2015 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

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2015 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament
DatesMay 8–24, 2015
Teams26
Finals site PPL Park
Chester, PA
Champions Maryland (12th title)
Runner-up North Carolina (3rd title game)
MOP Taylor Cummings, Maryland
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
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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]

Contents

Maryland defeated North Carolina in the final, 9–8, to win their twelfth national title.

Tournament field

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]

Teams

SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPI [4] Record
1 Maryland Big Ten At-large117–1
2 North Carolina ACC At-large215–3
3 Duke ACC At-large514–4
4 Syracuse ACC Automatic314–7
5 Boston College ACC At-large615–3
6 Stony Brook America East Automatic418–1
7 Virginia ACC At-large711–6
8 Northwestern Big Ten At-large912–6
Albany America East At-large1914–4
Bryant NEC Automatic4914–4
Fairfield MAAC Automatic3014–4
Florida Big East Automatic1514–5
Jacksonville Atlantic Sun Automatic1717–2
James Madison CAA Automatic1115–4
Johns Hopkins IndependentAt-large1414–3
Louisville ACC At-large2410–7
Loyola (MD) Patriot Automatic1215–4
Massachusetts Atlantic 10 Automatic1818–1
Notre Dame ACC At-large2010–8
Ohio State Big Ten At-large2113–7
Penn Ivy At-large1613–4
Penn State Big Ten Automatic814–4
Princeton Ivy Automatic1014–3
Stanford MPSF Automatic1315–2
USC MPSF At-large2213–5
Winthrop Big South Automatic4217–3

Bracket

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 Maryland17
8 Northwestern 5
Notre Dame 13
Ohio State 11
Notre Dame 11
8 Northwestern16
8 Northwestern 10
Louisville 7
1 Maryland10
4 Syracuse 8
5 Boston College 12
Loyola (MD)19
Loyola (MD) 21
Bryant 3
Loyola (MD) 7
4 Syracuse10
Penn 11
Albany (NY) 10
Penn 10
4 Syracuse 13
1 Maryland9
2 North Carolina 8
3 Duke 17
USC 9
James Madison 10
USC 13
3 Duke7
Princeton 3
Princeton 18
Fairfield 8
Princeton8
6 Stony Brook 4
3 Duke 7
2 North Carolina16
7 Virginia 18
Winthrop 6
7 Virginia 11
Penn State13
Penn State 14
Johns Hopkins 11
Penn State 8
2 North Carolina11
Florida 6
2 North Carolina 11
Stanford 10
Florida 15

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References

  1. ↑ "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2015 Women's Lacrosse Championship Bracket". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ "2015 DI NCAA Championship selections | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
  4. ↑ "2015 WLax Nitty Gritty Selection" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved November 17, 2017.


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