NCAA women's lacrosse bracket 2025: Schedule, TV channels, live streams, scores for college championship

A few familiar teams are once again sitting at the top of the national rankings heading into the 2025 NCAA women's lacrosse tournament.

North Carolina finished the regular season as the No. 1 overall team and kept its perfect record intact by winning the ACC title in a thrilling battle against Boston College. The Eagles will look to shake off the sting of that loss and reach their eighth straight national championship game.

Northwestern, Florida, Princeton and Maryland are also considered elite contenders in this year's bracket. The Wildcats won the national title in 2023 and earned a spot in the championship game last year, falling to Boston College.

The tournament is set to start on Friday, May 9, with first-round matchups. Which team will make a deep run and raise the trophy?

Here is everything you need to know about the NCAA women's lacrosse tournament, including a full schedule with TV and streaming options for each game.

NCAA women's lacrosse tournament bracket 2025

The 2025 NCAA women's lacrosse tournament will feature a 29-team field, with 15 conference champions receiving automatic bids and 14 teams entering the bracket via at-large bids. The full bracket will be revealed during the selection show on Sunday, May 4 (9 p.m. ET on ESPNU and Fubo).

You can view the latest national media poll below.

Inside Lacrosse women's top 25 media poll

1. North Carolina
2. Boston College
3. Northwestern
4. Florida
5. Princeton
6. Maryland
7. Yale
8. Virginia
9. Stanford
10. Johns Hopkins
11. James Madison
12. Michigan
13. Clemson
14. Duke
15. Loyola
16. Penn
17. Syracuse
18. Army
19. Stony Brook
20. Brown
21. Denver
22. Navy
23. Drexel
24. Harvard
25. UMass

NCAA women's lacrosse tournament schedule, scores

Fri., May 9: First round

Sun., May 11: Second round

Thu., May 15: Quarterfinals

Fri., May 23: Semifinals

At Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

Sun., May 25: Championship

At Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

NCAA women's lacrosse tournament TV channel, live stream

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

The first two rounds of the NCAA women's lacrosse tournament will air exclusively on ESPN+.

You can get an ESPN+ subscription for $11.99 per month or purchase an annual plan for $119.99 per year, a $24 savings. Stream your favorite teams live and enjoy more sports anywhere with an ESPN+ subscription.

Quarterfinal and semifinal matchups will air on ESPNU, and the championship game will air on ESPN. Lacrosse fans can stream all of those games on Fubo.

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