NCAA Announces 2025 DI Women’s Lacrosse Committee Championship Field

The 29 teams that will compete in the 2025 NCAA DI women’s lacrosse championship have been chosen by the NCAA DI Women’s Lacrosse Committee.

After going 18-0 and winning the Atlantic Coast Conference for the eighth time in program history, North Carolina was chosen as the overall No. 1 seed. The Tar Heels, who have the highest scoring margin in the country at 10.83 goals per game, are still the only team in DI that has not lost.

Boston College, the reigning national champion, was awarded the second seed in the field, while Northwestern, with a 16-2 record, is the third seed going into the event. Florida, who won the first-ever Big 12 women’s lacrosse championship, completes the top four seeding.

On May 9, the tournament’s opening round matches start. On Friday, May 9, and Sunday, May 11, eight locations will host the first and second round of competition; on Thursday, May 15, four quarterfinal matches will take place. Games in the first and second rounds will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and will take place on the campuses of the competing institutions. On ESPNU, the quarterfinals will be shown live.

Harvard is hosting the national semifinals at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and the victor of the four quarterfinal matches will go there.

On Friday, May 23, at 3 and 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNU will broadcast live coverage of the semifinal matches. ESPN will broadcast the championship game live on Sunday, May 25 at noon. Online ticket sales for the national championship game and semifinals are available at www.ncaa.com/tickets.

Conference champions from 15 conferences were given automatic qualification to the 2025 championship, including the American Athletic Conference, America East Conference, Atlantic 10 Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, ASUN Conference, Big 12 Conference, Big East Conference, Big South Conference, Big Ten Conference, Coastal Athletic Association, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Mid-American Conference, Northeast Conference, and Patriot League. With seven teams, the ACC is in first place, followed by the Big Ten and Ivy League, each with four.

At-large selection was used to choose the remaining 14 teams. NCAA.com offers a comprehensive bracket that includes teams, dates, and websites.

Teams Earning Automatic Qualification:

Teams Selected At-Large:

Four teams—Akron, Brown, Clemson, and Liberty—will be participating in their first NCAA tournament. Maryland is the most experienced team with 40 tournament participation. There are 20 teams from the 2024 event on the 2025 field. The eight teams that make up the field have won 35 national titles between them, with Northwestern having eight and Maryland having fourteen.

The second women’s lacrosse national championship was won by Boston College in 2024 after they defeated Northwestern 14–13 at Wake Med Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.