NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship Semifinals Field is Set

• Maryland and Syracuse Meet in Semifinal Matchup for Second Consecutive Year
• Penn State, Making its First Appearance in Over 15 Years, to Face North Carolina
• National Title Game Live on ESPNU on Sunday, May 29, at Noon

After two weekends of play, the field of teams for the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship semifinals is set. Defending champion and top-seeded Maryland, No. 3 seed North Carolina, No. 4 seed Syracuse and Penn State will face off beginning Friday, May 27, at 5 p.m. from Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pa. Penn State will face North Carolina, followed by Syracuse taking on Maryland at 7:30 p.m. The semifinals will be carried on ESPN3, with winners advancing to the national title game Sunday, May 29, at noon on ESPNU.

Game Storylines & Features

• Maryland is making its eighth consecutive appearance in the semifinals and going for its third straight national title; the Terrapins have captured 12 of the last 34 national titles
• This year marks the second consecutive year that Maryland and Syracuse will face off in a semifinal matchup
• Unseeded Penn State will make its first semifinals appearance in over 15 years
• North Carolina, who captured the national title in 2013 with a win over Maryland, is making its sixth appearance in eight years
• Syracuse, led by lacrosse Hall of Famer Gary Gait, is making its fifth consecutive appearance
• Maryland and North Carolina boast both its men’s and women’s lacrosse programs in the 2016 NCAA championships
• Tracking three Tewaaraton Award finalists: Maryland’s Taylor Cummings (received the award in 2014 and 2015), Maryland’s Alice Mercer and Syracuse’s Kayla Treanor

Commentators

• The women’s lacrosse championship weekend is led by John Brickley (play-by-play) and analyst Sheehan Stanwick, a former Georgetown lacrosse standout. Halley Quillinan, a former Syracuse lacrosse standout, will be on the sidelines for the national title game

ESPN Digital

• .com’s Vicki Friedman will provide live coverage of championship weekend from Talen Energy Stadium

ESPN’s Coverage of the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Northwestern Mutual (subject to change)

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