2023 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

The 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 41st 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 WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, NC from May 26–28, 2023. All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 12–18. The Northwestern Wildcats won their eighth championship, beating Boston College 18–6 in the final.

Tournament field All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 29 teams were invited to participate. 15 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments, while the remaining 14 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records. Teams Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI Record1 Northwestern Big Ten Automatic117–12 Syracuse ACC At-large216–23 Boston College ACC Automatic316–34 North Carolina ACC At-large414–45 Denver Big East Automatic519–06 Florida American Automatic716–37 James Madison American At-large617–28 Loyola (MD) Patriot Automatic817–2 Albany America East Automatic2012–6 Army Patriot At-large1615–3 Central Michigan MAC Automatic8110–8 Drexel CAA At-large2312–5 Fairfield MAAC Automatic2114–4 Jacksonville ASUN Automatic2512–7 Johns Hopkins Big Ten At-large188–8 Maryland Big Ten At-large914–6 Marquette Big East At-large1915–3 Mercer Big South Automatic2617–2 Michigan Big Ten At-large1411–7 Notre Dame ACC At-large1113–5 Penn Ivy Automatic1513–4 Penn State Big Ten At-large3211–6 Richmond Atlantic Ten Automatic2216–3 Sacred Heart NEC Automatic7111–7 Stony Brook CAA Automatic1014–3 UConn Big East At-large1212–6 UMass Atlantic 10 At-large1716–2 USC Pac-12 Automatic2416–3 Virginia ACC At-large1311–6

Bracket

Tournament bracket

*First and second round host

Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin % Big Ten 5 6–4 4 4 1 1 1 1 ACC 5 9–5 3 4 4 2 1 – Big East 3 3–3 3 1 1 1 – – American 2 3–2 2 2 1 – – – Patriot 2 2–2 2 1 1 – – – America East 1 1–1 1 1 – – – – Ivy League 1 1–1 1 1 – – – – A-10 2 1–2 2 1 – – – – CAA 2 1–2 2 1 – – – – ASUN 1 0–1 1 – – – – – Big South 1 0–1 1 – – – – – MAAC 1 0–1 1 – – – – – MAC 1 0–1 1 – – – – – NEC 1 0–1 1 – – – – – Pac-12 1 0–1 1 – – – – –

See also NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

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