The 2014 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the thirty-third annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for

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(NCAA) Division I women's

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. The tournament began with first-round play on May 9, and concluded with the championship game played at

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, on May 25, 2014. The

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were the 2014 NCAA Tournament champions.

Dates and locations

The NCAA Tournament's ten first-round games were played Friday, May 9, and eight second-round games were played Sunday, May 11. First- and second-round games were hosted by the eight ranked teams. The four quarterfinal games were played Saturday, May 17 on the home fields of the higher-seeded teams. The winners of the four quarterfinal games advanced to the two semifinal games played on May 23 and hosted by Towson University at Johnny Unitas Stadium, the home field of the

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football and lacrosse teams. The tournament championship game was played at Johnny Unitas Stadium on May 25.

Tournament field

Thirteen teams automatically qualified for the tournament by virtue of winning their respective conference championships. These teams included No. 1 seed

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(ACC) and No. 4 seed

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Seeds

1. Maryland (19-1)
2. Syracuse (18-2)
3. North Carolina (14-4)
4. Florida (17-2)
5. Northwestern (12-6)
6. Virginia (10-8)
7. Boston College (13-5)
8. Notre Dame (9-8)

Teams

Tournament bracket

The 2014 NCAA Tournament bracket consisted of 26 teams, eight of whom were seeded No. 1 through No. 8.NCAA.com, Women's Lacrosse, Division I
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Retrieved February 15, 2015.

References

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