2023 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

2023 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 12–28, 2023
Teams	29
Finals site	WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC
Champions	Northwestern (8th title)
Runner-up	Boston College (6th title game)
Semifinalists	Denver (1st Final Four) Syracuse (9th Final Four)
Winning coach	Kelly Amonte Hiller (8th title)
MOP	Izzy Scane, Northwestern
NCAA Division I women's tournaments «2022 2024»

The 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 41st annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The semifinal and championship rounds were played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, NC from May 26–28, 2023. All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 12–18. The Northwestern Wildcats won their eighth championship, beating Boston College 18–6 in the final.

Tournament field

All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 29 teams were invited to participate. 15 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments, while the remaining 14 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records.

Teams

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI	Record
1	Northwestern	Big Ten	Automatic	1	17–1
2	Syracuse	ACC	At-large	2	16–2
3	Boston College	ACC	Automatic	3	16–3
4	North Carolina	ACC	At-large	4	14–4
5	Denver	Big East	Automatic	5	19–0
6	Florida	American	Automatic	7	16–3
7	James Madison	American	At-large	6	17–2
8	Loyola (MD)	Patriot	Automatic	8	17–2
	Albany	America East	Automatic	9	12–6
	Army	Patriot	At-large	16	15–3
	Central Michigan	MAC	Automatic	81	10–8
	Drexel	CAA	At-large	23	12–5
	Fairfield	MAAC	Automatic	21	14–4
	Jacksonville	ASUN	Automatic	25	12–7
	Johns Hopkins	Big Ten	At-large	18	8–8
	Maryland	Big Ten	At-large	9	14–6
	Marquette	Big East	At-large	19	15–3
	Mercer	Big South	Automatic	26	17–2
	Michigan	Big Ten	At-large	14	11–7
	Notre Dame	ACC	At-large	11	13–5
	Penn	Ivy	Automatic	15	13–4
	Penn State	Big Ten	At-large	32	11–6
	Richmond	Atlantic Ten	Automatic	22	16–3
	Sacred Heart	NEC	Automatic	71	11–7
	Stony Brook	CAA	Automatic	10	14–3
	UConn	Big East	At-large	12	12–6
	UMass	Atlantic 10	At-large	17	16–2
	USC	Pac-12	Automatic	24	16–3
	Virginia	ACC	At-large	13	11–6

Bracket

Tournament bracket

	First Round May 12 Regional Campus Sites					Second Round May 14 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinals May 18 Campus Sites					Semifinals May 26 WakeMed Soccer Park					Final May 28 WakeMed Soccer Park
						1	Northwestern*	8
							Michigan	7
		Michigan	13
		Central Michigan	6
											1	Northwestern	16
											8	Loyola (MD)	6
		Stony Brook	12
		Penn State	8
							Stony Brook	8
						8	Loyola (MD)	9
		Fairfield	6
	8	Loyola (MD)*	11
																1	Northwestern	15
																5	Denver	7
	5	Denver*	10
		USC	7
						5	Denver	8
							Albany (NY)	6
		Virginia	14
		Albany (NY)	16
											5	Denver	5
											4	North Carolina	4
		Richmond	18
		Marquette	8
							Richmond	12
						4	North Carolina	16
		Sacred Heart	5
	4	North Carolina*	16
																					1	Northwestern	18
																					3	Boston College	6
						3	Boston College*	9
							Penn	7
		Penn	13
		UConn	8
											3	Boston College	20
												Notre Dame	6
		Mercer	6
		Notre Dame	21
							Notre Dame	16
						6	Florida	15
		Jacksonville	7
	6	Florida*	13
																3	Boston College	8
																2	Syracuse	7
	7	James Madison*	12
		Army	8
						7	James Madison	15
							Maryland	14
		Maryland	11
		Drexel	6
											7	James Madison	7
											2	Syracuse	13
		Johns Hopkins	19
		UMass	8
							Johns Hopkins	8
						2	Syracuse*	25

• *First and second round host

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	R1	R16	QF	SF	CG	NC
Big Ten	5	6–4	.600	4	4	1	1	1	1
ACC	5	9–5	.643	3	4	4	2	1	–
Big East	3	3–3	.500	3	1	1	1	–	–
American	2	3–2	.600	2	2	1	–	–	–
Patriot	2	2–2	.500	2	1	1	–	–	–
America East	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–
Ivy League	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–
A-10	2	1–2	.333	2	1	–	–	–	–
CAA	2	1–2	.333	2	1	–	–	–	–
ASUN	1	0–1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
Big South	1	0–1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
MAAC	1	0–1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
MAC	1	0–1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
NEC	1	0–1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
Pac-12	1	0–1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–

See also

• NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship
• NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship
• NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship