2018 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship

2018 NCAA Division I Women's
Lacrosse Championship
Dates May 11–27, 2018
Teams 27
Finals site Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Stony Brook, NY
NCAA Division I Women's Championships
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The 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship is the 37th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The semifinal and championship rounds will be played at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York from May 25-27, 2018.[1] All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 11–20.

Tournament field

All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 27 teams were invited to participate. 14 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments while the remaining 13 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records.

Seeds

Teams

Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI[2] Record
4 Boston College ACC At-large 3 19-1
Colorado Pac-12 At-large 12 13-5
Denver Big East At-large 16 12-6
Fairfield MAAC Automatic 50 13-6
6 Florida Big East Automatic 5 16-3
Georgetown Big East At-large 17 12-6
High Point Big South Automatic 18 17-2
Jacksonville Atlantic Sun Automatic 43 16-3
3 James Madison CAA Automatic 4 18-1
Johns Hopkins Big Ten At-large 22 10-8
8 Loyola (MD) Patriot At-large 10 15-4
1 Maryland Big Ten Automatic 2 18-1
Mercer SoCon Automatic 85 9-10
Navy Patriot Automatic 8 16-3
2 North Carolina ACC Automatic 1 15-3
Northwestern Big Ten At-large 9 13-5
Penn Ivy At-large 11 13-4
Penn State Big Ten At-large 21 10-9
Princeton Ivy Automatic 13 12-5
Richmond Atlantic 10 Automatic 23 16-3
Stanford Pac-12 Automatic 14 15-4
5 Stony Brook America East Automatic 6 19-0
Syracuse ACC At-large 19 9-9
7 Towson CAA At-large 7 15-4
Virginia ACC At-large 20 9-9
Virginia Tech ACC At-large 15 13-6
Wagner Northeast Automatic 58 13-5

Bracket

Play-in game


Play In
May 9th
   
Wagner 13
Mercer 9


  First Round
May 11
Regional Campus Sites		 Second Round
May 13
Regional Campus Sites		 Quarterfinals
May 19
Campus Sites		 Semifinals
May 25
Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium		 Final
May 27
Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
                                               
       
  1 Maryland* 15  
    Denver 4  
Denver 19
High Point 10  
  1 Maryland 17  
  Navy 15  
Navy 16  
Johns Hopkins 9  
  Navy 19
    8 Loyola (MD) 15  
Fairfield 2
8 Loyola (MD)* 18  
  1 Maryland 13  
  4 Boston College 15  
       
       
  5 Stony Brook* 18
    Penn 5  
Penn 15**
Penn State 14  
  5 Stony Brook 11
  4 Boston College 12**  
Princeton 12**  
Syracuse 11  
  Princeton 10
    4 Boston College* 16  
     
       
  4 Boston College 15
  3 James Madison 16
       
  3 James Madison* 15  
    Virginia 12  
Stanford 3
Virginia 12  
  3 James Madison 11  
  6 Florida 8  
Colorado 23  
Jacksonville 18  
  Colorado 9
    6 Florida* 13  
     
       
  3 James Madison 15
  2 North Carolina 12  
7 Towson* 16  
Wagner 6  
  7 Towson 17
    Northwestern 21  
Northwestern 24
Richmond 18  
  Northwestern 14
  2 North Carolina 19  
Virginia Tech 13  
Georgetown 10  
  Virginia Tech 8
    2 North Carolina* 17  
     
  • *First and second round host.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "DI Women's College Lacrosse - Bracket". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ "NittyGritty_2018WLA_Selections" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 7, 2018.


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