The 2025 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 43rd 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 Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on May 23 and May 25. All other rounds were played at campus sites, at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 9–15. First and second round games were broadcast on ESPN+, quarterfinals and semifinal games were broadcast on ESPNU, and the national championship was broadcast on ESPN.

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 North Carolina ACCAutomatic118–02 Boston College ACCAt-large217–23 Northwestern Big TenAutomatic316–24 Florida Big 12Automatic517–25 Virginia ACCAt-large711–66 Maryland Big Ten At-large814–57 Yale IvyAutomatic614–38 Johns Hopkins Big TenAt-large1012–6 Akron MACAutomatic8711–7 Army West Point PatriotAt-large2113–3 Brown IvyAt-large2710–6 Clemson ACCAt-large1713–6 Denver Big EastAutomatic2414–5 Duke ACCAt-large2012–5 Fairfield MAACAutomatic5211–7 James Madison AmericanAutomatic914–4 Liberty ASUNAutomatic3912–7 LIU NortheastAutomatic6712–6 Loyola (MD) PatriotAt-large1513–6 Massachusetts Atlantic 10Automatic1615–3 Mercer Big SouthAutomatic5312–7 Michigan Big TenAt-large1912–6NavyPatriotAutomatic1415–5 Penn Ivy At-large1210–6 Princeton IvyAt-large414–3 Stanford ACCAt-large1114–5 Stony Brook CAAAutomatic1815–4 Syracuse ACCAt-large139–8 UAlbany American EastAutomatic499–9

Bracket Tournament bracket

*First and second round host

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Tournament notes The Boston College Eagles entered the tournament as the reigning national champions, after winning the national championship at the 2024 NCAA tournament. Boston College entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed in the tournament in its title defense season. However, the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament was earned by North Carolina. The Tar Heels defeated the Eagles once during the regular season, 12–11 at Dorrance Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and again in the ACC Tournament Final, 14–12 at American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Analysts and the media considered the national title favorite to be North Carolina, with Boston College, Northwestern and Florida being among the other contenders.

Among the top contenders for the national championship in 2025, Boston College was seeking back-to-back titles, North Carolina was looking for its fourth title, and first since 2022, Northwestern was playing for its ninth title and first since 2023, and Florida was hoping to win its first-ever national title.

North Carolina, Boston College, and Northwestern all earned first-round byes in the tournament.

Record by Conference +Overview of conference performance in the 2025 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournamentConference# of BidsRecordWin % ACC 7 11–6 7 7 3 2 1 – Big Ten 4 6–3 4 4 1 1 1 – Big 12 1 3–1 .750 1 1 1 1 – – Ivy 4 6–4 .600 4 3 3 – – – CAA 1 1–1 .500 1 1 – – – – Patriot 3 0–3 .000 3 – – – – – American 1 0–1 .000 1 – – – – – American East 1 0–1 .000 1 – – – – – ASUN 1 0–1 .000 1 – – – – – Atlantic 10 1 0–1 .000 1 – – – – – Big East 1 0–1 .000 1 – – – – – Big South 1 0–1 .000 1 – – – – – MAAC 1 0–1 .000 1 – – – – – MAC 1 0–1 .000 1 – – – – – Northeast 1 0–1 .000 1 – – – – –

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