2025 NCAA Tournament Bracket
Weekly Notes Package
2025 Statistics
2025 ACC-Only Statistics
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The 2025 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship begins this weekend, with seven Atlantic Coast Conference teams among the 29-team field. The ACC holds three of the tournament’s eight seeds, and the conference’s seven NCAA selections marks the most of any league. ESPN+ will broadcast all of the first- and second-round games this weekend.
The ACC's three seeded teams will host first- and second-round games this weekend. No. 1 seed North Carolina and No. 2 seed Boston College earned first-round byes and will open play on Sunday, May 11. No. 5 seed Virginia will host a first-round game on Friday, May 9, while Clemson, Duke, Stanford and Syracuse begin tournament play on the road Friday.
The second-round winners will advance to the quarterfinals, which will be played Thursday, May 16, with ESPNU broadcasting.
The winner of the four quarterfinal games will advance to the national semifinals at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The semifinal games will be shown on ESPNU at 3 and 5:30 p.m. ET on Friday, May 23. The championship game will air on ESPN on Sunday, May 25, at noon ET.
The ACC has had at least one school in the national semifinals in 34 straight tournaments and in 38 of the 40 NCAA Tournaments all-time, dating to 1983, totaling 18 national championships.
Since the league began sponsoring women's lacrosse in 1997, ACC teams have won 13 national titles. At least one ACC team has played in the national title game in 14 of the last 15 seasons. ACC teams have made 28 championship game appearances and 51 national semifinal appearances.
2025 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship Schedule
Friday, May 9 - First Round
LIU at No. 5 Virginia | 3 p.m. | ESPN+
Syracuse vs. Brown (in New Haven, Conn.) | 4 p.m. | ESPN+
Clemson vs. Navy (in Chapel Hill, N.C.) | 5 p.m. | ESPN+
Duke vs. James Madison (in Charlottesville, Va.) | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
Stanford vs. Denver (in Gainesville, Fla.) | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
Sunday, May 11 - Second Round
Clemson/Navy at No. 1 North Carolina | Noon | ESPN+
Loyola Md./Stony Brook at No. 2 Boston College | Noon | ESPN+
Stanford/Denver vs. No. 5 Florida/Mercer | 12:30 p.m. | ESPN+
Duke/James Madison vs. No. 5 Virginia/LIU | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
Syracuse/Brown vs. No. 7 Yale/UAlbany | 2 p.m. | ESPN+
Thursday, May 15 - Quarterfinals
Campus Sites
Friday-Sunday, May 23-25
NCAA Semifinals and Championship Game
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass.
All times Eastern
Noting ACC Women's Lacrosse
• Boston College, Clemson, Duke, North Carolina, Stanford, Syracuse and Virginia earned NCAA Tournament bids. With seven tournament participants, the ACC had the most teams in the 29-team field of any conference.
• The ACC's total of seven NCAA bids matches a conference record, set in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
• In just its third season as a program, Clemson earned its first NCAA Tournament bid.
• North Carolina (1), Boston College (2) and Virginia (5) earned three of the eight NCAA seeds.
• The ACC has placed at least four teams in the NCAA Tournament in 20 consecutive seasons and 25 of the 28 years that the league has sponsored the sport.
• Boston College won its second national championship in program history in 2024. The Eagles rallied from a 6-0 deficit to top reigning champ Northwestern in the title game, 14-13.
• The ACC has totaled 18 national championships and had at least one school in the national semifinals in 34 straight tournaments and in 38 of the 40 NCAA Tournaments all-time (dating to 1983).
• Since the ACC began sponsoring women's lacrosse in 1997, ACC teams have won 13 national titles.
• An ACC team played in the national title game for the 14th time in the last 15 tournaments.
• Since 1997, ACC teams have made 51 national semifinal appearances and 28 championship game appearances. The ACC has had at least two teams competing in the NCAA's Championship Weekend in six straight tournaments and 19 all-time.
• North Carolina won the 2025 ACC Women's Lacrosse Championship on April 27 in Charlotte, N.C., topping Boston College in the final, 14-12, and earning the ACC's NCAA auto bid. It was UNC's eighth ACC title. Redshirt freshman attack Chloe Humphrey was named the championship's MVP.
• UNC (2016-19, 21-22, 25) and BC (2023-24) and have combined to win the last nine ACC titles.
• ACC players comprised four of the five finalists for the 2025 Tewaaraton Award, announced Thursday: BC's Rachel Clark and Shea Dolce and UNC's Ashley Humphrey and Chloe Humphrey.
• BC won three of the ACC's six season awards, including Rachel Clark, who nabbed Attacker of the Year.
• The 2025 All-ACC Team was announced April 22. BC and UNC led all schools with eight selections each. The Eagles had seven first-team honorees.
• North Carolina owns the nation's longest active win streak at 18. UNC is the only remaining undefeated team nationally this season.
• ACC teams finished 70-16 (81.4%) in non-conference play in the regular season, including 16 wins over ranked foes. That is the most wins and best win percentage of any league.
• In the final NCAA RPI, ACC teams held seven of the top 20 spots, with Boston College (1), North Carolina (2), Virginia (7), Stanford (11), Syracuse (13), Clemson (17) and Duke (20).
• Ten ACC teams finished among the top 30 nationally in Strength of Schedule (by opponent win pct.), including six in the top 15: BC (1), Syracuse (2), Virginia (3), UNC (4), Virginia Tech (7) and Stanford (13).
• Seven ACC teams are ranked in the latest IWLCA poll, including four in the top 10, led by North Carolina and Boston College at No. 1 and 3, respectively. They are followed by Virginia (7), Stanford (10), Clemson (14), Duke (15) and Syracuse (18). The ACC has the most teams in the poll among all leagues.