INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Committee has selected the 37 teams that will compete in the 2021 NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship.
Thirty-three conferences have been awarded automatic qualification for the championship. One team has 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 three 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.
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Five first-round games will be conducted Saturday, May 8 with the winners advancing to the second round. Sixteen second-round games will be conducted on Saturday and Sunday May 8-9 with the winners advancing to one of four regional sites Saturday and Sunday, May 15-16. Winners of the four regionals will advance to the semifinals and final, which take place Saturday and Sunday, May 22-23 at Kerr Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Old Dominion Athletic Conference and the City of Salem will serve as hosts for the championship.
Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (33):
| conference | team |
|---|---|
| Atlantic East Conference | Cabrini |
| Centennial Conference | Franklin & Marshall |
| Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference | Salisbury University |
| College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin | Chicago |
| Colonial States Athletic Conference | Notre Dame (Maryland) |
| Commonwealth Coast Conference | Roger Williams |
| Empire 8 | St. John Fisher |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | Johnson & Wales University (Providence) |
| Heartland Collegiate Women's Lacrosse Conference | Transylvania University |
| Landmark Conference | Catholic |
| Liberty League | William Smith |
| Little East Conference | Western Connecticut State |
| Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference |
Westfield State |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Saint Mary's (Indiana) |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | Messiah |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom | Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham |
| Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference | Hamline |
| New England Collegiate Conference | Becker |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | Tufts |
| New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference | Babson |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | The College of New Jersey |
| North Atlantic Conference | Cazenovia |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | Denison |
| North Eastern Athletic Conference | Morrisville State |
| Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | Aurora |
| Northwest Conference | George Fox |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | John Carroll |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Washington and Lee |
| Presidents' Athletic Conference | Washington and Jefferson |
| Skyline Conference | Farmingdale State |
| Southern Athletic Association | Rhodes |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | SUNY Cortland |
| USA South Athletic Conference | Meredith |
Pool B Berths (1):
University of Wisconsin-River FallsPool C Berths (3):
Carroll (Wisconsin)Illinois Wesleyan
Ithaca
