The 2017 Big Ten Women's Lacrosse Tournament was held May 5 and May 7 at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex in College Park, Maryland. For the first time, the top four teams from regular season play will earn berths in the tournament. Previously all schools qualified for the tournament. The seeds were based upon the teams' regular season conference record. The tournament format is single elimination.
Maryland successfully defended its 2016 tournament title and received the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship.
The 2017 tournament was the first tournament Johns Hopkins was eligible to participate in as it was their first season in the conference.
Standings SeedSchoolConferenceOverall1Maryland ‡* 6–0 19-02Penn State *5–1 15–33Northwestern *4–2 10-94Johns Hopkins *3–3 11–65Rutgers 2–4 8-86Michigan1–5 5-127Ohio State0–6 6–11‡ Big Ten regular season champions. * Qualify for conference tournament.
Schedule SessionGameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision Semifinals – Friday, May 511 6:00 pm#1 Maryland vs. #4 Johns Hopkins19-16Big Ten Network28:30 pm#2 Penn State vs. #3 Northwestern12-11Big Ten Network Championship – Sunday, May 72312:00pm#1 Maryland vs. #3 Northwestern14-6Big Ten Network *Game times in EST. # – Denote tournament seeding.
Bracket Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex – College Park, Maryland
References https://web.archive.org/web/20170509010509/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-lacros/spec-rel/043017aaa.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170508165800/http://www.bigten.org/library/stats/wlax-confsked.html
External links Big Ten Women's Lacrosse @B1GLacrosse