| Gender: | Women's |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Dates: | May 10–26, 2013 |
| Teams: | 26 |
| Finalsfield: | Villanova Stadium |
| Finalscity: | Villanova, Pennsylvania |
| Champions: | North Carolina |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Runnerup: | Maryland |
| Gamecount: | 17th |
| Semifinal1: | Northwestern |
| Finalfourcount1: | 9th |
| Semifinal2: | Syracuse |
| Finalfourcount2: | 4th |
| Coach: | Jenny Levy |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mop: | Kara Cannizzaro |
| Mopteam: | North Carolina |
| Attendfinals: | 9,391 |
| Attendtotal: | 24,962 |
The 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 32nd 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 Villanova Stadium (the home of Villanova Wildcats football) from May 24–26, 2013.[1]
The University of North Carolina defeated their ACC rival University of Maryland to win their first ever women's lacrosse championship.
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.
| Seed | School | Conference | Berth type | RPI[2] | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maryland | ACC | Automatic | 1 | 19–0 | |
| 2 | Northwestern | ALC | Automatic | 2 | 17–2 | |
| 3 | North Carolina | ACC | At-large | 3 | 14–3 | |
| 4 | Syracuse | Big East | Automatic | 4 | 16–3 | |
| 5 | Florida | ALC | At-large | 5 | 17–2 | |
| 6 | Georgetown | Big East | At-large | 6 | 13–5 | |
| 7 | Penn State | ALC | At-large | 11 | 12–6 | |
| 8 | Navy | Patriot League | Automatic | 7 | 18–1 | |
| Boston College | ACC | At-large | 9 | 12–7 | ||
| Canisius | MAAC | Automatic | 38 | 14–4 | ||
| Connecticut | Big East | At-large | 17 | 13–4 | ||
| Dartmouth | Ivy League | At-large | 24 | 10–7 | ||
| Denver | MPSF | At-large | 13 | 17–2 | ||
| Duke | ACC | At-large | 10 | 12–5 | ||
| High Point | Big South | Automatic | 33 | 10–8 | ||
| Jacksonville | Atlantic Sun | Automatic | 45 | 13–5 | ||
| Loyola (MD) | Big East | At-large | 19 | 10–8 | ||
| Massachusetts | Atlantic 10 | Automatic | 8 | 17–2 | ||
| Monmouth | NEC | Automatic | 39 | 13–6 | ||
| Notre Dame | Big East | At-large | 15 | 12–4 | ||
| Penn | Ivy League | Automatic | 14 | 11–5 | ||
| Princeton | Ivy League | At-large | 21 | 10–6 | ||
| Stanford | MPSF | Automatic | 18 | 13–5 | ||
| Stony Brook | America East | Automatic | 12 | 16–2 | ||
| Towson | CAA | Automatic | 22 | 10–8 | ||
| Virginia | ACC | At-large | 16 | 9–9 |