EAST Total Number of Schools in East Region – 45 Total Eligible Schools in East Region – 45 Eligible Pool A Teams – 45 Empire 8 (8) Liberty League (11) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 3) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 3) Alfred University Bard College Elmira College Clarkson University Hartwick College (Hobart and) William Smith Colleges Houghton College Ithaca College Nazareth College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute The Sage Colleges University of Rochester St. John Fisher College Rochester Institute of Technology Utica College Skidmore College St. Lawrence University Union College (New York) Vassar College
New Jersey Athletic Conference (7) Skyline Conference (9) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 3) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) Kean University Farmingdale State College Montclair State University Manhattanville College The College of New Jersey State University of New York Maritime College Ramapo College Mount Saint Mary College (New York) Rowan University College of Mount St. Vincent Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden State University College at Old Westbury Stockton University Purchase College, State University of New York St. Joseph's College (Long Island) U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
State University of New York Athletic Conference (10) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) College at Brockport, State University of New York State University of New York at New Paltz Buffalo State, State University of New York State University of New York at Oneonta State University of New York at Cortland State University of New York at Oswego The State University of New York at Fredonia Plattsburgh State University of New York State University of New York at Geneseo State University of New York at Potsdam GREAT LAKES Total Number of Schools in Great Lakes Region – 43 Total Eligible Schools in Great Lakes Region – 43 Eligible Pool A Teams – 42 Heartland Collegiate Women's Lacrosse Conference (6) North Coast Athletic Conference (9) AQ - Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) Anderson University (Indiana) Allegheny College Earlham College Denison University Franklin College DePauw University Hanover College Hiram College Mount St. Joseph University Kenyon College Transylvania University Oberlin College Ohio Wesleyan University Note: Grace Period year one of two Wittenberg University The College of Wooster
North Eastern Athletic Conference (10) Ohio Athletic Conference (9) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 3) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) Cazenovia College Baldwin Wallace University D'Youville College Capital University Hilbert College Heidelberg University Keuka College John Carroll University Lancaster Bible College Marietta College Medaille College University of Mount Union Morrisville State College Muskingum University Penn State University, Abington Ohio Northern University State University of New York Polytechnic Institute Otterbein University Wells College
Presidents' Athletic Conference (8) Pool B (1) AQ - Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) Mount Aloysius College Bethany College (West Virginia) Chatham University Franciscan University of Steubenville Saint Vincent College Thiel College Washington and Jefferson College Waynesburg University Westminster College (Pennsylvania) MID-ATLANTIC Total Number of Schools in Mid-Atlantic Region – 48 Total Eligible Schools in Mid-Atlantic Region – 48 Eligible Pool A Teams – 41 Atlantic East (7) Centennial Conference (10) POOL B - Postseason Tournament Champ (May 5) AQ - Postseason Tournament Champ (May 3) Cabrini University Bryn Mawr College Gwynedd Mercy University Dickinson College Immaculata University Franklin & Marshall College Marymount University Gettysburg College Marywood University Haverford College Neumann University McDaniel College Wesley College Muhlenberg College Swarthmore College Note: Waiting period year two of two Ursinus College Washington College (Maryland)
Colonial States Athletic Conference (6) Landmark Conference (8) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) Bryn Athyn College Catholic University Cedar Crest College Drew University Centenary University (New Jersey) Elizabethtown College Keystone College Goucher College Notre Dame of Maryland University Juaniata College Rosemont College Moravian College University of Scranton Note: Grace Period year two of two Susquehanna University
Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth (9) Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (8) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) Albright College Delaware Valley University Alvernia University DeSales University Arcadia University Eastern University Hood College Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham Lebanon Valley College King’s College (Pennsylvania) Lycoming College Misericordia University Messiah College Stevens Institute of Technology Stevenson University Wilkes University Widener University NORTH Total Number of Schools in North Region – 33 Total Eligible Schools in North Region – 32 Eligible Pool A Teams – 32 Commonwealth Coast Conference (9) Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (8) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 1) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) Curry College Bridgewater State University Endicott College Fitchburg State University Gordon College Framingham State University University of New England Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Nichols College Massachusetts Maritime Academy Roger Williams University Salem State University Salve Regina University Westfield State University Wentworth Institute of Technology Worcester State University Western New England University
New England Collegiate Conference (5+1) New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference (10) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 3) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 3) Bay Path University Babson College Becker College Clark University (Massachusetts) Dean College (prov. 2020-21) Emerson College Elms College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mitchell College Mount Holyoke College New England College Smith College Springfield College U.S. Coast Guard Academy Wellesley College Note: Grace Period year one of two Wheaton College (Massachusetts) NORTHEAST Total Number of Schools in Northeast Region – 37 Total Eligible Schools in Northeast Region – 37 Eligible Pool A Teams – 37 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (12) Little East Conference (8) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) Albertus Magnus College Castleton University Anna Maria College Eastern Connecticut State University Colby-Sawyer College Keene State College Emmanuel College (Massachusetts) University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Johnson & Wales University (Providence) Plymouth State University Lasell College Rhode Island College Norwich University University of Southern Maine Regis College (Massachusetts) Western Connecticut State University Rivier University University of St. Joseph (Connecticut) Saint Joseph’s College (Maine) Simmons College
New England Small College Athletic Conference (11) North Atlantic Conference (6) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 3) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) Amherst College State University of New York at Canton Bates College Husson University Bowdoin College University of Maine, Farmington Colby College Maine Maritime Academy Connecticut College Northern Vermont University-Lyndon Hamilton College Thomas College Middlebury College Trinity College (Connecticut) Note: Grace Period year two of two Tufts University Wesleyan University (Connecticut) Williams College SOUTH Total Number of Schools in South Region – 38 Total Eligible Schools in South Region – 36 Eligible Pool A Teams – 34 Capital Athletic Conference (6) Old Dominion Athletic Conference (11) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 3) Christopher Newport University Bridgewater College (Virginia) University of Mary Washington Eastern Mennonite University Salisbury University Ferrum College Southern Virginia University Guilford College St. Mary’s College of Maryland University of Lynchburg York College (Pennsylvania) Randolph College Randolph-Macon College Note: Grace Period year one of two Roanoke College Shenandoah University Virginia Wesleyan College Washington and Lee University
Southern Athletic Association (7) USA South Athletic Conference (10+2) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (April 26) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (April 26) Berry College Averett University Birmingham-Southern College *Brevard College (reclass. 2020-21) Centre College Greensboro College Hendrix College Huntingdon College Oglethorpe Univesity LaGrange College Rhodes College Meredith College University of the South Methodist University North Carolina Wesleyan College *Pfeiffer University (reclass. 2020-21) Pool B (2) Piedmont College Sweet Briar College Salem College (North Carolina) Hollins University William Peace University WEST Total Number of Schools in West Region – 50 Total Eligible Schools in West Region – 49 Eligible Pool A Teams – 44 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (8) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (8) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (April 26) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) Augustana College (Illinois) Adrian College Carroll University (Wisconsin) Albion College Carthage College Alma College University of Chicago Calvin College University of Dubuque Hope College Elmhurst College Kalamazoo College Illinois Wesleyan University Saint Mary's College (Indiana) North Central College Trine University
Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference (14) Northwest Conference (7) AQ – Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) AQ - Postseason Tournament Champ (April 26) Augsburg College George Fox University Aurora University Linfield College Beloit College Pacific University (Oregon) Benedictine University (Illinois) University of Puget Sound Concordia University Chicago Whitman College Concordia University Wisconsin Whitworth University Cornell College Willamette University Hamline University Illinois Institute of Technology Loras College Marian University (Wisconsin) Monmouth College (Illinois) University of Northwestern - St. Paul Wartburg College
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (7) Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (3+1) AQ - Postseason Tournament Champ (May 2) Pool B - No AQ Chapman University Colorado College Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges University of Dallas California Lutheran University Southwestern University (Texas) Occidental College Johnson & Wales University (Denver) - prov. 2021-22 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges University of Redlands Pool B (2) Whittier College University of Wisconsin - River Falls University of Wisconsin - La Crosse BREAK DOWN OF NUMBERS 294 Total Institutions 44-team bracket 4 Provisional/Reclassifying (2018-19 eligible institution/6.5)
290 Eligible Institutions 8.59 ratio (members of AQ conferences/# AQ conf.) 275 members of AQ conferences Pool A = 32 32 Pool A conferences Pool B = 1 15 Pool B teams Pool C = 11
RANKING NUMBERS - 17% from each region Northeast - 37 teams 6 (6.29 = 17%) North - 32 teams 5 (5.44 = 17%) East - 45 teams 8 (7.65 = 17%) Mid-Atlantic - 48 teams 8 (8.16 = 17%) South - 36 teams 6 (6.12 - 17%)