The Big Ten Conference's women's lacrosse tournament began in 2015, with the winner of the tournament receiving the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship.
The first two years of the tournament (2015–2016) all six teams participated in the event. The Big Ten's addition of Johns Hopkins for the 2016–2017 academic year brought the total number of teams in the conference to seven. However, starting with the 2017 event, the conference invited the top four teams from the regular season to the conference tournament matching the same format as the men.
Tournament champions
Year Champion Runner-up ScoreLocation2015 Penn State Ohio State 13–11 High Point Solutions Stadium, Piscataway, New Jersey2016 Maryland Northwestern 12–9 Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium, Evanston, Illinois2017 Maryland Northwestern 14–6 Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex, College Park, Maryland2018 Maryland Penn State 21-12 Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan2019 Northwestern Maryland 16–11 Homewood Field, Baltimore, Maryland2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic2021 Northwestern Maryland 17–12 Panzer Stadium, State College, Pennsylvania2022MarylandRutgers18-8SHI Stadium, Piscataway, New Jersey2023NorthwesternMaryland14-9Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium, Columbus, Ohio2024NorthwesternPenn State14-12Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium, Evanston, Illinois2025NorthwesternMaryland8-7Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex, College Park, Maryland
Tournament history by school School Championships Runners-up Tournament appearances Last appearance Johns Hopkins 0 0 5 2024 Maryland 4 3 8 2024 Michigan 0 0 6 2024 Northwestern 5 2 10 2025 Ohio State 0 1 5 2024 Penn State 1 2 8 2024 Rutgers 0 1 4 2024
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