The 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 36th 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 Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts from May 26–28, 2017. All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 12–21.
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 Record1MarylandBig TenAutomatic219–02North CarolinaACCAutomatic116–23FloridaBig EastAutomatic417–24 Penn State Big TenAt-large7 15–35PrincetonIvyAutomatic314–36 Syracuse ACCAt-large5 15–67 Penn IvyAt-large8 13–38Stony BrookAmerica EastAutomatic618–1 Albany America EastAt-large20 12–5 Boston College ACCAt-large12 13–6BryantNECAutomatic4813–4CanisiusMAACAutomatic3215–4 Colorado MPSFAt-large9 16–3 Cornell IvyAt-large15 12–5 Elon CAAAt-large17 13–6High PointBig SouthAutomatic2815–3JacksonvilleAtlantic SunAutomatic2914–5James MadisonCAAAutomatic1413–6 Louisville ACCAt-large31 11–7MassachusettsAtlantic 10Automatic1816–3NavyPatriotAutomatic2515–4 Northwestern Big TenAt-large10 10–9 Notre Dame ACCAt-large23 11–7 Towson CAAAt-large16 12–6USCMPSFAutomatic1316–3 Virginia ACCAt-large11 11–8
Bracket
*First and second round host.
See also NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship
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