| Gender: | Women's |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Dates: | May 8–24, 2015 |
| Teams: | 26 |
| Finalsfield: | PPL Park |
| Finalscity: | Chester, PA |
| Champions: | Maryland |
| Titlecount: | 12th |
| Runnerup: | North Carolina |
| Gamecount: | 3rd |
| Mop: | Taylor Cummings |
| Mopteam: | Maryland |
The 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 34th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse.[1] For the first time, the semifinal and championship rounds were played at PPL Park (the home of the Philadelphia Union of the MLS) in Chester, Pennsylvania from May 22–24, 2015.[2]
Maryland defeated North Carolina in the final, 9–8, to win their twelfth national title.
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.[3]
| Seed | School | Conference | Berth Type | RPI[4] | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maryland | Big Ten | At-large | 1 | 17–1 | |
| 2 | North Carolina | ACC | At-large | 2 | 15–3 | |
| 3 | Duke | ACC | At-large | 5 | 14–4 | |
| 4 | Syracuse | ACC | Automatic | 3 | 14–7 | |
| 5 | Boston College | ACC | At-large | 6 | 15–3 | |
| 6 | Stony Brook | America East | Automatic | 4 | 18–1 | |
| 7 | Virginia | ACC | At-large | 7 | 11–6 | |
| 8 | Northwestern | Big Ten | At-large | 9 | 12–6 | |
| Albany | America East | At-large | 19 | 14–4 | ||
| Bryant | NEC | Automatic | 49 | 14–4 | ||
| Fairfield | MAAC | Automatic | 30 | 14–4 | ||
| Florida | Big East | Automatic | 15 | 14–5 | ||
| Jacksonville | Atlantic Sun | Automatic | 17 | 17–2 | ||
| James Madison | CAA | Automatic | 11 | 15–4 | ||
| Johns Hopkins | Independent | At-large | 14 | 14–3 | ||
| Louisville | ACC | At-large | 24 | 10–7 | ||
| Loyola (MD) | Patriot | Automatic | 12 | 15–4 | ||
| Massachusetts | Atlantic 10 | Automatic | 18 | 18–1 | ||
| Notre Dame | ACC | At-large | 20 | 10–8 | ||
| Ohio State | Big Ten | At-large | 21 | 13–7 | ||
| Penn | Ivy | At-large | 16 | 13–4 | ||
| Penn State | Big Ten | Automatic | 8 | 14–4 | ||
| Princeton | Ivy | Automatic | 10 | 14–3 | ||
| Stanford | MPSF | Automatic | 13 | 15–2 | ||
| USC | MPSF | At-large | 22 | 13–5 | ||
| Winthrop | Big South | Automatic | 42 | 17–3 |