NCAA women's lacrosse tournament bracket 2024: Schedule, TV channels, scores for college championship

Northwestern has been the team to beat all season in NCAA women’s lacrosse. Now, it’s time to see if the Wildcats can win back-to-back national championships.

The 2024 NCAA tournament will get underway May 10, with the Wildcats (15-2) as the top overall seed. The 2023 champs aren’t a lock to repeat, though, as evidenced by the pair of losses on their resume and two close calls in the Big Ten Tournament heading into NCAAs.

Northwestern’s top challenger figures to be 2021 champ Boston College (16-3), which will look for its second title amid an agonizing recent run in NCAAs. The Eagles have been to six consecutive championship games, losing all but one.

B.C. enters the tournament riding high after winning the ACC Tournament and will be hoping to avenge a regular-season home loss to Northwestern when it really matters.

The balance of power in women’s lacrosse rests squarely on the ACC-Big Ten axis, with Syracuse, Notre Dame, Michigan, and Virginia also expected to contend for the title.

Here’s how to watch all the action on the way to the national championship.

NCAA women’s lacrosse tournament bracket 2024

The 2024 NCAA women’s lacrosse tournament will feature 29 teams, with the top three seeds receiving first-round byes. There are eight nationally seeded teams overall, and they will host first- and second-round games.

National seeds

No. 1: Northwestern
No. 2: Boston College
No. 3: Syracuse
No. 4: Maryland
No. 5: Virginia
No. 6: Yale
No. 7: Notre Dame
No. 8: Penn

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NCAA women’s lacrosse tournament schedule, scores

First round

Top seed Northwestern has a bye and will face the Denver-Stanford winner in the second round, while No. 2 seed Boston College will play Princeton or Drexel and No. 3 seed Syracuse awaits Stony Brook or Niagara.

Date	Game	Host	Time (ET)	Live stream
May 10	No. 4 Maryland vs. Robert Morris	Maryland	12 p.m.	ESPN+
May 10	No. 6 Yale vs. Binghamton	Yale	1 p.m.	ESPN+
May 10	No. 7 Notre Dame vs. Coastal Carolina	Notre Dame	1 p.m.	ESPN+
May 10	Stony Brook vs. Niagara	Syracuse	2 p.m.	ESPN+
May 10	Penn State vs. James Madison	Maryland	3 p.m.	ESPN+
May 10	No. 5 Virginia vs. LIU	Virginia	3 p.m.	ESPN+
May 10	Johns Hopkins vs. Fairfield	Yale	4 p.m.	ESPN+
May 10	Michigan vs. Mercer	Notre Dame	4 p.m.	ESPN+
May 10	Princeton vs. Drexel	Boston College	4 p.m.	ESPN+
May 10	Denver vs. Stanford	Northwestern	4 p.m.	ESPN+
May 10	Loyola (Md.) vs. Duke	Penn	4 p.m.	ESPN+
May 10	Florida vs. North Carolina	Virginia	6 p.m.	ESPN+
May 10	No. 8 Penn vs. Richmond	Penn	7 p.m.	ESPN+

Second round

Date	Game	Host	Time (ET)	Live stream
May 12	No. 2 Boston College vs. Princeton/Drexel	Boston College	12 p.m.	ESPN+
May 12	No. 7 Notre Dame/Coastal Carolina vs. Michigan/Mercer	Notre Dame	12 p.m.	ESPN+
May 12	No. 4 Maryland/Robert Morris vs. Penn State/JMU	Maryland	12:30 p.m.	ESPN+
May 12	No. 8 Penn/Richmond vs. Loyola (Md.)/Duke	Penn	1 p.m.	ESPN+
May 12	No. 5 Virginia/LIU vs. Florida/North Carolina	Virginia	1 p.m.	ESPN+
May 12	No. 1 Northwestern vs. Denver/Stanford	Northwestern	2 p.m.	ESPN+
May 12	No. 3 Syracuse vs. Stony Brook/Niagara	Syracuse	2 p.m.	ESPN+
May 12	No. 6 Yale/Binghamton vs. Johns Hopkins/Fairfield	Yale	2:30 p.m.	ESPN+

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal games will be played at campus sites to be determined.

Date	Game	Host	Time (ET)	Channel/Live stream
May 16	TBD vs. TBD	TBD	TBD	ESPNU, Fubo
May 16	TBD vs. TBD	TBD	TBD	ESPNU, Fubo
May 16	TBD vs. TBD	TBD	TBD	ESPNU, Fubo
May 16	TBD vs. TBD	TBD	TBD	ESPNU, Fubo

Semifinals

The NCAA women’s lacrosse tournament semifinals will be played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C.

Date	Game	Time (ET)	Channel/Live stream
Fri., May 24	TBD vs. TBD	3 p.m.	ESPNU, Fubo
Fri., May 24	TBD vs. TBD	5:30 p.m.	ESPNU, Fubo

National championship game

The national championship game will be played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C.

Date	Game	Time (ET)	Channel/Live stream
Sun., May 26	Semifinal winners	12 p.m.	ESPN, Fubo

NCAA women’s lacrosse tournament TV channel, live stream

TV channel: ESPNU, ESPN
Live stream: Fubo, ESPN+

The first two rounds will air exclusively on ESPN+. The quarterfinals and semifinals will air on ESPNU, and the championship game will be on ESPN. Fans can stream every game from the quarterfinals on via Fubo, which offers a free trial.

If NCAA lacrosse games are not available to watch live in your location or if you’re traveling abroad, you can use a Virtual Private Network (VPN). VPNs provide a secure and private online connection, allowing you to bypass geographical restrictions to access your favorite streaming services from any device anywhere in the world.