2013 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

The 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 32nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The semifinal and championship rounds were played at Villanova Stadium (the home of Villanova Wildcats football) from May 24–26, 2013.

2013 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 10–26, 2013
Teams	26
Finals site	Villanova Stadium Villanova, Pennsylvania
Champions	North Carolina (1st title)
Runner-up	Maryland (17th title game)
Semifinalists	Northwestern (9th Final Four) Syracuse (4th Final Four)
Winning coach	Jenny Levy (1st title)
MOP	Kara Cannizzaro, North Carolina
Attendance	9,391 finals 24,962 total
NCAA Division I women's tournaments «2012 2014»

The University of North Carolina defeated their ACC rival University of Maryland to win their first ever women's lacrosse championship.

Tournament field

All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 26 teams were invited to participate. 13 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments while the remaining 13 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records.

Teams

Seed	School	Conference	Berth type	RPI	Record
1	Maryland	ACC	Automatic	1	19–0
2	Northwestern	ALC	Automatic	2	17–2
3	North Carolina	ACC	At-large	3	14–3
4	Syracuse	Big East	Automatic	4	16–3
5	Florida	ALC	At-large	5	17–2
6	Georgetown	Big East	At-large	6	13–5
7	Penn State	ALC	At-large	11	12–6
8	Navy	Patriot League	Automatic	7	18–1
	Boston College	ACC	At-large	9	12–7
	Canisius	MAAC	Automatic	38	14–4
	Connecticut	Big East	At-large	17	13–4
	Dartmouth	Ivy League	At-large	24	10–7
	Denver	MPSF	At-large	13	17–2
	Duke	ACC	At-large	10	12–5
	High Point	Big South	Automatic	33	10–8
	Jacksonville	Atlantic Sun	Automatic	45	13–5
	Loyola (MD)	Big East	At-large	19	10–8
	Massachusetts	Atlantic 10	Automatic	8	17–2
	Monmouth	NEC	Automatic	39	13–6
	Notre Dame	Big East	At-large	15	12–4
	Penn	Ivy League	Automatic	14	11–5
	Princeton	Ivy League	At-large	21	10–6
	Stanford	MPSF	Automatic	18	13–5
	Stony Brook	America East	Automatic	12	16–2
	Towson	CAA	Automatic	22	10–8
	Virginia	ACC	At-large	16	9–9

Tournament bracket

	First round May 10					Second round May 12					Quarterfinals May 18					Semifinals May 24 Villanova, Pennsylvania					Championship May 26 Villanova, Pennsylvania
						1	Maryland	11
							Stony Brook	3
		Stony Brook	8
		Towson	6
											1	Maryland	14
												Duke	9
		Duke	10
		Princeton	9
							Duke	10
						8	Navy	5
	8	Navy	12
		Monmouth	6
																1	Maryland	11
																4	Syracuse	10
						5	Florida	16
							Denver	5
		Denver	14
		Jacksonville	7
											5	Florida	9
											4	Syracuse	13
						4	Syracuse	21
							Dartmouth	8
		Boston College	8
		Dartmouth	11
																					1	Maryland	12
																					3	North Carolina	13
						3	North Carolina	19
							Loyola (MD)	9
		Loyola (MD)	18
		High Point	7
											3	North Carolina	13
												Virginia	9
						6	Georgetown	8
							Virginia	10
		Penn	6
		Virginia	12
																3	North Carolina	11
																2	Northwestern	4
	7	Penn State	14
		Canisius	13
						7	Penn State	12
							Massachusetts	9
		Massachusetts	14
		Connecticut	10
											7	Penn State	7
											2	Northwestern	15
						2	Northwestern	15
							Stanford	8
		Notre Dame	7
		Stanford	8