College lacrosse tournament
The 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 42nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's college lacrosse . The semifinal and championship rounds were played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from May 24–26, 2024.[ 1] All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 10–16. In the championship game, Boston College defeated Northwestern 14–13, avenging its 18–6 loss to Northwestern in the previous year's championship game.
Tournament field
All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs are eligible for this championship, and a total of 29 teams will be invited to participate. 15 teams qualify automatically by winning their conference tournaments, while the remaining 14 teams qualify at-large based on their regular season records.[ 2]
Teams
Bracket
Tournament bracket
First Round May 10Regional Campus Sites
Second Round May 12Regional Campus Sites
Quarterfinals May 16Campus Sites
Semifinals May 24 WakeMed Soccer Park
Final May 26 WakeMed Soccer Park
1
Northwestern*
17
Denver
4
Denver
13
Stanford
12
1
Northwestern
20
8
Penn
7
Loyola (MD)
16
Duke
11
Loyola (MD)
9
8
Penn
12
Richmond
5
8
Penn*
16
1
Northwestern
15
Florida
11
5
Virginia*
21
LIU
6
5
Virginia
8
Florida
13
Florida
17
North Carolina
8
Florida
15
4
Maryland
9
Penn St.
13
James Madison
14
James Madison
7
4
Maryland
17
Robert Morris
1
4
Maryland*
17
1
Northwestern
13
2
Boston College
14
3
Syracuse*
15
Stony Brook
10
Niagara
7
Stony Brook
19
3
Syracuse
19
6
Yale
9
Fairfield
5
Johns Hopkins
11
Johns Hopkins
7
6
Yale
9
Binghampton
4
6
Yale*
17
3
Syracuse
7
2
Boston College
10
7
Notre Dame*
24
Coastal Carolina
6
7
Notre Dame
14
Michigan
15
Mercer
6
Michigan
17
Michigan
9
2
Boston College
14
Drexel
9
Princeton
14
Princeton
16
2
Boston College*
21
*First and second round host
Record by conference
See also
References
Tournaments Records & statistics
2023–24 NCAA Division I championships
† Not an officially sanctioned NCAA championship