2022 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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Dates | May 13–29, 2022 | ||||
Teams | 29 | ||||
Finals site | Homewood Field Baltimore, MD | ||||
Champions | North Carolina (3rd title) | ||||
Runner-up | Boston College (5th title game) | ||||
Semifinalists | Northwestern (13th Final Four) Maryland (28th Final Four) | ||||
Winning coach | Jenny Levy (3rd title) | ||||
MOP | Sam Geiersbach, North Carolina | ||||
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The 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 40th 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 Homewood Field in Baltimore, MD from May 27–29, 2022.[1] All other rounds will be played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 13–19.
Tournament field
[edit]All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 29 teams were invited to participate. 15 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments, while the remaining 14 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records.[2]
Teams
[edit]Seed | School | Conference | Berth Type | RPI[3] | Record |
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1 | North Carolina | ACC | Automatic | 1 | 18–0 |
2 | Maryland | Big Ten | Automatic | 2 | 17–1 |
3 | Boston College | ACC | At-large | 3 | 16–3 |
4 | Northwestern | Big Ten | At-large | 4 | 13–4 |
5 | Syracuse | ACC | At-large | 6 | 13–5 |
6 | Loyola (MD) | Patriot | Automatic | 10 | 18–1 |
7 | Florida | American | Automatic | 5 | 15–4 |
8 | Stony Brook | America East | At-large | 8 | 14–2 |
Central Michigan | MAC | Automatic | 74 | 12–7 | |
Denver | Big East | Automatic | 9 | 17–2 | |
Drexel | CAA | Automatic | 37 | 12–7 | |
Duke | ACC | At-large | 13 | 15–3 | |
Fairfield | MAAC | Automatic | 32 | 13–6 | |
Jacksonville | ASUN | Automatic | 21 | 13–4 | |
James Madison | CAA | At-large | 12 | 13–4 | |
Johns Hopkins | Big Ten | At-large | 15 | 10–8 | |
Mercer | Big South | Automatic | 34 | 14–4 | |
Michigan | Big Ten | At-large | 20 | 10–6 | |
Mount St. Mary's | NEC | Automatic | 45 | 15–4 | |
Notre Dame | ACC | At-large | 17 | 9–9 | |
Princeton | Ivy | Automatic | 11 | 14–3 | |
Rutgers | Big Ten | At-large | 7 | 15–4 | |
Saint Joseph's | Atlantic 10 | Automatic | 29 | 14–6 | |
Stanford | Pac-12 | Automatic | 26 | 12–6 | |
UConn | Big East | At-large | 14 | 13–4 | |
UMass | Atlantic 10 | At-large | 19 | 16–3 | |
USC | Pac-12 | At-large | 16 | 13–4 | |
Vermont | America East | Automatic | 33 | 14–4 | |
Virginia | ACC | At-large | 18 | 9–9 |
Bracket
[edit]Tournament bracket
[edit]First Round May 13 Regional Campus Sites | Second Round May 15 Regional Campus Sites | Quarterfinals May 19 Campus Sites | Semifinals May 27 Homewood Field | Final May 29 Homewood Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | North Carolina* | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | North Carolina | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Stony Brook | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Joseph's | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Stony Brook | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Drexel | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Stony Brook* | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | North Carolina | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Northwestern | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Syracuse | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Fairfield | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Syracuse | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton* | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Syracuse | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Northwestern | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Northwestern | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Northwestern* | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | North Carolina | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Boston College | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Boston College* | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Denver | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Denver | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Boston College | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Loyola (MD) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
UConn | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
James Madison | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
James Madison | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Loyola (MD) | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Loyola (MD)* | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Boston College | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Maryland | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Florida* | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Florida | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Florida | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Maryland | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Johns Hopkins | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Maryland* | 19 |
- *First and second round host
See also
[edit]- NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship
- NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship
- NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
References
[edit]- ^ "DI Women's College Lacrosse – Bracket". NCAA.org. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ "Teams announced for 2022 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse championship" (Press release). Indianapolis: NCAA.com. May 9, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
- ^ "D-I Women's Lacrosse RPI Ranking". NCAA. Retrieved May 12, 2022.