2016 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship

2016 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
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
NCAA Division I Women's Championships «2015 2017»

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.

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	16–3
ACC	North Carolina	16–2
Atlantic 10	Massachusetts	18–1
Atlantic Sun	Old Dominion	16–3
Big East	Florida	18–1
Big South	Winthrop	20–2
Big Ten	Maryland	19–0
CAA	Towson	15–3
Ivy	Cornell	13–4
MAAC	Canisius	13–6
MPSF	USC	19–0
NEC	Wagner	10–8
Patriot	Loyola (MD)	14–5

At-large Qualifiers

Team	Conference	Record
Boston College	ACC	10–8
Duke	ACC	10–8
James Madison	CAA	10–9
Johns Hopkins	Independent	10–7
Louisville	ACC	12–5
Northwestern	Big Ten	10–9
Notre Dame	ACC	13–6
Penn	Ivy	13–4
Penn State	Big Ten	11–6
Princeton	Ivy	11–5
Stanford	MPSF	14–4
Syracuse	ACC	17–5
Virginia	ACC	9–8

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