NCAA.com | May 7, 2017 Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship selections revealed DIII Women's Lacrosse: 2017 Selection Show Share 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. Automatic Qualifiers (29): 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. Panel approves rules changes to make women’s lacrosse more efficient The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Wednesday approved a package of rules changes with the goal of making women's lacrosse more efficient, beginning with the 2021-22 academic year. READ MORE Women’s Lacrosse Rules Committee looks to make game more efficient through new proposals for fewer stoppages The NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Rules Committee proposed a package of rules changes with the goal of making the game more efficient, beginning with the 2021-22 academic year. READ MORE Charlotte North and Jared Bernhardt win 2021 Tewaaraton Award Boston College attacker Charlotte North and University of Maryland attackman Jared Bernhardt are the women’s and men’s winners of the 2021 Tewaaraton Award, given annually to the top female and top male college lacrosse players in the United States. READ MORE