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2025 NCAA DIII women’s lacrosse championships: Selection show info, bracket, schedule
Share The 2025 DIII women’s lacrosse championship selections will be revealed in a selection show on Monday, May 5 at 10:30 a.m. ET on NCAA.com. There will be 30 automatic bids with the remaining 17 teams being at-large. WATCH: Selection show live on NCAA.com — Monday, May 5 at 10:30 a.m. ET The 2025 DIII women’s […]
The 2025 DIII women’s lacrosse championship selections will be revealed in a selection show on Monday, May 5 at 10:30 a.m. ET on NCAA.com. There will be 30 automatic bids with the remaining 17 teams being at-large.
WATCH: Selection show live on NCAA.com — Monday, May 5 at 10:30 a.m. ET
The 2025 DIII women’s lacrosse championship is a 47-team, single-elimination tournament. Fourteen first-round games will be conducted at 14 campus sites. Sixteen second-round games will be conducted at 16 campus sites. Regional games will be conducted at four regional sites to determine the teams that will advance to the semifinals. The 2025 DIII women’s lacrosse championship will take place May 23-25 at Kerr Stadium in Salem, VA.
2025 NCAA DIII women’s lacrosse championship bracket
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2025 NCAA DIII women’s lacrosse championship schedule
- Selection Show
- Monday, May 5 at 10:30 a.m. ET| Watch on NCAA.com
- First and Second Rounds — Saturday, May 10 – Sunday, May 11*
- All games will be played at 1 p.m. local time
- *Institutions with a Sunday No-Play policy will compete on Friday and Saturday or Saturday and Monday instead of Saturday and Sunday.
- Regionals — Saturday, May 17 – Sunday, May 18*
- Games will be played via one of the following:
- Option 1: Semifinals at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.; Final at 1 p.m. (local time).
- Option 2: Semifinals at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.; Final at 2:30 p.m. (local time).
- *Institutions with a Sunday No-Play policy will compete on Friday and Saturday or Saturday and Monday instead of Saturday and Sunday.
- Games will be played via one of the following:
- Semifinals — Friday, May 23
- Championship Finals — Sunday, May 25
NCAA DIII women’s lacrosse championship history
Middlebury won the 2024 DIII women’s lacrosse championship to claim the program’s third straight national title. Here is a list of the past DIII women’s lacrosse national title winners and runner-ups.
| Year | Champion | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Middlebury | Kate Livesay | 16-5 | Salisbury | Salem, Va. |
| 2023 | Middlebury | Kate Livesay | 17-9 | Gettysburg | Salem, Va. |
| 2022 | Middlebury | Kate Livesay | 13-5 | Tufts | Salem, Va. |
| 2021 | Salisbury | Jim Nestor | 14-13 | Tufts | Salem, Va. |
| 2020 | Canceled due to COVID-19 |
— | — | — | — |
| 2019 | Middlebury | Kate Livesay | 14-9 | Salisbury | Ashland, Va. |
| 2018 | Gettysburg | Carol Cantele | 11-9 | Middlebury | Salem, Va. |
| 2017 | Gettysburg | Carol Cantele | 6-5 | TCNJ | Salem, Va. |
| 2016 | Middlebury | Kate Livesay | 9-5 | Trinity (Conn.) | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 2015 | SUNY Cortland | Kelly Lickert-Orr | 17-6 | Trinity (Conn.) | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 2014 | Salisbury | Jim Nestor | 9-6 | Trinity (Conn.) | Gettysburg, Pa. |
| 2013 | Salisbury | Jim Nestor | 12-5 | Trinity (Conn.) | Owings Mills, Md. |
| 2012 | Trinity (Conn.) | Kate Livesay | 8-7 | Salisbury | Montclair State |
| 2011 | Gettysburg | Carol Cantele | 16-5 | Bowdoin | Adelphi |
| 2010 | Salisbury | Jim Neston | 7-6 | Hamilton | Gettysburg, Pa. |
| 2009 | Franklin & Marshall | Lauren Paul | 11-10 (OT) | Salisbury | Salem, Va. |
| 2008 | Hamilton | Patty Kloidt | 13-6 | Franklin & Marshall | Salem, Va. |
| 2007 | Franklin & Marshall | Anne Phillips | 11-8 | Salisbury | William Smith |
| 2006 | TCNJ | Sharon Pfluger | 10-4 | Gettysburg | Stevens Institute |
| 2005 | TCNJ | Sharon Pfluger | 9-7 | Salisbury | TCNJ |
| 2004 | Middlebury | Missy Foote | 13-11 (OT) | TCNJ | St. John Fisher |
| 2003 | Amherst | Christine Paradis | 11-9 | Middlebury | St. John Fisher |
| 2002 | Middlebury | Missy Foote | 12-6 | TCNJ | Rowan |
| 2001 | Middlebury | Missy Foote | 11-10 (2OT) | Amherst | Johns Hopkins |
| 2000 | TCNJ | Sharon Goldbrenner-Pfluger | 14-8 | Williams | TCNJ |
| 1999 | Middlebury | Missy Foote | 10-9 | Amherst | Johns Hopkins |
| 1998 | TCNJ | Jennifer Hart | 12-11 (OT) | Williams | UMBC |
| 1997 | Middlebury | Missy Foote | 14-9 | TCNJ | Lehigh |
| 1996 | TCNJ | Sharon Goldbrenner-Pfluger | 15-8 | Middlebury | Lehigh |
| 1995 | TCNJ | Sharon Goldbrenner-Pfluger | 14-13 | William Smith | TCNJ |
| 1994 | TCNJ | Sharon Goldbrenner-Pfluger | 29-11 | William Smith | Maryland |
| 1993 | TCNJ | Sharon Goldbrenner | 10-9 | William Smith | Maryland |
| 1992 | TCNJ | Sharon Goldbrenner | 5-3 | William Smith | Lehigh |
| 1991 | TCNJ | Sharon Goldbrenner | 7-6 | Ursinus | TCNJ |
| 1990 | Ursinus | Kim Lambdin | 7-6 | St. Lawrence | Princeton |
| 1989 | Ursinus | Betsy Meng Ramsey | 8-6 | TCNJ | West Chester |
| 1988 | TCNJ | Sharon Goldbrenner | 14-11 | William Smith | Haverford |
| 1987 | TCNJ | Sharon Goldbrener | 8-7 (OT) | Ursinus | Maryland |
| 1986 | Ursinus | Betsy Meng Ramsey | 12-10 | TCNJ | Maryland |
| 1985 | TCNJ | Melissa Magee | 7-4 | Ursinus | Penn |
