The Cavaliers won their third ACC Championship by outlasting Maryland in a triple-overtime thriller in Rock Hill, S.C. By the third overtime, Virginia was missing three of its top players with Wendy Palmer sustaining an injury in the first half and 6-5 twin forwards Heather and Heidi Burge having fouled out of the game, but the rest of the team stepped up and sealed the victory over the Terrapins. One day removed from an overtime victory over Clemson to reach the finals, Dena Evans, the MVP of the tournament, played 55 minutes, scoring 19 points, including hitting the game-tying three-pointer with 12 seconds remaining in regulation to keep her team alive. It was, at the time, the highest-scoring game in ACC Tournament history.