INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Committee has selected the 40 teams that will compete in the 2016 NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship.
Twenty-seven conferences have been awarded automatic qualification for the championship. Four teams have been selected from Pool B, which consists of independent institutions and institutions that are members of conferences that do not meet the requirements for automatic qualification. The final nine berths are reserved for Pool C, which includes the remaining institutions in conferences with automatic qualification that are not the conference champion plus remaining independents and members of non-qualifying conferences.
Eight first-round games will be conducted Saturday, May 14 with the winners advancing to the second round. Sixteen second-round games will be conducted on Sunday, May 15 with the winners advancing to one of four regional sites Saturday and Sunday, May 21-22. Winners of the four regionals will advance to the semifinals and final, which take place Saturday and Sunday, May 28-29 at Talen Energy Stadium in Philadelphia. Saint Joseph’s University and Widener University will serve as hosts for the championship.
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Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (27):
| Conference | School |
|---|---|
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Capital Athletic Conference |
Salisbury University |
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Centennial Conference |
Gettysburg College |
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Colonial States Athletic Conference |
Cabrini College |
|
Commonwealth Coast Conference |
Roger Williams University |
|
Empire 8 |
St. John Fisher College |
|
Great Northeast Athletic Conference |
Lasell College |
|
Landmark Conference |
Catholic University |
|
Liberty League |
William Smith College |
|
Little East Conference |
Keene State College |
|
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference |
Bridgewater State University |
|
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
Calvin College |
|
Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth |
Messiah College |
|
Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom |
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham |
|
Midwest Women’s Lacrosse Conference |
Concordia University Wisconsin |
|
New England Collegiate Conference |
Regis College (Massachusetts) |
|
New England Small College Athletic Conference |
Middlebury College |
|
New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference |
Springfield College |
|
New Jersey Athletic Conference |
The College of New Jersey |
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North Atlantic Conference |
Castleton University |
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North Coast Athletic Conference |
Denison University |
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North Eastern Athletic Conference |
SUNY Polytechnic Institute |
|
Ohio Athletic Conference |
University of Mount Union |
|
Old Dominion Athletic Conference |
Washington and Lee University |
|
Skyline Conference |
St. Joseph’s College (Long Island) |
|
Southern Athletic Association |
Rhodes College |
|
State University of New York Athletic Conference |
SUNY Cortland |
|
USA South Athletic Conference |
Meredith College |
Pool B Berths (4):
| School |
|---|
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Colorado College |
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Augustana College (Illinois) |
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Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
|
Chapman University |
Pool C Berths (9):
| School |
|---|
|
Amherst College |
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Bates College |
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College at Brockport, State University of New York |
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Franklin & Marshall College |
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Ithaca College |
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University of Mary Washington |
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St. Mary’s College of Maryland |
|
Trinity College (Connecticut) |
|
York College (Pennsylvania) |
For more information about the 2016 NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship, including a complete bracket with dates, sites and pairings, log on to NCAA.com