| Gender: | Women's |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Dates: | May 10–26, 2024 |
| Teams: | 29 |
| Finalsfield: | WakeMed Soccer Park |
| Finalscity: | Cary, NC |
| Champions: | Boston College |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Runnerup: | Northwestern |
| Gamecount: | 10th |
| Semifinal1: | Florida |
| Finalfourcount1: | 2nd |
| Semifinal2: | Syracuse |
| Finalfourcount2: | 13th |
| Coach: | Acacia Walker |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mop: | Kayla Martello |
| Mopteam: | Boston College |
The 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 42nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's college lacrosse. The semifinal and championship rounds were played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from May 24–26, 2024.[1] All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 10–16. In the championship game, Boston College defeated Northwestern 14–13, avenging its 18–6 loss to Northwestern in the previous year's championship game.
All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs are eligible for this championship, and a total of 29 teams will be invited to participate. 15 teams qualify automatically by winning their conference tournaments, while the remaining 14 teams qualify at-large based on their regular season records.[2]
| Seed | School | Conference | Berth Type | RPI[3] | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern | Big Ten | Automatic | 1 | 15–2 | |
| 2 | Boston College | ACC | Automatic | 2 | 16–3 | |
| 3 | Syracuse | ACC | At-large | 3 | 14–5 | |
| 4 | Maryland | Big Ten | At-large | 6 | 12–5 | |
| 5 | Virginia | ACC | At-large | 10 | 14–4 | |
| 6 | Yale | Ivy | Automatic | 4 | 15–2 | |
| 7 | Notre Dame | ACC | At-large | 11 | 15–3 | |
| 8 | Penn | Ivy | At-large | 4 | 13–4 | |
| Binghamton | America East | Automatic | 42 | 12–6 | ||
| Coastal Carolina | ASUN | Automatic | 33 | 14–5 | ||
| Denver | Big East | Automatic | 14 | 15–3 | ||
| Drexel | CAA | At-large | 20 | 13–5 | ||
| Duke | ACC | At-large | 31 | 10–8 | ||
| Fairfield | MAAC | At-large | 16 | 16–2 | ||
| Florida | American | Automatic | 15 | 17–2 | ||
| James Madison | American | At-large | 19 | 13–5 | ||
| Johns Hopkins | Big Ten | At-large | 12 | 11–7 | ||
| LIU | Northeast | Automatic | 73 | 11–7 | ||
| Loyola (MD) | Patriot | Automatic | 8 | 17–2 | ||
| Mercer | Big South | Automatic | 41 | 14–5 | ||
| Michigan | Big Ten | At-large | 9 | 14–3 | ||
| Niagara | MAAC | Automatic | 26 | 16–3 | ||
| North Carolina | ACC | At-large | 18 | 10–6 | ||
| Penn State | Big Ten | At-large | 21 | 11–7 | ||
| Princeton | Ivy | At-large | 17 | 10–6 | ||
| Richmond | Atlantic 10 | Automatic | 38 | 13–5 | ||
| Robert Morris | MAC | Automatic | 102 | 8–11 | ||
| Stanford | Pac-12 | Automatic | 13 | 13–4 | ||
| Stony Brook | CAA | Automatic | 7 | 17–2 |
| Conference |
| Record | Win % | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACC | 6 | 8–5 | .615 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Big Ten | 5 | 8–5 | .615 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| American | 2 | 4–2 | .667 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
| Ivy League | 3 | 5–3 | .625 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Big East | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Patriot | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| CAA | 2 | 1–2 | .333 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| MAAC | 2 | 0–2 | .000 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| America East | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| ASUN | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Atlantic 10 | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Big South | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| MAC | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| NEC | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Pac-12 | 1 | 0–1 | .000 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |