2014 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

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2014 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament
DatesMay 9–25, 2014
Teams26
Finals site Johnny Unitas Stadium
Towson, Maryland
Champions Maryland (11th title)
Runner-up Syracuse (2nd title game)
Semifinalists Northwestern (10th Final Four)
Virginia (14th Final Four)
Winning coachCathy Reese (2nd title)
MOPTaylor Cummings, Maryland
Attendance [1] 10,311 finals
18,567 total
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
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The 2014 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the thirty-third annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women's college lacrosse. The tournament began with first-round play on May 9, and concluded with the championship game played at Johnny Unitas Stadium of Towson University in Towson, Maryland, on May 25, 2014. The Maryland Terrapins were the 2014 NCAA Tournament champions.

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Dates and locations

The NCAA Tournament's ten first-round games were played Friday, May 9, and eight second-round games were played Sunday, May 11. First- and second-round games were hosted by the eight ranked teams. The four quarterfinal games were played Saturday, May 17 on the home fields of the higher-seeded teams. The winners of the four quarterfinal games advanced to the two semifinal games played on May 23 and hosted by Towson University at Johnny Unitas Stadium, the home field of the Towson Tigers football and lacrosse teams. The tournament championship game was played at Johnny Unitas Stadium on May 25.

Tournament field

Thirteen teams automatically qualified for the tournament by virtue of winning their respective conference championships. These teams included No. 1 seed Maryland of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and No. 4 seed Florida of the American Lacrosse Conference (ALC). [2] The remaining thirteen tournament teams were chosen by the NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Committee on an at-large basis; the factors considered by the selection committee included: (1) the NCAA's ratings percentage index (RPI); (2) results against common opponents; (3) significant wins and losses; and (4) evaluation of the ten highest-rated teams on a team's schedule, as defined by strength of schedule and winning percentage. [3]

The tournament selection committee also awarded seeds to eight tournament teams, granting them the right to host first- and second-round tournament games. In addition, the top six seeds received byes in the first round. Selections were dominated by the ACC, which placed seven teams in the field, including six of the eight seeded teams and the top three teams overall. [4]

Teams

SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPI [5] Record
1 Maryland ACC Automatic219–1
2 Syracuse ACC At-large118–2 [6]
3 North Carolina ACC At-large314–4
4 Florida ALC Automatic417–2
5 Northwestern ALC At-large512–6
6 Virginia ACC At-large1610–8
7 Boston College ACC At-large613–5
8 Notre Dame ACC At-large109–8
Bryant NEC Automatic3315–3
Canisius MAAC Automatic2512–6
Denver MPSF Automatic918–1
Duke ACC At-large139–7
Georgetown Big East At-large2310–8
High Point Big South Automatic2814–5
Jacksonville Atlantic Sun Automatic4414–5
Johns Hopkins ALC At-large2115–4
Louisville Big East Automatic2215–3
Loyola (MD) Patriot Automatic1214–5
Massachusetts Atlantic 10 Automatic818–1
Ohio State ALC At-large1513–6
Penn Ivy Automatic712–4
Penn State ALC At-large1910–7
Princeton Ivy At-large1711–6
Stanford MPSF At-large1814–4
Stony Brook America East Automatic1116–3
Towson CAA Automatic2011–7

Tournament bracket

The 2014 NCAA Tournament bracket consisted of 26 teams, eight of whom were seeded No. 1 through No. 8. [7]

First round
May 9
Second round
May 11
Quarterfinals
May 17
Semifinals
May 23
Towson, Maryland
Championship
May 25
Towson, Maryland
               
1 Maryland 13
Penn 5
Canisius 4
Penn 9
1Maryland15
Duke 8
8 Notre Dame 18
High Point 4
8 Notre Dame 8
Duke10
Duke 13
Stanford 8
1Maryland9
5 Northwestern 6
4 Florida 19
Denver 9
Denver 12
Jacksonville 8
4 Florida 11
5Northwestern12
5 Northwestern 11
Louisville 8
Louisville 11
Ohio State 10
1Maryland15
2 Syracuse 12
2 Syracuse 13
Stony Brook 6
Stony Brook 10
Towson 8
2Syracuse11
7 Boston College 9
7 Boston College 17
Bryant 9
7Boston College8
Loyola 3
Loyola 10
Massachusetts 4
2Syracuse16
6 Virginia 8
3 North Carolina 10
Georgetown 8
Georgetown 9
Johns Hopkins 8
3 North Carolina 9
6Virginia10
6 Virginia 13
Princeton 11
Penn State 13
Princeton 16

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