2024 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

2024 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament
2024 NCAA Division I women's; lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 10–26, 2024
Teams	29
Finals site	WakeMed Soccer Park; Cary, NC
Champions	Boston College (2nd title)
Runner-up	Northwestern (10th title game)
Semifinalists	Florida (2nd Final Four); Syracuse (13th Final Four)
Winning coach	Acacia Walker (2nd title)
MOP	Kayla Martello, Boston College
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
«2023	2025»

The 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 42nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's college lacrosse. The semifinal and championship rounds were played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from May 24–26, 2024.^[1] All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 10–16. In the championship game, Boston College defeated Northwestern 14–13, avenging its 18–6 loss to Northwestern in the previous year's championship game.

Tournament field

All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs are eligible for this championship, and a total of 29 teams will be invited to participate. 15 teams qualify automatically by winning their conference tournaments, while the remaining 14 teams qualify at-large based on their regular season records.^[2]

Teams

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI^[3]	Record
1	Northwestern	Big Ten	Automatic	1	15–2
2	Boston College	ACC	Automatic	2	16–3
3	Syracuse	ACC	At-large	3	14–5
4	Maryland	Big Ten	At-large	6	12–5
5	Virginia	ACC	At-large	10	14–4
6	Yale	Ivy	Automatic	4	15–2
7	Notre Dame	ACC	At-large	11	15–3
8	Penn	Ivy	At-large	4	13–4
	Binghamton	America East	Automatic	42	12–6
	Coastal Carolina	ASUN	Automatic	33	14–5
	Denver	Big East	Automatic	14	15–3
	Drexel	CAA	At-large	20	13–5
	Duke	ACC	At-large	31	10–8
	Fairfield	MAAC	At-large	16	16–2
	Florida	American	Automatic	15	17–2
	James Madison	American	At-large	19	13–5
	Johns Hopkins	Big Ten	At-large	12	11–7
	LIU	Northeast	Automatic	73	11–7
	Loyola (MD)	Patriot	Automatic	8	17–2
	Mercer	Big South	Automatic	41	14–5
	Michigan	Big Ten	At-large	9	14–3
	Niagara	MAAC	Automatic	26	16–3
	North Carolina	ACC	At-large	18	10–6
	Penn State	Big Ten	At-large	21	11–7
	Princeton	Ivy	At-large	17	10–6
	Richmond	Atlantic 10	Automatic	38	13–5
	Robert Morris	MAC	Automatic	102	8–11
	Stanford	Pac-12	Automatic	13	13–4
	Stony Brook	CAA	Automatic	7	17–2

Bracket

Tournament bracket

First Round May 10 Regional Campus Sites			Second Round May 12 Regional Campus Sites			Quarterfinals May 16 Campus Sites			Semifinals May 24 WakeMed Soccer Park			Final May 26 WakeMed Soccer Park

			1	Northwestern*	17

				Denver	4
	Denver	13

	Stanford	12
						1	Northwestern	20

						8	Penn	7
	Loyola (MD)	16

	Duke	11
				Loyola (MD)	9

			8	Penn	12
	Richmond	5

8	Penn*	16
									1	Northwestern	15

										Florida	11
5	Virginia*	21

	LIU	6
			5	Virginia	8

				Florida	13
	Florida	17

	North Carolina	8
							Florida	15

						4	Maryland	9
	Penn St.	13

	James Madison	14
				James Madison	7

			4	Maryland	17
	Robert Morris	1

4	Maryland*	17
												1	Northwestern	13

												2	Boston College	14



			3	Syracuse*	15

				Stony Brook	10
	Niagara	7

	Stony Brook	19
						3	Syracuse	19

						6	Yale	9
	Fairfield	5

	Johns Hopkins	11
				Johns Hopkins	7

			6	Yale	9
	Binghampton	4

6	Yale*	17
									3	Syracuse	7

									2	Boston College	10
7	Notre Dame*	24

	Coastal Carolina	6
			7	Notre Dame	14

				Michigan	15
	Mercer	6

	Michigan	17
							Michigan	9

						2	Boston College	14
	Drexel	9

	Princeton	14
				Princeton	16

			2	Boston College*	21

*First and second round host

Record by conference

Overview of conference performance in the 2024 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	FR	SR	QF	SF	CG	NC
ACC	6	8–5	.615	4	4	2	2	1	1
Big Ten	5	8–5	.615	4	4	3	1	1	–
American	2	4–2	.667	2	2	1	1	–	–
Ivy League	3	5–3	.625	3	3	2	–	–	–
Big East	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–
Patriot	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–
CAA	2	1–2	.333	2	1	–	–	–	–
MAAC	2	0–2	.000	2	–	–	–	–	–
America East	1	0–1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
ASUN	1	0–1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
Atlantic 10	1	0–1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
Big South	1	0–1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
MAC	1	0–1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
NEC	1	0–1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
Pac-12	1	0–1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–

References

^ "DI Women's College Lacrosse – Bracket". NCAA.org. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
^ "Road to the Championship" (Press release). Indianapolis: NCAA.com. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
^ "D-I Women's Lacrosse RPI Ranking". NCAA. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

[1] "DI Women's College Lacrosse – Bracket". NCAA.org. Retrieved May 1, 2024.

[2] "Road to the Championship" (Press release). Indianapolis: NCAA.com. Retrieved May 1, 2024.

[3] "D-I Women's Lacrosse RPI Ranking". NCAA. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

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