The 2004

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was the 23rd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I

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women's

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. The championship game was played at

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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. In a rematch of the previous year's final,

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defeated

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, 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

Teams

Tournament bracket

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

References

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