2022 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

2022 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament
DatesMay 13–29, 2022
Teams29
Finals siteHomewood Field
Baltimore, MD
ChampionsNorth Carolina (3rd title)
Runner-upBoston College (5th title game)
SemifinalistsNorthwestern (13th Final Four)
Maryland (28th Final Four)
Winning coachJenny Levy (3rd title)
MOPSam Geiersbach, North Carolina
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
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The 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 40th 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, MD from May 27–29, 2022.[1] All other rounds will be played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 13–19.

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 Maryland Big Ten Automatic 2 17–1
3 Boston College ACC At-large 3 16–3
4 Northwestern Big Ten At-large 4 13–4
5 Syracuse ACC At-large 6 13–5
6 Loyola (MD) Patriot Automatic 10 18–1
7 Florida American Automatic 5 15–4
8 Stony Brook America East At-large 8 14–2
Central Michigan MAC Automatic 74 12–7
Denver Big East Automatic 9 17–2
Drexel CAA Automatic 37 12–7
Duke ACC At-large 13 15–3
Fairfield MAAC Automatic 32 13–6
Jacksonville ASUN Automatic 21 13–4
James Madison CAA At-large 12 13–4
Johns Hopkins Big Ten At-large 15 10–8
Mercer Big South Automatic 34 14–4
Michigan Big Ten At-large 20 10–6
Mount St. Mary's NEC Automatic 45 15–4
Notre Dame ACC At-large 17 9–9
Princeton Ivy Automatic 11 14–3
Rutgers Big Ten At-large 7 15–4
Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 Automatic 29 14–6
Stanford Pac-12 Automatic 26 12–6
UConn Big East At-large 14 13–4
UMass Atlantic 10 At-large 19 16–3
USC Pac-12 At-large 16 13–4
Vermont America East Automatic 33 14–4
Virginia ACC At-large 18 9–9

Bracket

Tournament bracket

First Round
May 13
Regional Campus Sites 		Second Round
May 15
Regional Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
May 19
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
May 27
Homewood Field 		Final
May 29
Homewood Field
               
1 North Carolina* 24
Virginia 2
USC 11
Virginia 13
1 North Carolina 8
8 Stony Brook 5
Rutgers 17
Saint Joseph's 10
Rutgers 7
8 Stony Brook 11
Drexel 4
8 Stony Brook* 16
1 North Carolina 15
4 Northwestern 14
5 Syracuse 12
Fairfield 11
5 Syracuse 13
Princeton 9
UMass 9
Princeton* 15
5 Syracuse 4
4 Northwestern 15
Michigan 17
Notre Dame 11
Michigan 12
4 Northwestern 15
Central Michigan 7
4 Northwestern* 22
1 North Carolina 12
3 Boston College 11
3 Boston College* 13
Denver 8
Denver 16
Vermont 3
3 Boston College 20
6 Loyola (MD) 13
UConn 7
James Madison 14
James Madison 8
6 Loyola (MD) 18
Mount St. Mary's 5
6 Loyola (MD)* 17
3 Boston College 17
2 Maryland 16
7 Florida* 19
Mercer 12
7 Florida 15
Jacksonville 10
Jacksonville 20
Stanford 8
7 Florida 5
2 Maryland 18
Duke 17
Johns Hopkins 12
Duke 6
2 Maryland* 19
  • *First and second round host

See also

References

  1. ^ "DI Women's College Lacrosse – Bracket". NCAA.org. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Teams announced for 2022 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse championship" (Press release). Indianapolis: NCAA.com. May 9, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "D-I Women's Lacrosse RPI Ranking". NCAA. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
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