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The NCAA News -- April 26, 1999

Spring Championships Preview -- National Collegiate Women's Lacrosse

Field: All 12 teams are selected at large with the exception of one, which is reserved for the top Division II team.

Dates and sites: First-round games will be May 6 at campus sites and quarterfinals will be May 9 at campus sites. The semifinals will be held on campus May 16, and the championship will be at Johns Hopkins May 14-16.

Information/results: The fax-on-demand telephone number is 770/563-1133 (pin code 1915). The request numbers are 5130 for the semifinals and 5131 for the championship game. These are the only games for which results will be posted. Round-by-round results and pairings will be published in the May 24 issue of The NCAA News. The championship game story and results will be published in the June 7 issue.

Championship notes: Maryland won its record fourth straight title last year and the Terps' 11-5 victory over Virginia was the most one-sided since Maryland beat Princeton, 13-5, in 1995 ... Except for Princeton in 1994, every champion since 1991 has been from the Atlantic Coast Conference ... This is the second year in which a bid has been reserved for a Division II team. West Chester was the Division II representative last year. In addition to West Chester, Duke and Georgetown made their first tournament appearance last year ... College of New Jersey, which lost in the title game as host in 1982, is the only non-Division I team to have played in the championship game.