The 2005 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 24th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland during May 2005. 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 Virginia, 13–10, to win their first national championship. This would subsequently become the first of Northwestern's seven national titles in eight years (2005–2009, 2011–12). Furthermore, the Wildcats' championship secured an undefeated season (21–0) for the team.
The leading scorer for the tournament was Cary Chasney from Virginia (17 goals). Kristen Kjellman, from Northwestern, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Qualification A total of 16 teams were invited to participate. 9 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments while the remaining 7 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records.
Play-in game
Teams Seed School Conference Berth type Record1 NorthwesternALCAutomatic 17-02 DukeACCAutomatic 15-33 Boston U.America EastAutomatic 17-14 DartmouthIvy LeagueAutomatic 14-25 GeorgetownBig EastAutomatic 12-46 Virginia ACCAt-large 14-47 Penn State ALCAt-large 12-48 Princeton Ivy LeagueAt-large 12-4 ColgatePatriot LeagueAutomatic 13-6 Johns Hopkins ALCAt-large 11-5 Maryland ACCAt-large 12-6 Mount St. Mary'sNECAutomatic 14-5 North Carolina ACCAt-large 13-5 RichmondAtlantic 10Automatic 9-7 Syracuse Big EastAt-large 12-4 TowsonCAAAutomatic 13-5
Tournament bracket
All-tournament team Erin Osborn, Dartmouth Devon Wills, Dartmouth Leigh Jester, Duke Kristen Waagbo, Duke Sarah Albrecht, Northwestern Kristen Kjellman, Northwestern (Most outstanding player) Ashley Koester, Northwestern Courtney Koester, Northwestern Lindsey Munday, Northwestern Amy Appelt, Virginia Cary Chasney, Virginia Nikki Lieb, Virginia
See also NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
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