NCAA Division II women's lacrosse tournament

NCAA Division II women's lacrosse tournament
SportWomen's college lacrosse
Founded2001
No. of teams16
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)
Pace (1st Title)
Most titlesAdelphi (9 Titles)
TV partner(s)ESPNU
Official websiteNCAA.com

The NCAA Division II women's lacrosse tournament is a yearly single-elimination tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national team champion of women's collegiate lacrosse among its Division II members in the United States, held annually since 2001.[1]

Adelphi is the most successful team, with nine national titles.

Pace are the reigning national champions. The Setters defeated West Chester in the 2023 final.

Champions[edit]

See Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Champions for the 1981 and 1982 Division II women's lacrosse champions.

NCAA Division II women's lacrosse tournament
Year Site
(Host Team)
Championship Results
Champion Score Runner-Up
2001
Details
Easton, MA
(Stonehill)
C.W. Post 13–9 West Chester
2002
Details
West Chester, PA
(West Chester)
West Chester 11–6 Stonehill
2003
Details
Easton, MA
(Stonehill)
Stonehill 9–8 Longwood
2004
Details
Orlando, FL Adelphi 12–11 West Chester
2005
Details
West Chester, PA
(West Chester)
Stonehill (2) 13–10 West Chester
2006
Details
Lisle, IL
(Benedictine)
Adelphi (2) 16–8 West Chester
2007
Details
Salem, VA C.W. Post (2) 15–7 West Chester
2008
Details
Houston, TX West Chester (2) 13–12 C.W. Post
2009
Details
Salem, VA Adelphi (3) 16–4 Lock Haven
2010
Details
Gettysburg, PA Adelphi (4) 17–7 West Chester
2011
Details
Garden City, NY
(Adelphi)
Adelphi (5) 17–4 Limestone
2012
Details
Louisville, KY
(Bellarmine)
C.W. Post (3) 17–16 West Chester
2013
Details
Owings Mills, MD C.W. Post (4) 10–7 Limestone
2014
Details
Salem, VA Adelphi (6) 7–5 Lock Haven
2015
Details
Adelphi (7) 5–4 Lock Haven
2016
Details
Denver, CO
(Metro State)
Florida Southern 8-7 Adelphi
2017
Details
Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg)
Adelphi (8) 6-4 Florida Southern
2018
Details
Tampa, FL
(Tampa)
Le Moyne 16-11 Florida Southern
2019
Details
Allendale, MI
(Grand Valley State)
Adelphi (9) 11–5 West Chester
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
Details
Salem, VA
(Mountain East Conference)
Lindenwood 14–12 Queens (NC)
2022
Details
St. Charles, MO
(Lindenwood)
Indianapolis 11–9 East Stroudsburg
2023
Details
Indianapolis, IN
(Indianapolis)
Pace 19–9 West Chester
2024
Details
Orlando, FL
(Rollins)
2025
Details
Easton, MA
(Stonehill)
2026
Details

Championship Records[edit]

Team Championship Record Winning years
Adelphi 9–1 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
LIU Post[a] 4–1 2001, 2007, 2012, 2013
Stonehill 2–1 2003, 2005
West Chester 2–9 2002, 2008
Pace 1–0 2023
Indianapolis 1–0 2022
Le Moyne 1–0 2018
Lindenwood 1–0 2021
Florida Southern 1−2 2016
Lock Haven 0–3
Limestone 0–2
East Stroudsburg 0–1
Longwood[b] 0–1
Queens (NC)[c] 0–1
  • Schools highlighted in pink are closed or no longer sponsor athletics.
  • Schools highlight in yellow have reclassified athletics from NCAA Division II.
  1. ^ The LIU Post athletic program was merged with the Division I program of Long Island University's Brooklyn campus in July 2019. The new program, playing as the LIU Sharks, maintains Brooklyn's Division I membership.
  2. ^ School is now a member of NCAA Division I.
  3. ^ Queens joined Division I in July 2022.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Division II women's lacrosse tournament Records Book" (PDF). NCAA.

External links[edit]