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2018 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament
DatesMay 11–27, 2018
Teams27
Finals siteKenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Stony Brook, NY
ChampionsJames Madison (1st title)
Runner-upBoston College (2nd title game)
SemifinalistsMaryland (26th Final Four)
North Carolina (10th Final Four)
Winning coachShelley Klaes-Bawcombe (1st title)
MOPHaley Warden, James Madison
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
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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. 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.

Teams

Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI Record
1 Maryland Big Ten Automatic 2 18-1
2 North Carolina ACC Automatic 1 15-3
3 James Madison CAA Automatic 4 18-1
4 Boston College ACC At-large 3 19-1
5 Stony Brook America East Automatic 6 19-0
6 Florida Big East Automatic 5 16-3
7 Towson CAA At-large 7 15-4
8 Loyola (MD) Patriot At-large 10 15-4
Colorado Pac-12 At-large 12 13-5
Denver Big East At-large 16 12-6
Fairfield MAAC Automatic 50 13-6
Georgetown Big East At-large 17 12-6
High Point Big South Automatic 18 17-2
Jacksonville Atlantic Sun Automatic 43 16-3
Johns Hopkins Big Ten At-large 22 10-8
Mercer SoCon Automatic 85 9-10
Navy Patriot Automatic 8 16-3
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
Syracuse ACC At-large 19 9-9
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.
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
Tournaments
Records & statistics
2017–18 NCAA Division I championships
  • † Not an officially sanctioned NCAA championship


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