UNC Women’s Lacrosse 2025-2026
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Another fine showing by our student athletes
Hard to watch that game. Flop-fest first of all, and then offenses with so little ball movement….
. Yucky lacrosse. Surprised by the lack of athleticism on UMD. Good goalies though, although on the day, inclusive of our game, the lack of changing the plane on shooting is surprising, making goalies look maybe better than they are frankly.
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The selection show will air Sunday, May 3 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPNU. First round of play will begin on Friday, May 8 with the championship just 16 days later on Sunday, May 24 at Northwestern University’s Martin Stadium in Evanston, IL. for the first time ever.
It is a 29-team, single elimination tournament — 15 automatic bids and 14 at-large selections. First and second round matchups will be stationed at the same site, with three teams at the host site of top-3 seeds and four at the four through eight seeds.
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It is a 29-team, single elimination tournament — 15 automatic bids and 14 at-large selections. First and second round matchups will be stationed at the same site, with three teams at the host site of top-3 seeds and four at the four through eight seeds.
2026 DI women's lacrosse championship: Bracket, schedule, selections
Here is everything to know for the 2026 DI women’s lacrosse championship. The first round begins Friday, May 8 with the championship Sunday, May 24 at Northwestern University’s Martin Stadium in Evanston, IL.
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Harden wanted that trophy. She worked her butt off in this tournament. Doesn't get the headlines or stats, but makes things happen. It was good to hear Sheehan calling out Gresham's game as well. Both deserve a lot more press than they are getting.
Agreed. And that is one thing that makes this team special. They don't seem to mind who gets the credit as long as they get the job done.
We are #2 in RPI behind NW. Despite having a better record with only 1 loss to their 3 and us being #1 in today's coaches poll and IL poll, NW is on a 10 game win streak including beating us and #3 Maryland twice. So I think NW gets the #1 overall seed.
The last selection committee rankings on 4/16 had us #3 behind Maryland. However since then Maryland has lost twice and our RPI passed theirs. So I think we will get the #2 sed and Maryland is #3.
The committee definitely will not drop Maryland to 4, setting up yet another duel with NW in the semis. And UNC at 4th would be a travesty as well, so I think UNC and MD at the 2 & 3 is pretty much a lock, just a question of who gets which seed.
The 4 & 5 seeds are much harder to figure out: Stony Brook, Johns Hopkins, Cuse, Navy and Florida all have solid arguments.
Getting the 2 seed (rather than 1) might be good bulletin board material for the team. Probably we play Clemson in our first game (assuming they win the Thursday game) because of proximity either way. And there isn't much difference between #7 and #8 among Stony Brook, Johns Hopkins, Cuse, Navy and Florida for a quarterfinal matchup.
I would prefer to avoid MD in the semis, but otherwise I see no benefit over a #1 vs a #2 as you say.
Yeah but NW had to really bad loses which you cannot ignore. Our record is better than theirs. We will have to wait and see when the format and placing of the teams are announced.
Yep. Harden a major part of the heart of this group I suspect. Grit, like her preceding family members. As much Carolina athletics royalty as any family if you’re old like me.
I’d kinda like to see NU vs Stanford’s zone along the way. And they’re kinda western….
Slick move by Stanford to try and avoid a second red card on #5 Olivia Rose who fouled Kate Levy, removing her goggles in the process of applying her stick to Kate's head. We were at the game; so got very little in the way of feedback or explanations from the stadium announcer as to what was going on. Didn't realize that they had tried to sub a different player for "timeout" in the "naughty chair" to keep Olivia eligible to stay in the game. Once we watched the replay at home that all became clear.
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Much like Rick Pitino with KY around 1991. This is a common thing in basketball as I remember. But interestingly, Pitino got in hot water with Media about it and blamed it on the players and even suspended one as I remember. Typical Patino, as far as I can tell, as no coach worth his weight didn’t know, and no person with ethics would’ve blamed his players.
At any rate, I do remain a little confused on the matter though, because what I saw on TV could easily imply that the officials did name the wrong person from the beginning.
ACC Attacker of the Year: Chloe Humphrey
ACC Midfielder of the Year: Eliza Osbourn
ACC Defender of the Year: Sam Forrest
ACC Midfielder of the Year: Eliza Osbourn
ACC Defender of the Year: Sam Forrest
I question why her coaches allowed Olivia Rose to be positioned to directly contest the FPS after receiving her first yellow card. In my mind, the Stanford staff was asleep at the switch.
The talking heads seem to agree that UNC and Maryland will be seeded #2 and #3 when the bracket is revealed Sunday. I would welcome playing the Terps in the semifinal game. The two teams haven’t met since 2020 when the Heels blistered UM 19-6 in Chapel Hill.
The talking heads seem to agree that UNC and Maryland will be seeded #2 and #3 when the bracket is revealed Sunday. I would welcome playing the Terps in the semifinal game. The two teams haven’t met since 2020 when the Heels blistered UM 19-6 in Chapel Hill.
That would be a slight on us. I know we lost to NW and so did Maryland, but our record is better and they did lose to two teams that are not ranked now. They beat us in overtime. I was not like they beat us in regulation. We had them beat and we let them off of the hook. The committee needs to recognize this fact IMO. We shall see how it turns out on Sunday.