2015 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
2015 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship | |||||
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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.
Qualification
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]
- Automatic Qualifiers: Stony Brook (America East), Massachusetts (Atlantic 10), Syracuse (ACC), Jacksonville (Atlantic Sun), Florida (Big East), Winthrop (Big South), Penn State (Big Ten), James Madison (CAA), Princeton (Ivy), Fairfield (MAAC), Stanford (MPSF), Bryant (NEC), and Loyola Maryland (Patriot)
- At-large Qualifiers: Albany, Boston College, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Louisville, Maryland, North Carolina, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Pennsylvania, USC, and Virginia
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 | 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 |
See also
- NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship
- NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship
- 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
References
- ↑ "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Women's Lacrosse Championship Bracket". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.ncaa.com/news/lacrosse-women/article/2015-05-03/ncaa-division-i-womens-lacrosse-championship-selections