Who's In

The 2025 automatic qualifiers to the NCAA tournament

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Steve Ulrich
May 02, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

MAY 3, 2025 | composed by STEVE ULRICH

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🏆️  Here is our list of who has qualified for the 2025 NCAA DIII men’s and women’s lacrosse championships.

» Men’s Selection Reveal. The 40-team field for the DIII men’s tournament will be revealed on Sunday night on NCAA.com

» Women’s Selection Reveal. The 47-team field for the DIII women’s championship will be revealed on Monday morning at 10:30 a.m. on NCAA.com

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MEN
1. Who’s In The 40-Team Men’s Field

Here is a list of the 27 automatic qualifiers to the NCAA DIII men’s lacrosse championship field. Thirteen (13) teams will qualify as at-large selections due to their NPI ranking.

Conference

Atlantic East
Centennial
Coastal
CCIW
CNE
Empire 8
Great Northeast
Heartland
Landmark
Liberty
Little East
Michigan
MAC Commonwealth
MAC Freedom
NESCAC
NEWMAC
North Atlantic
North Coast
Northern Athletics
Ohio
Old Dominion
Presidents
Skyline
Southern Athletic
SUNYAC
United East
USA South

Automatic Qualifier

Marymount at Immaculata
Dickinson at Gettysburg
Christopher Newport at Salisbury
Elmhurst at Illinois Wesleyan
Wentworth at Endicott
Nazareth at St. John Fisher
Lasell at Rivier
Transylvania
Scranton at Elizabethtown
St. Lawrence at RPI
UMass Boston at Western Connecticut
Albion
Stevenson at York
DeSales at Stevens
semifinals
Babson at Springfield
semifinals
Denison at Ohio Wesleyan
Concordia WI at Aurora
Ohio Northern at Baldwin Wallace
Lynchburg at Washington and Lee
Chatham at Grove City
Farmingdale State
Sewanee at Rhodes
Oneonta at Cortland
Penn College at St. Mary’s MD
Methodist at Pfeiffer

» At-Large Candidates. RPI (6), Williams (23), Kean (24), Swarthmore (26), Trinity (27), Bates (29)

WOMEN
2. Who’s In The 47-Team Women’s Field

Here is a list of the 30 automatic qualifiers to the NCAA DIII men’s lacrosse championship field. Seventeen (17) teams will qualify as at-large selections due to their NPI ranking.

Conference

Atlantic East
Centennial
CCIW
CNE
Empire 8
Great Northeast
Heartland
Landmark
Liberty
Little East
Massachusetts
Michigan
MAC Commonwealth
MAC Freedom
NESCAC
NEWMAC
New Jersey
North Atlantic
North Coast
Northern Athletics
Northwest
Ohio
Old Dominion
Presidents
Skyline
Southern Athletic
Southern California
SUNYAC
United East
USA South

Automatic Qualifier

Neumann at Marymount
Gettysburg at Franklin & Marshall
Carthage at Carroll
Hartford at Endicott
Geneseo at St. John Fisher
Johnson & Wales at Emmanuel
Transylvania
Catholic at Scranton
Union at Ithaca
Western Connecticut at Plymouth State
Framingham State at Worcester State
Hope
Stevenson at York
Lebanon Valley at Stevens
semifinals
MIT at Babson
Rowan at TCNJ
Husson at Maine Maritime
Wooster at Denison
Edgewood at Lake Forest
Whitman at George Fox
John Carroll at Mount Union
Shenandoah at Washington and Lee
Chatham at Grove City
Farmingdale State at Merchant Marine
Rhodes at Sewanee
Claremont-M-S at Pomona-Pitzer
Cortland at Oswego
Bryn Athyn at St. Mary’s MD
Methodist at Meredith

» At-Large Candidates. Salisbury (11), William Smith (17), Haverford (19), Colorado College (21), Chicago (25), Trinity (28), Messiah (29), Muhlenberg (31), Williams (32), Randolph-Macon (33), Mary Washington (39)

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