2021 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

The 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 39th 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 Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, MD from May 28–30, 2021. All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 14–22. This marked the return of the tournament after 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 14–30, 2021
Teams	29
Finals site	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD
Champions	Boston College (1st title)
Runner-up	Syracuse (3rd title game)
Semifinalists	North Carolina (11th Final Four) Northwestern (12th Final Four)
Winning coach	Acacia Walker-Weinstein (1st title)
MOP	Charlotte North, Boston College
NCAA Division I women's tournaments «2020 2022»

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	North Carolina	ACC	Automatic	1	18–0
2	Northwestern	Big Ten	Automatic	7	13–0
3	Syracuse	ACC	At-large	2	14–3
4	Boston College	ACC	At-large	3	13–3
5	Notre Dame	ACC	At-large	6	9–6
6	Florida	American	Automatic	10	16–2
7	Duke	ACC	At-large	21	9–7
8	Stony Brook	America East	Automatic	5	14–2
	UConn	Big East	At-large	30	12–6
	Denver	Big East	Automatic	13	14–3
	Drexel	CAA	At-large	4	13–2
	Fairfield	MAAC	Automatic	14	13–1
	High Point	Big South	Automatic	38	10–7
	Hofstra	CAA	At-large	11	6–6
	Jacksonville	ASUN	Automatic	17	11–1
	James Madison	CAA	Automatic	15	11–4
	Johns Hopkins	Big Ten	At-large	46	8–6
	Loyola (MD)	Patriot	Automatic	8	11–2
	Maryland	Big Ten	At-large	36	9–6
	Massachusetts	Atlantic 10	Automatic	12	15–2
	Mercer	SoCon	Automatic	45	7–7
	Mount St. Mary's	NEC	Automatic	16	14–2
	Robert Morris	MAC	Automatic	39	14–2
	Rutgers	Big Ten	At-large	54	6–8
	Stanford	Pac-12	Automatic	9	11–0
	Temple	American	At-large	18	12–5
	Towson	CAA	At-large	23	9–8
	Vanderbilt	American	At-large	19	12–6
	Virginia	ACC	At-large	25	8–8

Bracket

Tournament bracket

Games on Conference Sports Networks (BTN & BTN+) or ESPN3 for First & Second Rounds. Semifinals on ESPNews & Finals on ESPNU.

	First Round May 14 Regional Campus Sites					Second Round May 16 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinals May 22 Campus Sites					Semifinals May 28 Johnny Unitas Stadium					Final May 30 Johnny Unitas Stadium
						1	North Carolina*	14
							James Madison	9
		James Madison	9
		Johns Hopkins	6
											1	North Carolina*	14
											8	Stony Brook*	11
		Drexel	13
		Rutgers	16
							Rutgers	8
						8	Stony Brook	20
		Towson	8
	8	Stony Brook*	14
																1	North Carolina	10
																4	Boston College	11
	5	Notre Dame*	16
		Robert Morris	0
						5	Notre Dame	13
							Virginia	8
		Virginia	19
		UConn	13
											5	Notre Dame	10
											4	Boston College	21
		Massachusetts	13
		Temple	14
						4	Boston College	21
							Temple	11
		Fairfield	6
	4	Boston College*	19
																					4	Boston College	16
																					3	Syracuse	10
						3	Syracuse*	20
							Loyola (MD)	8
		Loyola (MD)*	11
		Hofstra	9
											3	Syracuse*	17
											6	Florida*	11
		Jacksonville	20
		Vanderbilt	12
							Jacksonville	3
						6	Florida*	17
		Mercer	5
	6	Florida*	23
																3	Syracuse	21
																2	Northwestern*	13
	7	Duke*	19
		Mount St. Mary’s	13
						7	Duke*	13
							Maryland	12
		Maryland	17
		High Point	6
											7	Duke	10
											2	Northwestern*	22
		Stanford	13
		Denver	15
							Denver	4
						2	Northwestern*	19

• *First and second round host.

See also

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

References

Copied content from 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship; see that page's history for attribution