2016 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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Dates | May 13–29, 2016 | ||||
Teams | 26 | ||||
Finals site | Talen Energy Stadium Chester, PA | ||||
Champions | North Carolina (2nd title) | ||||
Runner-up | Maryland (19th title game) | ||||
MOP | Aly Messinger, North Carolina | ||||
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The 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 35th 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 Talen Energy Stadium (the home of Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union) in Chester, Pennsylvania from May 27–29, 2016. All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 13–22.
Tournament field
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.
Teams
Seed | School | Conference | Berth type | RPI | Record |
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1 | Maryland | Big Ten | Automatic | 1 | 19–0 |
2 | Florida | Big East | Automatic | 3 | 18–1 |
3 | North Carolina | ACC | Automatic | 2 | 16–2 |
4 | Syracuse | ACC | At-large | 4 | 17–5 |
5 | USC | MPSF | Automatic | 6 | 19–0 |
6 | Notre Dame | ACC | At-large | 7 | 13–6 |
7 | Penn | Ivy | At-large | 8 | 13–4 |
8 | Cornell | Ivy | Automatic | 12 | 13–4 |
Boston College | ACC | At-large | 20 | 10–8 | |
Canisus | MAAC | Automatic | 33 | 13–6 | |
Duke | ACC | At-large | 18 | 10–8 | |
James Madison | CAA | At-large | 22 | 10–9 | |
Johns Hopkins | Independent | At-large | 24 | 10–7 | |
Louisville | ACC | At-large | 16 | 12–5 | |
Loyola (MD) | Patriot | Automatic | 14 | 14–5 | |
Massachusetts | Atlantic 10 | Automatic | 19 | 18–1 | |
Northwestern | Big Ten | At-large | 10 | 10–9 | |
Old Dominion | Atlantic Sun | Automatic | 35 | 16–3 | |
Penn State | Big Ten | At-large | 15 | 11–6 | |
Princeton | Ivy | At-large | 9 | 11–5 | |
Stanford | MPSF | At-large | 13 | 14–4 | |
Stony Brook | America East | Automatic | 11 | 16–3 | |
Towson | CAA | Automatic | 5 | 15–3 | |
Virginia | ACC | At-large | 17 | 9–8 | |
Wagner | NEC | Automatic | 58 | 10–8 | |
Winthrop | Big South | Automatic | 25 | 20–2 |
Bracket
First Round May 13 Regional Campus Sites | Second Round May 15 Regional Campus Sites | Quarterfinals May 21–22 Campus Sites | Semifinals May 27 Talen Energy Stadium | Final May 29 Talen Energy Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Maryland* | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Johns Hopkins | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Johns Hopkins | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Maryland | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 13^ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Cornell | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Canisius | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Cornell* | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Maryland | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Syracuse | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | USC* | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
James Madison | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | USC | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Syracuse | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Syracuse* | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Maryland | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | North Carolina | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | North Carolina* | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | North Carolina | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Notre Dame | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Notre Dame* | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | North Carolina | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn state | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Penn* | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wagner | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Penn | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Penn | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Winthrop | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Florida* | 13 |
See also
- NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship
- NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship
- 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
References
- "2016 Women's Lacrosse Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- "WLAX Nitty Gritty" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
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