NCAA Division III women's lacrosse tournament

NCAA Division III women's lacrosse tournament

Association	NCAA
Sport	Women's college lacrosse
Founded	1985;40 years ago (1985)
Division	Division III
No. of teams	46
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Middlebury (11th)
Most titles	TCNJ (12)
Broadcaster(s)	ESPNU
Official website	NCAA.com

The NCAA Division III women's lacrosse tournament is annual single-elimination tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion women's collegiate lacrosse among its Division III members in the United States. It has been held every year since 1985, except for 2020. ^[1]

Middlebury Panthers are the current champions, winning their eleventh title—and fourth consecutive—in 2025.

TCNJ, previously known as Trenton State, has been the most successful program, with twelve titles.

Results

See Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Champions for the 1981 and 1982 Division III women's lacrosse champions.

NCAA Division III women's lacrosse tournament
Year	Site (Host Team)		Championship Results				Semifinalists
			Champion	Score	Runner-Up
1985 Details	Philadelphia, PA (Penn)		Trenton State	7–4	Ursinus		Drew and Lynchburg
1986 Details	College Park, MD (Maryland)		Ursinus	12–10	Trenton State		Lynchburg and Wheaton (IL)
1987 Details			Trenton State (2)	8–7 (OT)	Ursinus		Western Maryland and William Smith
1988 Details	Haverford, PA (Haverford)		Trenton State (3)	14–11	William Smith		Johns Hopkins and Ursinus
1989 Details	West Chester, PA (West Chester)		Ursinus (2)	8–6	Trenton State		St. Lawrence and William Smith
1990 Details	Princeton, NJ (Princeton)		Ursinus (3)	7–6	St. Lawrence		Roanoke and Trenton State
1991 Details	Ewing Township, NJ (Trenton State)		Trenton State (4)	7–6	Ursinus		Franklin & Marshall and William Smith
1992 Details	Bethlehem, PA (Lehigh)		Trenton State †	5-3	William Smith		Roanoke and Ursinus
1993 Details	College Park, MD (Maryland)		Trenton State (5)	10–9	William Smith		Franklin & Marshall and Johns Hopkins
1994 Details			Trenton State (6)	29–11	William Smith		Johns Hopkins and Middlebury
1995 Details	Ewing Township, NJ (Trenton State)		Trenton State (7)	15–14	William Smith		Johns Hopkins and Middlebury
1996 Details	Bethlehem, PA (Lehigh)		TCNJ (8)	15–8	Middlebury		Goucher and Ursinus
1997 Details			Middlebury	14–9	TCNJ		Johns Hopkins and William Smith
1998 Details	Baltimore, MD (UMBC)		TCNJ (9)	12–11 (OT)	Williams		Hartwick and Middlebury
1999 Details	Baltimore, MD (Johns Hopkins)		Middlebury (2)	10–9	Amherst		TCNJ and William Smith
2000 Details	Ewing Township, NJ (TCNJ)		TCNJ (10)	14–8	Williams		Middlebury and Salisbury State
2001 Details	Baltimore, MD (Johns Hopkins)		Middlebury (3)	11–10 (2OT)	Amherst		Mary Washington and TCNJ
2002 Details	Glassboro, NJ (Rowan)		Middlebury (4)	12–6	TCNJ		Amherst and Mary Washington
2003 Details	Rochester, NY (St. John Fisher)		Amherst	11–9	Middlebury		TCNJ and William Smith
2004 Details			Middlebury (5)	13–11 (OT)	TCNJ		Amherst and Salisbury
2005 Details	Ewing Township, NJ (TCNJ)		TCNJ (11)	9–7	Salisbury		Colorado College and Middlebury
2006 Details	Hoboken, NJ (Stevens)		TCNJ (12)	10–4	Gettysburg		SUNY Cortland and Middlebury
2007 Details	Geneva, NY (William Smith)		Franklin & Marshall	11–8	Salisbury		Gettysburg and Middlebury
2008 Details	Salem, VA (Roanoke)		Hamilton	13–6	Franklin & Marshall		TCNJ and Salisbury
2009 Details			Franklin & Marshall (2)	11–10 (OT)	Salisbury		Gettysburg and Hamilton
2010 Details	Gettysburg, PA (Gettysburg)		Salisbury	7–6	Hamilton		Franklin & Marshall and Gettysburg
2011 Details	Garden City, NY (Adelphi)		Gettysburg	16–5	Bowdoin		SUNY Cortland and TCNJ
2012 Details	Montclair, NJ (Montclair State)		Trinity (CT)	8–7	Salisbury		SUNY Cortland and Middlebury
2013 Details	Stevenson, MD (Stevenson)		Salisbury (2)	12–5	Trinity (CT)		SUNY Cortland and Middlebury
2014 Details	Gettysburg, PA (Gettysburg)		Salisbury (3)	9–6	Trinity (CT)		Amherst and SUNY Cortland
2015 Details	Philadelphia, PA		Cortland	17-6	Trinity (CT)		Middlebury and Franklin & Marshall
2016 Details			Middlebury (6)	9-5	Trinity (CT)		SUNY Cortland and Franklin & Marshall
2017 Details	Salem, VA (Roanoke)		Gettysburg (2)	6-5	TCNJ		Trinity (CT) and Washington & Lee
2018 Details			Gettysburg (3)	11-9	Middlebury		Salisbury and TCNJ
2019 Details	Ashland, VA (Randolph–Macon)		Middlebury (7)	14–9	Salisbury		Tufts and Wesleyan
2020	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Details	Salem, VA (Roanoke)		Salisbury (4)	14-13	Tufts		Denison and St. John Fisher
2022 Details			Middlebury (8)	13–5	Tufts		Gettysburg and TCNJ
2023 Details			Middlebury (9)	17–9	Gettysburg		Franklin & Marshall and William Smith
2024 Details			Middlebury (10)	16-5	Salisbury		Franklin & Marshall and William Smith
2025 Details	Babson Park, MA (Babson)		Middlebury (11)	10-9	Tufts		Colby and Gettysburg
2026 Details

† NCAA vacated the 1992 Trenton State title due to use of an ineligible player during the tournament

Champions

Active programs

Team	Titles	Years
TCNJ (Trenton State)	12 [a]	1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006
Middlebury	11	1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Salisbury	4	2010, 2013, 2014, 2021
Gettysburg	3	2011, 2017, 2018
Ursinus	3	1986, 1989, 1990
Franklin & Marshall	2	2007, 2009
Cortland	1	2015
Trinity (CT)	1	2012
Hamilton	1	2008
Amherst	1	2003

1. NCAA vacated the 1992 Trenton State title due to use of an ineligible player during the tournament.

See also

• AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Champions
• NCAA women's lacrosse championships (Division I, Division II)
• NCAA men's lacrosse championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)

References

1. "DIVISION III WOMEN'S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved 27 January 2025.

External links

• DIII Women's College Lacrosse