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2024 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament
DatesMay 10–26, 2024
Teams29
Finals siteWakeMed Soccer Park
Cary, NC
ChampionsBoston College (2nd title)
Runner-upNorthwestern (10th title game)
SemifinalistsFlorida (2nd Final Four)
Syracuse (13th Final Four)
Winning coachAcacia Walker (2nd title)
MOPKayla Martello, Boston College
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
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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
First Round
May 10
Regional Campus Sites 		Second Round
May 12
Regional Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
May 16
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
May 24
WakeMed Soccer Park 		Final
May 26
WakeMed Soccer Park
               
1 Northwestern* 17
Denver 4
Denver 13
Stanford 12
1 Northwestern 20
8 Penn 7
Loyola (MD) 16
Duke 11
Loyola (MD) 9
8 Penn 12
Richmond 5
8 Penn* 16
1 Northwestern 15
Florida 11
5 Virginia* 21
LIU 6
5 Virginia 8
Florida 13
Florida 17
North Carolina 8
Florida 15
4 Maryland 9
Penn St. 13
James Madison 14
James Madison 7
4 Maryland 17
Robert Morris 1
4 Maryland* 17
1 Northwestern 13
2 Boston College 14
3 Syracuse* 15
Stony Brook 10
Niagara 7
Stony Brook 19
3 Syracuse 19
6 Yale 9
Fairfield 5
Johns Hopkins 11
Johns Hopkins 7
6 Yale 9
Binghampton 4
6 Yale* 17
3 Syracuse 7
2 Boston College 10
7 Notre Dame* 24
Coastal Carolina 6
7 Notre Dame 14
Michigan 15
Mercer 6
Michigan 17
Michigan 9
2 Boston College 14
Drexel 9
Princeton 14
Princeton 16
2 Boston College* 21
  • *First and second round host

Record by conference

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  1. ^ "DI Women's College Lacrosse – Bracket". NCAA.org. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  2. ^ "Road to the Championship" (Press release). Indianapolis: NCAA.com. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  3. ^ "D-I Women's Lacrosse RPI Ranking". NCAA. Retrieved 10 May 2024.