13-12), broke away from the Tar Heels in the final 15 minutes of the first half, extending a 4-2 lead to 14-2 by Meredith Frank (Westwood, Mass./Westwood) with 1:07 to play. Frank added another goal in the final seconds for a commanding 15-3 Wildcat halftime lead. The 15 first-half goals were an NCAA tournament record. Northwestern trailed only one during the tournament.
Senior Hilary Bowen (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton), who suffered a torn ACL in her left knee last month against California, amazingly came back to play in her final three games and she capped her career with a game-high five goals. Classmate Hannah Nielsen (Adelaide, Australia/Brighton Secondary), last year's Tewaaraton Award winner, notched six assists to give her a record 16 in the tournament, while juniors Danielle Spencer (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) and Katrina Dowd (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown) each added four goals. Dowd finished this year's NCAA tournament with 22 goals, an NCAA tourney record. Jenn Russell had two goals for North Carolina (16-5), which was making its first appearance in the title game.
With the win and the title, Northwestern now has won 20 straight NCAA games, one shy of the record (21), held by Maryland. What's even more amazing is that just 7 years ago, women's lacrosse was only a club sport at Northwestern.
Monday, May 18
2009 NCAA Division II & III Women's Lacrosse Championships
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The 9th Annual NCAA Division II and 25th Annual NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championships were both held at Roanoke College, Donald J. Kerr Stadium in Salem, Virginia on May 16-17, 2009. The hosts were the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and the City of Salem, Virginia.
The Division II champion was Adelphi University, topping Lock Haven, 16-4. Franklin & Marshall took the Division III crown over Salisbury, 11-10 in overtime.
