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2017 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament
2017 NCAA Division I women's; lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 12–28, 2017
Teams	26
Finals site	Gillette Stadium; Foxborough, MA
Champions	Maryland (13th title)
Runner-up	Boston College (1st title game)
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
«2016	2018»

The 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship is the 36th 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 Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts from May 26–28, 2017.^[1] All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 12–21.

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.

Teams

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI^[2]	Record
1	Maryland	Big Ten	Automatic	2	19–0
2	North Carolina	ACC	Automatic	1	16–2
3	Florida	Big East	Automatic	4	17–2
4	Penn State	Big Ten	At-large	7	15–3
5	Princeton	Ivy	Automatic	3	14–3
6	Syracuse	ACC	At-large	5	15–6
7	Penn	Ivy	At-large	8	13–3
8	Stony Brook	America East	Automatic	6	18–1
	Albany	America East	At-large	20	12–5
	Boston College	ACC	At-large	12	13–6
	Bryant	NEC	Automatic	48	13–4
	Canisius	MAAC	Automatic	32	15–4
	Colorado	MPSF	At-large	9	16–3
	Cornell	Ivy	At-large	15	12–5
	Elon	CAA	At-large	17	13–6
	High Point	Big South	Automatic	28	15–3
	Jacksonville	Atlantic Sun	Automatic	29	14–5
	James Madison	CAA	Automatic	14	13–6
	Louisville	ACC	At-large	31	11–7
	Massachusetts	Atlantic 10	Automatic	18	16–3
	Navy	Patriot	Automatic	25	15–4
	Northwestern	Big Ten	At-large	10	10–9
	Notre Dame	ACC	At-large	23	11–7
	Towson	CAA	At-large	16	12–6
	USC	MPSF	Automatic	13	16–3
	Virginia	ACC	At-large	11	11–8

Bracket

First Round May 12 Regional Campus Sites			Second Round May 14 Regional Campus Sites			Quarterfinals May 20–21 Campus Sites			Semifinals May 26 Gillette Stadium			Final May 28 Gillette Stadium

			1	Maryland*	21

				High Point	6
	Towson	15

	High Point	21
						1	Maryland	13

						8	Stony Brook	12
	Northwestern	15

	Albany (NY)	7
				Northwestern	9

			8	Stony Brook	13
	Bryant	6

8	Stony Brook*	21
									1	Maryland	20

									4	Penn State	10



			5	Princeton*	11

				Cornell	9
	Cornell	12

	Notre Dame	7
						5	Princeton	12

						4	Penn State	14
	James Madison	12

	Louisville	6
				James Madison	14

			4	Penn State*	19



												1	Maryland	16

													Boston College	13



			3	Florida*	12

				USC	15
	USC	13

	Jacksonville	10
							USC	14

							Boston College	20
	Boston College	21

	Canisius	9
				Boston College	21

			6	Syracuse*	10



										Boston College	16

										Navy	15
7	Penn*	10

	Navy	11
				Navy	23

				UMass	11
	Colorado	7

	UMass	13
							Navy	16

						2	North Carolina	14
	Virginia	11

	Elon	9
				Virginia	12

			2	North Carolina*	23