2019 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

2019 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 7–26, 2019
Teams	28
Finals site	Homewood Field Baltimore, MD
Champions	Maryland (14th title)
Runner-up	Boston College (3rd title game)
Semifinalists	Northwestern (11th Final Four) North Carolina (11th Final Four)
Winning coach	Cathy Reese (5th title)
MOP	Megan Taylor, Maryland
NCAA Division I women's tournaments «2018 2020»

The 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship is the 38th 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 from May 24–26, 2019.[1] All other rounds will be played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 7–19.

Tournament field

All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 28 teams were invited to participate. 15 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	At-large	1	18–1
2	Boston College	ACC	At-large	2	19–1
3	North Carolina	ACC	Automatic	3	15–3
4	Northwestern	Big Ten	Automatic	4	14–4
5	Syracuse	ACC	At-large	5	15–4
6	Virginia	ACC	At-large	6	12–6
7	Princeton	Ivy	Automatic	7	14–3
8	Michigan	Big Ten	At-large	12	15–3
	Colorado	Pac-12	At-large	21	10–7
	Dartmouth	Ivy	At-large	17	11–5
	Denver	Big East	At-large	13	14–3
	Fairfield	MAAC	Automatic	33	15–3
	Florida	American	Automatic	8	13–6
	Georgetown	Big East	Automatic	25	11–8
	High Point	Big South	Automatic	27	15–4
	Jacksonville	Atlantic Sun	Automatic	29	16–3
	James Madison	CAA	Automatic	16	16–3
	Johns Hopkins	Big Ten	At-large	20	10–7
	Loyola (MD)	Patriot	Automatic	10	15–4
	Mercer	SoCon	Automatic	82	10–9
	Navy	Patriot	At-large	11	15–4
	Notre Dame	ACC	At-large	15	13–4
	Penn	Ivy	At-large	14	12–5
	Richmond	Atlantic 10	Automatic	23	17–3
	Stanford	Pac-12	At-large	24	13–5
	Stony Brook	America East	Automatic	19	15–4
	Southern Cal	Pac-12	Automatic	9	16–3
	Wagner	Northeast	Automatic	31	15–3

Bracket

Play-in games

	May 7
		Jacksonville*	22
		Mercer	7

	May 7
		Fairfield*	13
		Wagner	15

Tournament bracket

Games on Conference Sports Networks (BTN & BTN+) or ESPN3 for First & Second Rounds. Semifinals on ESPNews & Finals on ESPNU

	First Round May 10 Regional Campus Sites					Second Round May 12 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinals May 18 Campus Sites					Semifinals May 24 Homewood Field					Final May 26 Homewood Field
						1	Maryland*	17
							Stony Brook	8
		Stony Brook	10*
		James Madison	9
											1	Maryland	17
												Denver	8
		USC	10
		Denver	11
							Denver	9
						8	Michigan	5
		Jacksonville	9
	8	Michigan*	13
																1	Maryland	25
																4	Northwestern	13
						5	Syracuse*	14
							Georgetown	8
		Penn	12
		Georgetown	13**
											5	Syracuse	14
											4	Northwestern	18
		Notre Dame	15
		Stanford	9
							Notre Dame	10
						4	Northwestern*	13
																					1	Maryland	12
																					2	Boston College	10
						3	North Carolina*	15
							Florida	11
		Florida	16
		Johns Hopkins	9
											3	North Carolina	14
											6	Virginia	7
		Navy	16
		High Point	5
							Navy	12
						6	Virginia*	15
																3	North Carolina	14
																2	Boston College	15**
	7	Princeton*	19
		Wagner	7
						7	Princeton	17
							Loyola (MD)	13
		Loyola (MD)	19
		Richmond	6
											7	Princeton	12
											2	Boston College	17
		Dartmouth	13
		Colorado	16
							Colorado	9
						2	Boston College*	21

• *First and second round host.

See also

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

References

1. "DI Women's College Lacrosse – Bracket". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
2. "2019WLA_NittyGritty_Selections" (PDF). NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2019.