INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Committee has selected the 40 teams that will compete in the 2017 NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship.
Twenty-nine conferences have been awarded automatic qualification for the championship. Two 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 13 with the winners advancing to the second round. Sixteen second-round games will be conducted on Sunday, May 14 with the winners advancing to one of four regional sites Saturday and Sunday, May 20-21. Winners of the four regionals will advance to the semifinals and final, which take place Saturday and Sunday, May 27-28 at Kerr Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Old Dominion Athletic Conference and the City of Salem will serve as hosts for the championship.
| CONFERENCE | SCHOOL |
|---|---|
| Capital Athletic Conference | Salisbury |
| Centennial Conference | Franklin & Marshall |
| College COnference of Illinois & Wisconsin | Illinois Wesleyan |
| Colonial States Athletic Conference | Cabrini |
| Commonwealth Coast Conference | Endicott |
| Empire 8 | St. John Fisher |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | Johnson & Wales (RI) |
| Landmark Conference | Catholic |
| Liberty League | William Smith |
| Little East Conference | Plymouth State |
| Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference | Westfield State |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Calvin |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | Messiah |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom | Fairleigh Dickinson, Florham |
| Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference | Hamline |
| New England Collegiate Conference | Regis (MA) |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | Colby |
| New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference | Babson |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | The College of New Jersey |
| North Atlantic Conference | Castleton |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | Denison |
| North Eastern Athletic Conference | Morrisville State |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | Mount Union |
| Ohio River Women's Lacrosse Conference | Washington and Jefferson |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Washington and Lee |
| Sjyline Conference | Farmingdale State |
| Southern Athletic Association | Rhodes |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | State University of New York at Cortland |
| USA South Athletic Conference | Meredith |
| POOL B BERTHS |
|---|
| Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps |
| Colorado College |
| POOL C BERTHS |
|---|
| College at Brockport, State University of New York |
| Gettysburg |
| Hamilton |
| Ithaca |
| Mary Washington |
| Middlebury |
| Trinity (CT) |
| Wesleyan (CT) |
| York (PA) |
For more information about the 2017 NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship, including a complete bracket with dates, sites and pairings, log on to NCAA.com.
