2013 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship

2013 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
Dates	May 10–26, 2013
Teams	26
Finals site	Villanova Stadium Villanova, Pennsylvania
Champions	North Carolina (1st title)
Runner-up	Maryland (17th title game)
Semifinalists	Northwestern (9th Final Four) Syracuse (4th Final Four)
Winning coach	Jenny Levy (1st title)
MOP	Kara Cannizzaro, North Carolina
Attendance	9,391 finals 24,962 total
NCAA Division I Women's Championships «2012 2014»

The 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 32th 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.^[1]

The University of North Carolina defeated their ACC rival University of Maryland to win their 1st ever women's lacrosse championship.

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 ALC Northwestern 19-3 America East Stony Brook 17-3 Atlantic 10 Massachusetts 18–3 ACC Maryland 22-1 Atlantic Sun Jacksonville 13-6 Big East Syracuse 18-4 Big South High Point 10-9 CAA Towson 10-9 Ivy League Penn 11-6 MAAC Canisius 14-5 MPSF Stanford 14-6 NEC Monmouth 13-7 Patriot League Navy 19-2

At-large Qualifiers Conference Team Record ALC Florida 18-3 ALC Penn State 14-7 ACC Boston College 12-8 ACC Duke 14-6 ACC North Carolina 18-3 ACC Virginia 11-10 Big East Connecticut 13–5 Big East Georgetown 13–6 Big East Loyola(MD) 11–9 Big East Notre Dame 12–5 Ivy League Dartmouth 11-8 Ivy League Princeton 10-7 MPSF Denver 18-3

References

1. http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/lacrosse-women/d1/2012