The 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship is the 37th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The semifinal and championship rounds will be played at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York from May 25–27, 2018. All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 11–20.
Tournament field All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 27 teams were invited to participate. 14 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 TenAutomatic218-12North CarolinaACCAutomatic115-33James MadisonCAAAutomatic418-14 Boston College ACCAt-large319-15Stony BrookAmerica EastAutomatic619-06FloridaBig EastAutomatic516-37 Towson CAAAt-large715-48 Loyola (MD) PatriotAt-large1015-4 Colorado Pac-12At-large1213-5 Denver Big EastAt-large1612-6FairfieldMAACAutomatic5013-6 Georgetown Big EastAt-large1712-6High PointBig SouthAutomatic1817-2JacksonvilleAtlantic SunAutomatic4316-3 Johns Hopkins Big TenAt-large2210-8MercerSoConAutomatic859-10NavyPatriotAutomatic816-3 Northwestern Big TenAt-large913-5 Penn IvyAt-large1113-4 Penn State Big TenAt-large2110-9PrincetonIvyAutomatic1312-5RichmondAtlantic 10Automatic2316-3 Stanford Pac-12Automatic1415-4 Syracuse ACCAt-large199-9 Virginia ACCAt-large209-9 Virginia Tech ACCAt-large1513-6 Wagner NortheastAutomatic5813-5
Bracket
Play-in game
*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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