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