2017 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship

2017 NCAA Division I Women's; Lacrosse Championship
Dates	May 12–28, 2017
Teams	26
Finals site	Gillette Stadium; Foxborough, MA
NCAA Division I Women's Championships
«2016	2018»

The 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship is the 36th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The semifinal and championship rounds will be played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts from May 26–28, 2017.^[1] All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 12–21.

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.

Automatic Qualifiers

Conference	Champion	Record
America East	Stony Brook	18–1
ACC	North Carolina	16–2
Atlantic 10	UMass	16–3
Atlantic Sun	Jacksonville	14–5
Big East	Florida	17–2
Big South	High Point	15–3
Big Ten	Maryland	19–0
CAA	James Madison	13–6
Ivy	Princeton	14–3
MAAC	Canisius	15–4
MPSF	USC	16–3
NEC	Bryant	13–4
Patriot	Navy	15–4

At-large Qualifiers

Team	Conference	Record
Albany (NY)	America East	12–5
Boston College	ACC	13–6
Colorado	MPSF	16–3
Cornell	Ivy	12–5
Elon	CAA	13–6
Louisville	ACC	11–7
Northwestern	Big Ten	10–9
Notre Dame	ACC	11–7
Penn	Ivy	13–3
Penn State	Big Ten	15–3
Syracuse	ACC	15–6
Towson	CAA	12–6
Virginia	ACC	11–8