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NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED
INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Committee has selected the 26 teams to compete in the 2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship.
Eight sites will host first- and second-round competition Friday, May 8, and Sunday, May 10, and four quarterfinal games will be played Saturday, May 16 or Sunday, May 17. These preliminary-round games will be played on the campuses of competing institutions. The winners of the four quarterfinal games will advance to the semifinals and final hosted by Saint Joseph’s University May 22 and 24 at
PPL Park in Philadelphia. The semifinal games will be shown live on ESPN3 at 5 and 7:30 p.m. Eastern time, Friday, May 22. The championship game will air live on ESPNU at 8:30 p.m., Sunday, May 24.
Tickets for the championship games at PPL Park can be purchased online at http://www.ncaa.com/tickets.
Thirteen conferences, including the America East Conference, Atlantic 10 Conference, Atlantic
Coast Conference, Atlantic Sun Conference, Big East Conference, Big South Conference, Big Ten
Conference, Colonial Athletic Association, The Ivy League, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Mountain
Pacific Sports Federation, Northeast Conference and Patriot League had conference champions awarded automatic qualification for the 2015 championship. The remaining 13 teams were selected on an at-large basis.
A complete bracket with teams, dates and sites is attached.
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Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification: America East Conference Stony Brook University Atlantic 10 Conference University of Massachusetts, Amherst Atlantic Coast Conference Syracuse University Atlantic Sun Conference Jacksonville University Big East Conference University of Florida Big South Conference Winthrop University Big Ten Conference Pennsylvania State University Colonial Athletic Association James Madison University The Ivy League Princeton University Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Fairfield University Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Stanford University Northeast Conference Bryant University Patriot League Loyola University Maryland
Teams Selected At-Large: University at Albany Boston College Duke University Johns Hopkins University University of Louisville University of Maryland, College Park University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Northwestern University University of Notre Dame The Ohio State University University of Pennsylvania University of Southern California University of Virginia
In the 2014 championship, Maryland captured its 11th national championship by scoring a 15-
12 win over Syracuse in the championship played at Towson.
NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse championship information is available on www.NCAA.com/wlacrosse.
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