NCAA women's lacrosse bracket revealed with Northwestern, North Carolina and Maryland top seeds
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Updated · USA Lacrosse · May 4
NCAA women's lacrosse bracket revealed with Northwestern, North Carolina and Maryland top seeds
12 articles · Updated · USA Lacrosse · May 4
The bracket leaked on the NCAA website about 30 minutes before the ESPNU Selection Show, while Johns Hopkins, Stony Brook, Navy, Michigan and Colorado took seeds four through eight.
South Florida was the biggest omission, becoming the first at-large team ranked higher than 22nd in RPI to miss the field, while Loyola's win over Navy likely helped secure its place.
Colorado and Stony Brook were handed difficult pods, Boston College versus Yale was highlighted as the best first-round game, and Syracuse was left unseeded after a late regular-season loss to Boston College.
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