2019 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament explained

Gender:Women's
Year:2019
Dates:May 7–26, 2019
Teams:28
Finalsfield:Homewood Field
Finalscity:Baltimore, MD
Champions:Maryland
Titlecount:14th
Runnerup:Boston College
Gamecount:3rd
Semifinal1:Northwestern
Finalfourcount1:11th
Semifinal2:North Carolina
Finalfourcount2:11th
Coach:Cathy Reese
Coachcount:5th
Mop:Megan Taylor
Mopteam:Maryland

The 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship is the 38th 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 Homewood Field in Baltimore from May 24–26, 2019.[1] All other rounds will be played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 7–19.

Tournament field

All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 28 teams were invited to participate. 15 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments while the remaining 13 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records.

Teams

SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPI[2] Record
1MarylandBig TenAt-large118–1
2Boston CollegeACCAt-large219–1
3North CarolinaACCAutomatic315–3
4NorthwesternBig TenAutomatic414–4
5SyracuseACCAt-large515–4
6VirginiaACCAt-large612–6
7PrincetonIvyAutomatic714–3
8MichiganBig TenAt-large1215–3
ColoradoPac-12At-large2110–7
DartmouthIvyAt-large1711–5
DenverBig EastAt-large1314–3
FairfieldMAACAutomatic3315–3
FloridaAmericanAutomatic813–6
GeorgetownBig EastAutomatic2511–8
High PointBig SouthAutomatic2715–4
JacksonvilleAtlantic SunAutomatic2916–3
James MadisonCAAAutomatic1616–3
Johns HopkinsBig TenAt-large2010–7
Loyola (MD)PatriotAutomatic1015–4
MercerSoConAutomatic8210–9
NavyPatriotAt-large1115–4
Notre DameACCAt-large1513–4
PennIvyAt-large1412–5
RichmondAtlantic 10Automatic2317–3
StanfordPac-12At-large2413–5
Stony BrookAmerica EastAutomatic1915–4
Southern CalPac-12Automatic916–3
WagnerNortheastAutomatic3115–3

Bracket

Play-in games

Tournament bracket

Games on Conference Sports Networks (BTN & BTN+) or ESPN3 for First & Second Rounds. Semifinals on ESPNews & Finals on ESPNU

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DI Women's College Lacrosse – Bracket. NCAA. NCAA.org. May 5, 2019.
  2. Web site: 2019WLA_NittyGritty_Selections. NCAA. May 5, 2019. September 13, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200913002848/https://extra.ncaa.org/solutions/rpi/Stats%20Library/2019WLA_NittyGritty_Selection.pdf. dead.