| Gender: | Women's |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Dates: | May 12–28, 2017 |
| Teams: | 26 |
| Finalsfield: | Gillette Stadium |
| Finalscity: | Foxborough, MA |
| Champions: | Maryland |
| Titlecount: | 13th |
| Runnerup: | Boston College |
| Gamecount: | 1st |
The 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship is the 36th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The semifinal and championship rounds will be played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts from May 26–28, 2017.[1] All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 12–21.
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 | Big Ten | Automatic | 2 | 19–0 | |
| 2 | North Carolina | ACC | Automatic | 1 | 16–2 | |
| 3 | Florida | Big East | Automatic | 4 | 17–2 | |
| 4 | Penn State | Big Ten | At-large | 7 | 15–3 | |
| 5 | Princeton | Ivy | Automatic | 3 | 14–3 | |
| 6 | Syracuse | ACC | At-large | 5 | 15–6 | |
| 7 | Penn | Ivy | At-large | 8 | 13–3 | |
| 8 | Stony Brook | America East | Automatic | 6 | 18–1 | |
| Albany | America East | At-large | 20 | 12–5 | ||
| Boston College | ACC | At-large | 12 | 13–6 | ||
| Bryant | NEC | Automatic | 48 | 13–4 | ||
| Canisius | MAAC | Automatic | 32 | 15–4 | ||
| Colorado | MPSF | At-large | 9 | 16–3 | ||
| Cornell | Ivy | At-large | 15 | 12–5 | ||
| Elon | CAA | At-large | 17 | 13–6 | ||
| High Point | Big South | Automatic | 28 | 15–3 | ||
| Jacksonville | Atlantic Sun | Automatic | 29 | 14–5 | ||
| James Madison | CAA | Automatic | 14 | 13–6 | ||
| Louisville | ACC | At-large | 31 | 11–7 | ||
| Massachusetts | Atlantic 10 | Automatic | 18 | 16–3 | ||
| Navy | Patriot | Automatic | 25 | 15–4 | ||
| Northwestern | Big Ten | At-large | 10 | 10–9 | ||
| Notre Dame | ACC | At-large | 23 | 11–7 | ||
| Towson | CAA | At-large | 16 | 12–6 | ||
| USC | MPSF | Automatic | 13 | 16–3 | ||
| Virginia | ACC | At-large | 11 | 11–8 |