| Gender: | Women's |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Dates: | May 12–28, 2023 |
| Teams: | 29 |
| Finalsfield: | WakeMed Soccer Park |
| Finalscity: | Cary, NC |
| Titlecount: | 8th |
| Gamecount: | 6th |
| Semifinal1: | Denver |
| Finalfourcount1: | 1st |
| Semifinal2: | Syracuse |
| Finalfourcount2: | 9th |
| Coachcount: | 8th |
| Mop: | Izzy Scane |
| Mopteam: | Northwestern |
The 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 41st 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 WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, NC from May 26–28, 2023.[1] All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 12–18. The Northwestern Wildcats won their eighth championship, beating Boston College 18–6 in the final.
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.[2]
| Seed | School | Conference | Berth Type | RPI[3] | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern | Big Ten | Automatic | 1 | 17–1 |
| 2 | Syracuse | ACC | At-large | 2 | 16–2 |
| 3 | Boston College | ACC | Automatic | 3 | 16–3 |
| 4 | North Carolina | ACC | At-large | 4 | 14–4 |
| 5 | Denver | Big East | Automatic | 5 | 19–0 |
| 6 | Florida | American | Automatic | 7 | 16–3 |
| 7 | James Madison | American | At-large | 6 | 17–2 |
| 8 | Loyola (MD) | Patriot | Automatic | 8 | 17–2 |
| Albany | America East | Automatic | 9 | 12–6 | |
| Army | Patriot | At-large | 16 | 15–3 | |
| Central Michigan | MAC | Automatic | 81 | 10–8 | |
| Drexel | CAA | At-large | 23 | 12–5 | |
| Fairfield | MAAC | Automatic | 21 | 14–4 | |
| Jacksonville | ASUN | Automatic | 25 | 12–7 | |
| Johns Hopkins | Big Ten | At-large | 18 | 8–8 | |
| Maryland | Big Ten | At-large | 9 | 14–6 | |
| Marquette | Big East | At-large | 19 | 15–3 | |
| Mercer | Big South | Automatic | 26 | 17–2 | |
| Michigan | Big Ten | At-large | 14 | 11–7 | |
| Notre Dame | ACC | At-large | 11 | 13–5 | |
| Penn | Ivy | Automatic | 15 | 13–4 | |
| Penn State | Big Ten | At-large | 32 | 11–6 | |
| Richmond | Atlantic Ten | Automatic | 22 | 16–3 | |
| Sacred Heart | NEC | Automatic | 71 | 11–7 | |
| Stony Brook | CAA | Automatic | 10 | 14–3 | |
| UConn | Big East | At-large | 12 | 12–6 | |
| UMass | Atlantic 10 | At-large | 17 | 16–2 | |
| USC | Pac-12 | Automatic | 24 | 16–3 | |
| Virginia | ACC | At-large | 13 | 11–6 | |
| Conference |
| Record | Win % | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ten | 5 | 6–4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| ACC | 5 | 9–5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | ||
| Big East | 3 | 3–3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | ||
| American | 2 | 3–2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | ||
| Patriot | 2 | 2–2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | ||
| America East | 1 | 1–1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Ivy League | 1 | 1–1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||
| A-10 | 2 | 1–2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||
| CAA | 2 | 1–2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||
| ASUN | 1 | 0–1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Big South | 1 | 0–1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| MAAC | 1 | 0–1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| MAC | 1 | 0–1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| NEC | 1 | 0–1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Pac-12 | 1 | 0–1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |