2021 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

2021 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament
DatesMay 14–30, 2021
Teams29
Finals siteJohnny Unitas Stadium
Towson, MD
ChampionsBoston College (1st title)
Runner-upSyracuse (3rd title game)
SemifinalistsNorth Carolina (11th Final Four)
Northwestern (12th Final Four)
Winning coachAcacia Walker-Weinstein (1st title)
MOPCharlotte North, Boston College
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
«2020 2022»

The 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 39th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The semifinal and championship rounds were played at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, MD from May 28–30, 2021.[1] All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 14–22. This marked the return of the tournament after 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tournament field

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

Teams

Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI[3] Record
1 North Carolina ACC Automatic 1 18–0
2 Northwestern Big Ten Automatic 7 13–0
3 Syracuse ACC At-large 2 14–3
4 Boston College ACC At-large 3 13–3
5 Notre Dame ACC At-large 6 9–6
6 Florida American Automatic 10 16–2
7 Duke ACC At-large 21 9–7
8 Stony Brook America East Automatic 5 14–2
UConn Big East At-large 30 12–6
Denver Big East Automatic 13 14–3
Drexel CAA At-large 4 13–2
Fairfield MAAC Automatic 14 13–1
High Point Big South Automatic 38 10–7
Hofstra CAA At-large 11 6–6
Jacksonville ASUN Automatic 17 11–1
James Madison CAA Automatic 15 11–4
Johns Hopkins Big Ten At-large 46 8–6
Loyola (MD) Patriot Automatic 8 11–2
Maryland Big Ten At-large 36 9–6
Massachusetts Atlantic 10 Automatic 12 15–2
Mercer SoCon Automatic 45 7–7
Mount St. Mary's NEC Automatic 16 14–2
Robert Morris MAC Automatic 39 14–2
Rutgers Big Ten At-large 54 6–8
Stanford Pac-12 Automatic 9 11–0
Temple American At-large 18 12–5
Towson CAA At-large 23 9–8
Vanderbilt American At-large 19 12–6
Virginia ACC At-large 25 8–8

Bracket

Tournament bracket

Games on Conference Sports Networks (BTN & BTN+) or ESPN3 for First & Second Rounds. Semifinals on ESPNews & Finals on ESPNU.[4]

First Round
May 14
Regional Campus Sites 		Second Round
May 16
Regional Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
May 22
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
May 28
Johnny Unitas Stadium 		Final
May 30
Johnny Unitas Stadium
               
1 North Carolina* 14
James Madison 9
James Madison 9
Johns Hopkins 6
1 North Carolina* 14
8 Stony Brook* 11
Drexel 13
Rutgers 16
Rutgers 8
8 Stony Brook 20
Towson 8
8 Stony Brook* 14
1 North Carolina 10
4 Boston College 11
5 Notre Dame* 16
Robert Morris 0
5 Notre Dame 13
Virginia 8
Virginia 19
UConn 13
5 Notre Dame 10
4 Boston College 21
Massachusetts 13
Temple 14
4 Boston College 21
Temple 11
Fairfield 6
4 Boston College* 19
4 Boston College 16
3 Syracuse 10
3 Syracuse* 20
Loyola (MD) 8
Loyola (MD)* 11
Hofstra 9
3 Syracuse* 17
6 Florida* 11
Jacksonville 20
Vanderbilt 12
Jacksonville 3
6 Florida* 17
Mercer 5
6 Florida* 23
3 Syracuse 21
2 Northwestern* 13
7 Duke* 19
Mount St. Mary’s 13
7 Duke* 13
Maryland 12
Maryland 17
High Point 6
7 Duke 10
2 Northwestern* 22
Stanford 13
Denver 15
Denver 4
2 Northwestern* 19
  • *First and second round host.

See also

References

  1. ^ "DI Women's College Lacrosse – Bracket". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "DI Women's College Lacrosse – Rankings". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "2020–21 D-I Women's Lacrosse RPI Ranking". NCAA. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. ^ "DI Women's College Lacrosse – Bracket". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved June 1, 2021.

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