DIII Women's Lacrosse Tournament Bracket

Tournament Central

WESTFIELD, Mass.-- After winning the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Lacrosse Championship yesterday, the Bridgewater State Bears are set to play the Amherst College Jeffs in the opening round of the tournament Saturday, May 10.

The Bears earned their second straight MASCAC regular season and conference titles, finishing the year at 14-5. Taylor Clancy led Bridgewater State with 68 goals and 27 assists while also collecting 77 draw controls and 72 ground balls. Her efforts of six goals and an assist in the conference championship earned her tournament MVP honors.

Amherst College of the New England Small College Athletic Conference finished the season with a 16-2 record which helped them earn an at-large bid into the upcoming tournament. This is the 11th time the Jeffs will be making a trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament.

The two squads will compete for a spot in the regional round to be played on Saturday, May 17 against the winner of York (Pa.) and St. John Fisher. 

The Division III Women's Lacrosse Champion will be decided at Gettysburg College's Clark Field in Gettysburg, Pa with the semifinals and championship May 24-25.

Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (23):

Capital Athletic Conference: Salisbury (18-1)
Centennial Conference: Gettysburg (16-2)
Colonial States Athletic Conference: Cabrini (13-5)
Commonwealth Coast Conference: Endicott (14-3)
Commonwealth Conference: Stevenson (13-5)
Empire 8: St. John Fisher (15-4)
Freedom Conference: Arcadia (18-1)
Great Northeast Athletic Conference: Emmanuel (Mass.) (15-2)
Liberty League: Rensselaer (13-4)
Little East Athletic Conference: Plymouth State (12-4)
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference: Bridgewater State (14-5)
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association: Adrian (12-5)
Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference: Augustana (Ill.) (18-0)
New England Small College Athletic Conference: Trinity (Conn.) (15-2)
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference: Wheaton (Mass.) (13-6)
New Jersey Athletic Conference: TCNJ (17-1)
North Atlantic Conference: Castleton State (9-6)
North Coast Athletic Conference: Denison (13-4)
North Eastern Athletic Conference: Keuka (16-2)
Old Dominion Athletic Conference: Washington & Lee (16-2)
Skyline Conference State: Farmingdale State (18-1)
State University of New York Athletic Conference: Cortland State (19-0)
USA South Athletic Conference: Meredith (14-3)

Pool B Berths (5):

Catholic (12-5)
Pomona-Pitzer (16-4)
Susquehanna (11-5)
Mount Union (15-2)
Redlands (13-4)

Pool C Berths (8):

Amherst (15-2)
Colby (9-6)
Franklin & Marshall (15-2)
Middlebury (11-5)
Fredonia State (11-6)
Geneseo State (16-2)
Williams (13-4)
York (Pa.) (14-4)