2018 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

2018 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
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
NCAA Division I women's tournaments «2017 2019»

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

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

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI[2]	Record
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

Play-in game

	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

• NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship
• NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship

References

1. "DI Women's College Lacrosse - Bracket". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
2. "NittyGritty_2018WLA_Selections" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 7, 2018.