NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
Current season, competition or edition:; 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
Sport	Women's college lacrosse
Founded	1982
No. of teams	29
Country	United States
Most recent; champion(s)	Northwestern (8th Title)
Most titles	Maryland (14 Titles)
TV partner(s)	ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN+
Official website	NCAA.com

The annual NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship tournament has determined the top women's lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I since 1982. The Maryland Terrapins are the most successful team with fourteen titles. The most recent championship was won by Northwestern.

History

Lacrosse was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981-82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the AIAW held its last championship in 1982 and ceased operation.

Separate championships are held for Division II, founded in 2001, and Division III, founded in 1985.^[1]

Results

See Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Champions for the women's lacrosse champions from 1978 to 1982. NOTE: In 1982 there were both NCAA and AIAW Division I champions.

NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
Year	Site	Stadium	Championship Results
Year	Site	Stadium	Champion	Score	Runner-Up
1982 Details	Trenton, NJ (Trenton State)	Lions Stadium	Massachusetts	9–6	Trenton State
1983 Details	Philadelphia, PA (Penn)	Franklin Field	Delaware	10–7	Temple
1984 Details	Boston, MA (Boston U.)	Nickerson Field	Temple	6–4	Maryland
1985 Details	Philadelphia, PA (Penn)	Franklin Field	New Hampshire	6–5	Maryland
1986 Details	College Park, MD (Maryland)	Byrd Stadium	Maryland	6–5	Penn State
1987 Details	College Park, MD (Maryland)	Byrd Stadium	Penn State	7–6	Temple
1988 Details	Haverford, PA (Haverford)	Walton Field	Temple (2)	15–7	Penn State
1989 Details	West Chester, PA (West Chester)	John A. Farrell Stadium	Penn State (2)	7–6	Harvard
1990 Details	Princeton, NJ (Princeton)	Palmer Stadium	Harvard	8–7	Maryland
1991 Details	Trenton, NJ (Trenton State)	Lions Stadium	Virginia	8–6	Maryland
1992 Details	Bethlehem, PA (Lehigh)	Goodman Stadium	Maryland (2)	11–10 (OT)	Harvard
1993 Details	College Park, MD (Maryland)	Byrd Stadium	Virginia (2)	8–6 (OT)	Princeton
1994 Details	College Park, MD (Maryland)	Byrd Stadium	Princeton	10–7	Maryland
1995 Details	Trenton, NJ (Trenton State)	Lions Stadium	Maryland (3)	13–5	Princeton
1996 Details	Bethlehem, PA (Lehigh)	Goodman Stadium	Maryland (4)	10–5	Virginia
1997 Details	Bethlehem, PA (Lehigh)	Goodman Stadium	Maryland (5)	8–7	Loyola (MD)
1998 Details	Catonsville, MD (UMBC)	UMBC Stadium	Maryland (6)	11–5	Virginia
1999 Details	Baltimore, MD (Johns Hopkins)	Homewood Field	Maryland (7)	16–6	Virginia
2000 Details	Trenton, NJ (TCNJ)	Lions Stadium	Maryland (8)	16–8	Princeton
2001 Details	Baltimore, MD (Johns Hopkins)	Homewood Field	Maryland (9)	14–13 (3OT)	Georgetown
2002 Details	Baltimore, MD (Loyola)	Diane Geppi-Aikens Field	Princeton (2)	12–7	Georgetown
2003 Details	Syracuse, NY (Syracuse)	Carrier Dome	Princeton (3)	8–7 (OT)	Virginia
2004 Details	Princeton, NJ (Princeton)	Princeton Stadium	Virginia (3)	10–4	Princeton
2005 Details	Annapolis, MD (Navy)	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium	Northwestern	13–10	Virginia
2006 Details	Boston, MA (Boston U.)	Nickerson Field	Northwestern (2)	7–4	Dartmouth
2007 Details	Philadelphia, PA (Penn)	Franklin Field	Northwestern (3)	15–13	Virginia
2008 Details	Towson, MD (Towson)	Johnny Unitas Stadium	Northwestern (4)	10–6	Penn
2009 Details	Towson, MD (Towson)	Johnny Unitas Stadium	Northwestern (5)	21–7	North Carolina
2010 Details	Towson, MD (Towson)	Johnny Unitas Stadium	Maryland (10)	13–11	Northwestern
2011 Details	Stony Brook, NY (Stony Brook)	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium	Northwestern (6)	8–7	Maryland
2012 Details	Stony Brook, NY (Stony Brook)	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium	Northwestern (7)	8–6	Syracuse
2013 Details	Villanova, PA (Villanova)	Villanova Stadium	North Carolina	13–12 (3OT)	Maryland
2014 Details	Towson, MD (Towson)	Johnny Unitas Stadium	Maryland (11)	15–12	Syracuse
2015 Details	Chester, PA (Saint Joseph's)	PPL Park	Maryland (12)	9–8	North Carolina
2016 Details	Chester, PA (Saint Joseph's)	Talen Energy Stadium	North Carolina (2)	13–7	Maryland
2017 Details	Foxborough, MA (UMass)	Gillette Stadium	Maryland (13)	16–13	Boston College
2018 Details	Stony Brook, NY (Stony Brook)	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium	James Madison	16–15	Boston College
2019 Details	Baltimore, MD (Johns Hopkins)	Homewood Field	Maryland (14)	12–10	Boston College
2020	Baltimore, MD (Johns Hopkins)	Homewood Field	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Details	Towson, MD (Towson)	Johnny Unitas Stadium	Boston College	16–10	Syracuse
2022 Details	Baltimore, MD (Johns Hopkins)	Homewood Field	North Carolina (3)	12–11	Boston College
2023 Details	Cary, NC (North Carolina)	WakeMed Soccer Park	Northwestern (8)	18–6	Boston College
2024 Details	Cary, NC (North Carolina)	WakeMed Soccer Park
2025 Details	Foxborough, MA (Harvard)	Gillette Stadium
2026 Details	TBD	TBD

Team titles

Maryland

North Carolina

James Madison

Princeton

Delaware

Northwestern

Virginia

Penn State

Temple

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

Boston Schools

Harvard

Boston College

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National Championships by school: 14, 8, 3, 2, 1

Team	Number	Winning years
Maryland	14	1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
Northwestern	8	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2023
North Carolina	3	2013, 2016, 2022
Princeton	3	1994, 2002, 2003
Virginia	3	1991, 1993, 2004
Penn State	2	1987, 1989
Temple	2	1984, 1988
Delaware	1	1983
Massachusetts	1	1982
New Hampshire	1	1985
Harvard	1	1990
James Madison	1	2018
Boston College	1	2021

Results by year

CH National Champion
RU National Runner-up
SF Semifinals
QF Quarterfinals
12 16 Round of 12 (1983 through 1984, 1998 through 2000); Round of 16 (2001 through present)
• First Round (2013 to present)
◦ Opening Round (2018 through 2019)
P Play-in Game (2004 through 2012. Unlike the Opening Round game of 2018 and 2019, the losers of these Play-in Games are not considered by the NCAA to have been NCAA participants. They appear in the table below, but not counted as having an appearance in the total column.)

The NCAA began seeding the top 4 teams in 1998. The No. 1 seed is marked with double underline, and teams seeded between No. 2 and No. 4 are shown with single underline. Starting in 2005, the top 8 teams were seeded. Teams seeded between No. 5 and No. 8 are shown with dotted underline.

#	SF	CH	School	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	21	22	23	Current Conference
			School																																										Current Conference
38	28	14	Maryland		QF	RU	RU	CH	QF			RU	RU	CH	SF	RU	CH	CH	CH	CH	CH	CH	CH	QF	SF	QF	16	16	QF	QF	SF	CH	RU	SF	RU	CH	CH	RU	CH	SF	CH	16	SF	16	Big Ten
24	14	8	Northwestern		12	QF		QF	QF	QF																QF	CH	CH	CH	CH	CH	RU	CH	CH	SF	SF	QF	16	16	QF	SF	SF	SF	CH	Big Ten
35	14	3	Virginia					SF	SF		QF	QF	CH	SF	CH	SF		RU	QF	RU	RU	QF	16	QF	RU	CH	RU	16	RU	16	16	QF	16	16	QF	SF	16	•	16	16	QF	16	16	•	ACC
24	13	3	North Carolina																SF	SF	12	QF	QF	SF			QF	QF	QF	QF	RU	SF	SF	QF	CH	QF	RU	CH	QF	SF	SF	SF	CH	QF	ACC
28	11	3	Princeton		QF						SF			SF	RU	CH	RU	SF		QF	QF	RU	SF	CH	CH	RU	QF	QF	16	QF	QF		QF		•	16	QF	•	QF	16	QF		16		Ivy League
25	11	2	Penn State		SF	QF	SF	RU	CH	RU	CH	QF	SF	QF	QF		SF	QF	QF		SF		16				16							QF	QF	•	QF	SF	SF	•				•	Big Ten
18	9	2	Temple		RU	CH	SF	SF	RU	CH	SF	SF		QF			QF		SF	QF			16	16	16	16				16												16			American
11	6	1	Boston College																														16		•	QF	16	•	RU	RU	RU	CH	RU	RU	ACC
9	5	1	Harvard		QF	QF				SF	RU	CH	QF	RU	SF	QF																													Ivy League
14	3	1	UMass	CH	SF	SF																									16	P	16	16	16	•	16	QF	16			•	•	•	Atlantic 10
7	3	1	New Hampshire			12	CH	QF	SF				SF													16				16															America East
19	2	1	James Madison														QF		QF	QF	QF	SF	QF		16	QF		QF				QF	16				•	•	16	CH	•	16	16	QF	Colonial
3	2	1	Delaware		CH	SF																12																							Colonial
20	9	-	Syracuse																			12	16	16	16		16		QF	SF	QF	SF		RU	SF	RU	SF	SF	16	•	QF	RU	QF	SF	ACC
24	7	-	Loyola (MD)		12	12						SF				SF		SF	RU	QF	12	SF	SF	16	SF	16							QF	QF	16	16	QF	•		16	16	16	QF	QF	Patriot
21	7	-	Duke																	12	SF	QF	QF	QF	16	16	SF	SF	SF	SF	QF	QF	SF	QF	QF	QF	SF	16				QF	16		ACC
15	4	-	Dartmouth		12										QF		SF			SF	QF	12	QF		QF	QF	SF	RU					16	16	16						•				Ivy League
16	3	-	Penn		QF	12																							SF	RU	SF	QF	16	16	•	16	16	QF	•	16	•			16	Ivy League
16	3	-	Georgetown																	12	QF	QF	RU	RU	QF	SF	QF	QF		16	16	16			16	16				•	16				Big East
16	1	-	Notre Dame																					QF		16		SF		16	QF	16		16	•	16	16	QF	•		16	QF	•	QF	ACC
12	1	-	Florida																														QF	SF	QF	QF	16	16	16	QF	16	QF	QF	16	American
7	1	-	Vanderbilt																					16		SF			16	16	16	16										•			American
7	1	-	Navy																													16	16	16	16				SF	QF	16				Patriot
7	1	-	Denver																																16	16				16	QF	16	16	SF	Big East
5	1	-	Cornell																				16	SF				16										16	16						Ivy League
4	1	-	Lafayette							SF	QF		QF											16																					Patriot
1	1	-	TCNJ	RU																																									D3
11	-	-	Johns Hopkins																							16	16		QF							•	•	16		•	•	•	•	16	Big Ten
11	-	-	Towson																								16			16	16	16		16	•	•		16	•	16		•			Colonial
11	-	-	Stanford																									16				16	16		16	•	•	16		•	•	•	•		Pac-12
10	-	-	Stony Brook																																16	16	16	16	QF	QF	16	QF	QF	16	America East
9	-	-	Jacksonville																																•	•	•		•	•	•	16	16	•	ASUN
8	-	-	Boston University																			12			16		QF	16	16	QF	16	16													Patriot
7	-	-	William & Mary		12					QF						QF		QF	QF	12			16																						Colonial
7	-	-	Fairfield																												16						•			•	◦	•	•	•	MAAC
6	-	-	Richmond																								16	16	16											•	•			16	Atlantic 10
6	-	-	High Point																																•	•			16	•	•	•			Big South
6	-	-	USC																																		16	QF	QF		•		•	•	Pac-12
5	-	-	Albany																														QF	16			•		•					16	America East
5	-	-	Mercer																																					◦	◦	•	•	•	Big South
4	-	-	Ohio State																					16	QF											•	•								Big Ten
4	-	-	Colgate																							16	16			16	16														Patriot
4	-	-	Mount St. Mary's																							16	16															•	•		NEC
4	-	-	Canisius																														P	P	•	•		•	•						MAAC
4	-	-	UConn																																•							•	•	•	Big East
4	-	-	Louisville																																	16	•	•	•						ACC
3	-	-	Yale			12																			QF				16																Ivy League
3	-	-	Rutgers																		12																					16	16		Big Ten
3	-	-	Monmouth																				16					16	P					P	•										MAAC
3	-	-	Hofstra																				16						16													•			Colonial
3	-	-	Le Moyne																					16	16			P	16																D2
3	-	-	Bryant																																	•	•		•						NEC
3	-	-	Wagner																																			•		•	•				NEC
3	-	-	Colorado																																				•	16	16				Pac-12
3	-	-	Michigan																																						16		16	16	Big Ten
3	-	-	Drexel																																							•	•	•	Colonial
2	-	-	West Chester																	12	12																								D2
2	-	-	UMBC																					16	16																				America East
2	-	-	Holy Cross																									16	16																Patriot
2	-	-	Winthrop																																		•	•							Big South
2	-	-	Central Michigan																																								•	•	MAC
1	-	-	Lehigh			QF																																							Patriot
1	-	-	American																						16																				Patriot
1	-	-	Marist																											P		16													MAAC
1	-	-	Old Dominion																																			•							American
1	-	-	Elon																																				•						Colonial
1	-	-	Virginia Tech																																					16					ACC
1	-	-	Robert Morris																																							•			MAC
1	-	-	Saint Joseph's																																								•		Atlantic 10
1	-	-	Vermont																																								•		America East
1	-	-	Army																																									•	Patriot
1	-	-	Marquette																																									•	Big East
1	-	-	Sacred Heart																											P	P	P												•	NEC
-	-	-	Manhattan																							P	P																		MAAC
-	-	-	Quinnipiac																														P												MAAC
-	-	-	Oregon																															P											Pac-12

All-time record

Source: ^[2]

as of end of 2022 championship

school indicates schools belong to Division II and school indicates a school belongs to Division III.

Team	App	C	F	3	4	GP	W	L	Pct	GF	GA	GD	Notes
Albany	4	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	.200	35	57	-22
American	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	3	19	-16
Boston College	10	1	4	0	0	29	20	9	.690	432	332	100
Boston University	8	0	0	0	0	10	2	8	.200	86	107	-21
Bryant	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	.000	18	59	-41
Canisius	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	.000	37	59	-22
Central Michigan	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	7	22	-15
Colgate	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	.000	23	66	-43
Connecticut	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	.000	30	47	-17
Cornell	5	0	0	1	0	9	4	5	.444	94	90	4
Colorado	3	0	0	0	0	5	2	3	.400	64	78	-14
Dartmouth	15	0	1	3	0	26	11	15	.423	226	256	-30
Delaware	3	1	0	1	0	9	7	2	.778	83	69	14	Wins championship in its first appearance
Denver	6	0	0	0	0	13	7	6	.538	134	155	-21
Drexel	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	.000	17	32	-15
Duke	21	0	0	7	0	48	27	21	.563	543	495	48
Elon	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	9	11	-2
Fairfield	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	6	.000	48	92	-44
Florida	11	0	0	1	0	23	12	11	.522	295	242	-53
Georgetown	16	0	2	1	0	31	15	16	.484	324	322	2
Harvard	9	1	2	2	0	15	7	8	.467	123	116	7
High Point	6	0	0	0	0	7	1	6	.143	59	124	-65
Hofstra	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	.000	22	43	-21
Holy Cross	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	.000	9	37	-28
Jacksonville	8	0	0	0	0	11	3	8	.273	135	147	-12
James Madison	18	1	0	1	0	31	14	17	.452	312	333	-21
Johns Hopkins	10	0	0	0	0	12	2	10	.167	111	149	-38
Lafayette	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	.000	29	50	-21
Lehigh	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	.500	17	22	-5
Le Moyne	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	.000	12	67	-55
Louisville	4	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	.200	37	58	-21
Loyola (MD)	23	0	1	6	0	45	22	23	.489	494	435	59
Marist	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	5	20	-15
Maryland	37	14	8	6	0	98	75	23	.765	1254	801	453	Seven consecutive champion, two consecutive champion
Massachusetts	13	1	0	0	2	23	9	14	.391	187	262	-75
Mercer	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	.000	33	77	-44
Michigan	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	.500	47	44	3
Monmouth	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	.000	17	53	-36
Mount St. Mary's	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	.000	23	71	-48
Navy	7	0	0	1	0	14	7	7	.500	178	179	-1
New Hampshire	7	1	0	2	0	10	4	6	.400	73	84	-11
North Carolina	23	3	2	8	0	60	40	20	.667	738	599	139
Northwestern	23	7	1	5	0	66	50	16	.758	860	632	228	Five consecutive champion, two consecutive champion
Notre Dame	15	0	0	1	0	25	10	15	.400	274	276	-2
Ohio State	4	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	.200	46	63	-17
Old Dominion	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	5	16	-11
Penn	15	0	1	2	0	29	14	15	.483	263	292	-29
Penn State	24	2	2	7	0	45	23	22	.511	449	445	4
Princeton	28	3	4	4	0	64	39	25	.609	689	586	103	Two consecutive champion
Richmond	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	.000	43	82	-39
Robert Morris	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0	16	-16
Rutgers	3	0	0	0	0	5	2	3	.400	54	65	-11
Saint Joseph's	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	10	17	-7
Stanford	11	0	0	0	0	13	2	11	.154	112	173	-61
Stony Brook	9	0	0	0	0	20	11	9	.550	218	182	-36
Syracuse	19	0	3	5	0	43	24	19	.558	515	482	33
Temple	18	2	2	5	0	30	14	16	.467	276	320	-44
Towson	11	0	0	0	0	13	2	11	.154	137	177	-40
Trenton State	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.000	6	9	-3
UMBC	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	.000	9	40	-31
USC	5	0	0	0	0	9	4	5	.444	110	113	-3
Vanderbilt	7	0	0	1	0	9	2	7	.222	83	114	-31
Vermont	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	3	16	-13
Virginia	34	3	6	5	0	70	39	31	.557	756	720	36
Virginia Tech	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	.500	21	27	-6
Wagner	3	0	0	0	0	5	2	3	.400	48	74	-26
West Chester	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	.000	14	41	-27
William & Mary	7	0	0	0	0	7	0	7	.000	41	75	-34
Winthrop	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	.000	12	34	-22
Yale	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	.250	28	37	-9

References

^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_lacrosse_champs_records/2012/d1/champs.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championships Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved July 19, 2017.

External links

Division I women's lacrosse

[1] ttp://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_lacrosse_champs_records/2012/d1/champs.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[2] "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championships Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved July 19, 2017.

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Competitions	World Championship Women's World Cup World Indoor Championship U19 World Championships World Junior Lacrosse Championship European Championships Lacrosse at the Summer Olympics Box Sixes
Teams	Australia Canada Europe United States National International
People	Players Goaltender (box lacrosse) Goaltender (field lacrosse) Coaches Players by nationality Major League Lacrosse players National Lacrosse League players Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductees
Variants	Polocrosse
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