The 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 32nd 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 Villanova Stadium (the home of Villanova Wildcats football) from May 24–26, 2013.
The University of North Carolina defeated their ACC rival University of Maryland to win their first ever women's lacrosse championship.
Tournament field 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.
Teams
Seed School Conference Berth type RPI Record1 MarylandACCAutomatic119–02 NorthwesternALCAutomatic217–23 North Carolina ACCAt-large314–34 SyracuseBig EastAutomatic416–35 Florida ALCAt-large517–26 Georgetown Big EastAt-large613–57 Penn State ALCAt-large1112–68 NavyPatriot LeagueAutomatic718–1 Boston College ACCAt-large912–7 CanisiusMAACAutomatic3814–4 Connecticut Big EastAt-large1713–4 Dartmouth Ivy LeagueAt-large2410–7 Denver MPSFAt-large1317–2 Duke ACCAt-large1012–5 High PointBig SouthAutomatic3310–8 JacksonvilleAtlantic SunAutomatic4513–5 Loyola (MD) Big EastAt-large1910–8 MassachusettsAtlantic 10Automatic817–2 MonmouthNECAutomatic3913–6 Notre Dame Big EastAt-large1512–4 PennIvy LeagueAutomatic1411–5 Princeton Ivy LeagueAt-large2110–6 StanfordMPSFAutomatic1813–5 Stony BrookAmerica EastAutomatic1216–2 TowsonCAAAutomatic2210–8 Virginia ACCAt-large169–9
Tournament bracket
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