2015 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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Dates | May 8–24, 2015 | ||||
Teams | 26 | ||||
Finals site | PPL Park Chester, PA | ||||
Champions | Maryland (12th title) | ||||
Runner-up | North Carolina (3rd title game) | ||||
MOP | Taylor Cummings, Maryland | ||||
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The 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 34th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. [1] For the first time, the semifinal and championship rounds were played at PPL Park (the home of the Philadelphia Union of the MLS) in Chester, Pennsylvania from May 22–24, 2015. [2]
Maryland defeated North Carolina in the final, 9–8, to win their twelfth national title.
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. [3]
Seed | School | Conference | Berth Type | RPI [4] | Record |
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1 | Maryland | Big Ten | At-large | 1 | 17–1 |
2 | North Carolina | ACC | At-large | 2 | 15–3 |
3 | Duke | ACC | At-large | 5 | 14–4 |
4 | Syracuse | ACC | Automatic | 3 | 14–7 |
5 | Boston College | ACC | At-large | 6 | 15–3 |
6 | Stony Brook | America East | Automatic | 4 | 18–1 |
7 | Virginia | ACC | At-large | 7 | 11–6 |
8 | Northwestern | Big Ten | At-large | 9 | 12–6 |
Albany | America East | At-large | 19 | 14–4 | |
Bryant | NEC | Automatic | 49 | 14–4 | |
Fairfield | MAAC | Automatic | 30 | 14–4 | |
Florida | Big East | Automatic | 15 | 14–5 | |
Jacksonville | Atlantic Sun | Automatic | 17 | 17–2 | |
James Madison | CAA | Automatic | 11 | 15–4 | |
Johns Hopkins | Independent | At-large | 14 | 14–3 | |
Louisville | ACC | At-large | 24 | 10–7 | |
Loyola (MD) | Patriot | Automatic | 12 | 15–4 | |
Massachusetts | Atlantic 10 | Automatic | 18 | 18–1 | |
Notre Dame | ACC | At-large | 20 | 10–8 | |
Ohio State | Big Ten | At-large | 21 | 13–7 | |
Penn | Ivy | At-large | 16 | 13–4 | |
Penn State | Big Ten | Automatic | 8 | 14–4 | |
Princeton | Ivy | Automatic | 10 | 14–3 | |
Stanford | MPSF | Automatic | 13 | 15–2 | |
USC | MPSF | At-large | 22 | 13–5 | |
Winthrop | Big South | Automatic | 42 | 17–3 |
First Round May 8 Regional Campus Sites | Second Round May 10 Regional Campus Sites | Quarterfinals May 16–17 Campus Sites | Semifinals May 22 PPL Park | Final May 24 PPL Park | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Maryland | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Maryland | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Northwestern | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Northwestern | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Northwestern | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Maryland | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Syracuse | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Boston College | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bryant | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Syracuse | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Albany (NY) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Syracuse | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Maryland | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | North Carolina | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Duke | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
James Madison | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Duke | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Fairfield | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Stony Brook | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Duke | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | North Carolina | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Virginia | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Winthrop | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Virginia | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Johns Hopkins | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | North Carolina | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | North Carolina | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 15 |
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