2015 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament
DatesMay 8–24, 2015
Teams26
Finals sitePPL Park
Chester, PA
ChampionsMaryland (12th title)
Runner-upNorth Carolina (3rd title game)
MOPTaylor Cummings, Maryland
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
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The 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 34th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse.[1] For the first time, the semifinal and championship rounds were played at PPL Park (the home of the Philadelphia Union of the MLS) in Chester, Pennsylvania from May 22–24, 2015.[2]

Maryland defeated North Carolina in the final, 9–8, to win their twelfth national title.

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.[3]

Seeds

Teams

Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI[4] Record
Albany America East At-large 19 14-4
5 Boston College ACC At-large 6 15-3
Bryant NEC Automatic 49 14-4
3 Duke ACC At-large 5 14-4
Fairfield MAAC Automatic 30 14-4
Florida Big East Automatic 15 14-5
Jacksonville Atlantic Sun Automatic 17 17-2
James Madison CAA Automatic 11 15–4
Johns Hopkins Independent At-large 14 14-3
Louisville ACC At-large 24 10-7
Loyola (MD) Patriot Automatic 12 15-4
1 Maryland Big Ten At-large 1 17-1
Massachusetts Atlantic 10 Automatic 18 18–1
2 North Carolina ACC At-large 2 15-3
8 Northwestern Big Ten At-large 9 12-6
Notre Dame ACC At-large 20 10-8
Ohio State Big Ten At-large 21 13-7
Penn Ivy At-large 16 13-4
Penn State Big Ten Automatic 8 14-4
Princeton Ivy Automatic 10 14-3
Stanford MPSF Automatic 13 15-2
6 Stony Brook America East Automatic 4 18-1
4 Syracuse ACC Automatic 3 14-7
USC MPSF At-large 22 13-5
7 Virginia ACC At-large 7 11-6
Winthrop Big South Automatic 42 17-3

Bracket

First Round
May 8
Regional Campus Sites 		Second Round
May 10
Regional Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
May 16–17
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
May 22
PPL Park 		Final
May 24
PPL Park
               
1 Maryland 19
Massachusetts 8
Massachusetts 13
Jacksonville 8
1 Maryland 17
8 Northwestern 5
Notre Dame 13
Ohio State 11
Notre Dame 11
8 Northwestern 16
8 Northwestern 10
Louisville 7
1 Maryland 10
4 Syracuse 8
5 Boston College 12
Loyola (MD) 19
Loyola (MD) 21
Bryant 3
Loyola (MD) 7
4 Syracuse 10
Penn 11
Albany (NY) 10
Penn 10
4 Syracuse 13
1 Maryland 9
2 North Carolina 8
3 Duke 17
USC 9
James Madison 10
USC 13
3 Duke 7
Princeton 3
Princeton 18
Fairfield 8
Princeton 8
6 Stony Brook 4
3 Duke 7
2 North Carolina 16
7 Virginia 18
Winthrop 6
7 Virginia 11
Penn State 13
Penn State 14
Johns Hopkins 11
Penn State 8
2 North Carolina 11
Florida 6
2 North Carolina 11
Stanford 10
Florida 15

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2015 Women's Lacrosse Championship Bracket". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ "2015 DI NCAA Championship selections | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
  4. ↑ "2015 WLax Nitty Gritty Selection" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved November 17, 2017.


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