2018 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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Dates | May 11–27, 2018 | ||||
Teams | 27 | ||||
Finals site | Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY | ||||
Champions | James Madison (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Boston College (2nd title game) | ||||
Semifinalists | Maryland (26th Final Four) North Carolina (10th Final Four) | ||||
Winning coach | Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Haley Warden, James Madison | ||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Seed | School | Conference | Berth Type | RPI[2] | Record |
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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
[edit]Play-in game
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "DI Women's College Lacrosse - Bracket". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- ^ "NittyGritty_2018WLA_Selections" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 7, 2018.