2015 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

2015 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 8–24, 2015
Teams	26
Finals site	PPL Park Chester, PA
Champions	Maryland (12th title)
Runner-up	North Carolina (3rd title game)
MOP	Taylor Cummings, Maryland
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The 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 34th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse.[1] For the first time, the semifinal and championship rounds were played at PPL Park (the home of the Philadelphia Union of the MLS) in Chester, Pennsylvania from May 22–24, 2015.[2]

Maryland defeated North Carolina in the final, 9–8, to win their twelfth national title.

Tournament field

All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 26 teams were invited to participate. 13 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments while the remaining 13 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records.[3]

Teams

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI[4]	Record
1	Maryland	Big Ten	At-large	1	17–1
2	North Carolina	ACC	At-large	2	15–3
3	Duke	ACC	At-large	5	14–4
4	Syracuse	ACC	Automatic	3	14–7
5	Boston College	ACC	At-large	6	15–3
6	Stony Brook	America East	Automatic	4	18–1
7	Virginia	ACC	At-large	7	11–6
8	Northwestern	Big Ten	At-large	9	12–6
	Albany	America East	At-large	19	14–4
	Bryant	NEC	Automatic	49	14–4
	Fairfield	MAAC	Automatic	30	14–4
	Florida	Big East	Automatic	15	14–5
	Jacksonville	Atlantic Sun	Automatic	17	17–2
	James Madison	CAA	Automatic	11	15–4
	Johns Hopkins	Independent	At-large	14	14–3
	Louisville	ACC	At-large	24	10–7
	Loyola (MD)	Patriot	Automatic	12	15–4
	Massachusetts	Atlantic 10	Automatic	18	18–1
	Notre Dame	ACC	At-large	20	10–8
	Ohio State	Big Ten	At-large	21	13–7
	Penn	Ivy	At-large	16	13–4
	Penn State	Big Ten	Automatic	8	14–4
	Princeton	Ivy	Automatic	10	14–3
	Stanford	MPSF	Automatic	13	15–2
	USC	MPSF	At-large	22	13–5
	Winthrop	Big South	Automatic	42	17–3

Bracket

	First Round May 8 Regional Campus Sites					Second Round May 10 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinals May 16–17 Campus Sites					Semifinals May 22 PPL Park					Final May 24 PPL Park
						1	Maryland	19
							Massachusetts	8
		Massachusetts	13
		Jacksonville	8
											1	Maryland	17
											8	Northwestern	5
		Notre Dame	13
		Ohio State	11
							Notre Dame	11
						8	Northwestern	16
	8	Northwestern	10
		Louisville	7
																1	Maryland	10
																4	Syracuse	8
						5	Boston College	12
							Loyola (MD)	19
		Loyola (MD)	21
		Bryant	3
												Loyola (MD)	7
											4	Syracuse	10
		Penn	11
		Albany (NY)	10
							Penn	10
						4	Syracuse	13
																					1	Maryland	9
																					2	North Carolina	8
						3	Duke	17
							USC	9
		James Madison	10
		USC	13
											3	Duke	7
												Princeton	3
		Princeton	18
		Fairfield	8
							Princeton	8
						6	Stony Brook	4
																3	Duke	7
																2	North Carolina	16
	7	Virginia	18
		Winthrop	6
						7	Virginia	11
							Penn State	13
		Penn State	14
		Johns Hopkins	11
												Penn State	8
											2	North Carolina	11
							Florida	6
						2	North Carolina	11
		Stanford	10
		Florida	15

See also

• NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship
• NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship
• 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

References

1. "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
2. "2015 Women's Lacrosse Championship Bracket". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
3. "2015 DI NCAA Championship selections | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
4. "2015 WLax Nitty Gritty Selection" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved November 17, 2017.