DIVISION I

Dates and sites: First-round games are May 9 on campus and quarterfinals are May 12 on campus. The semifinals (May 17) and championship game (May 19) are at Loyola (Maryland).

Field: Sixteen teams are selected. The champions of seven conferences are granted automatic qualification. All other teams are selected at large.

Selection date: May 5.

2001 champion: Maryland.

Top team contenders: Georgetown, Princeton, Loyola (Maryland), Virginia, North Carolina, Duke, Cornell, Maryland.

Players to watch: Erin Elbe, Georgetown; Lauren Simone and Rachael Becker, Princeton; Stacey Morlang, Loyola (Maryland); Lauren Gallagher, Duke; Christine McPike, North Carolina; Kellie Thompson, North Carolina; Courtney Hobbs, Maryland.

DIVISION II

Dates and sites: The semifinals (May 11) and championship game (May 12) are on the campus of one of the competing schools.

Field: Four teams will be selected at large.

Selection date: May 5.

2001 champion: C.W. Post.

Top team contenders: Longwood, West Chester, Millersville, C.W. Post, UC Davis, Stonehill, Gannon, Limestone, Mercyhurst.

Players to watch: Carlee Ullery, Longwood; Casey Bergeman and Dulcie Royer, West Chester; Trisha Moran and Trish D'Amato, C.W. Post; Angie Meyer, Limestone; Katie Lambert, Stonehill.

DIVISION III

Dates and sites: First-round games are May 8 on campus and regional play is May 11-12 at campus sites. The semifinals (May 18) and championship game (May 19) are at Rowan.

Field: Eighteen teams will be selected for the single-elimination tournament. The first 11 berths go to the champions of the automatic-qualifying conferences. Five berths are reserved for true independents and members of conferences without automatic qualification. The remaining two berths will go to teams from conferences with automatic qualification that did not win their conference.

Selection date: May 5.

2001 champion: Middlebury.

Top team contenders: Middlebury, Amherst, College of New Jersey, Cortland State, William Smith, St. Mary's (Maryland), Ursinus, Ithaca.

Players to watch: Julia Bergofsky, Middlebury; Liz O'Connor and Megan McCall, College of New Jersey; Erin Fitzgerald, Ursinus; Jeanna Angoti, Cortland State; Christine Sliger, Salisbury; Eloise Priest, Washington and Lee.

Over the last six years, College of New Jersey and Middlebury have rotated championship wins in Division III, with the Lions having won in 1996, 1998 and 2000, and the Panthers in 1997, 1999 and 2001.