The 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 42nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's college lacrosse. The semifinal and championship rounds were played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from May 24–26, 2024. All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 10–16. In the championship game, Boston College defeated Northwestern 14–13, avenging its 18–6 loss to Northwestern in the previous year's championship game.
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 Automatic115–22 Boston College ACC Automatic216–33 Syracuse ACC At-large314–54 Maryland Big Ten At-large612–55 Virginia ACC At-large1014–46 Yale Ivy Automatic415–27 Notre Dame ACC At-large1115–38 Penn Ivy At-large413–4 Binghamton America East Automatic4212–6 Coastal Carolina ASUN Automatic3314–5 Denver Big East Automatic1415–3 Drexel CAA At-large2013–5 Duke ACC At-large3110–8 Fairfield MAAC At-large1616–2 Florida American Automatic1517–2 James Madison American At-large1913–5 Johns Hopkins Big Ten At-large1211–7 LIU Northeast Automatic7311–7 Loyola (MD) Patriot Automatic817–2 Mercer Big South Automatic4114–5 Michigan Big Ten At-large914–3 Niagara MAAC Automatic2616–3 North Carolina ACC At-large1810–6 Penn State Big Ten At-large2111–7 Princeton Ivy At-large1710–6 Richmond Atlantic 10 Automatic3813–5 Robert Morris MAC Automatic1028–11 Stanford Pac-12 Automatic1313–4 Stony Brook CAA Automatic717–2
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*First and second round host
Record by conference +Overview of conference performance in the 2024 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournamentConference# of BidsRecordWin % ACC 6 8–5 .615 4 4 2 2 1 1 Big Ten 5 8–5 .615 4 4 3 1 1 – American 2 4–2 .667 2 2 1 1 – – Ivy League 3 5–3 .625 3 3 2 – – – Big East 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – Patriot 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – CAA 2 1–2 .333 2 1 – – – – MAAC 2 0–2 .000 2 – – – – – America East 1 0–1 .000 1 – – – – – ASUN 1 0–1 .000 1 – – – – – Atlantic 10 1 0–1 .000 1 – – – – – Big South 1 0–1 .000 1 – – – – – MAC 1 0–1 .000 1 – – – – – NEC 1 0–1 .000 1 – – – – – Pac-12 1 0–1 .000 1 – – – – –
See also NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship 2024 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
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