The 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 35th 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 Talen Energy Stadium (the home of Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union) in Chester, Pennsylvania from May 27–29, 2016. All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 13–22.
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 Record1 MarylandBig TenAutomatic119–02 FloridaBig EastAutomatic318–13 North CarolinaACCAutomatic216–24 Syracuse ACCAt-large4 17–55 USCMPSFAutomatic619–06 Notre Dame ACCAt-large7 13–67 Penn IvyAt-large8 13–48 CornellIvyAutomatic12 13–4 Boston College ACCAt-large2010–8 CanisusMAACAutomatic33 13–6 Duke ACCAt-large18 10–8 James Madison CAAAt-large22 10–9 Johns Hopkins IndependentAt-large24 10–7 Louisville ACCAt-large16 12–5 Loyola (MD)PatriotAutomatic1414–5 MassachusettsAtlantic 10Automatic1918–1 Northwestern Big TenAt-large10 10–9 Old DominionAtlantic SunAutomatic3516–3 Penn State Big TenAt-large15 11–6 Princeton IvyAt-large9 11–5 Stanford MPSFAt-large13 14–4 Stony BrookAmerica EastAutomatic1116–3 TowsonCAAAutomatic515–3 Virginia ACCAt-large179–8 WagnerNECAutomatic5810–8 WinthropBig SouthAutomatic2520–2
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See also NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
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