2017 Big Ten women's lacrosse tournament

The 2017 Big Ten Women's Lacrosse Tournament was held May 5 and May 7 at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex in College Park, Maryland. For the first time, the top four teams from regular season play will earn berths in the tournament. Previously all schools qualified for the tournament. The seeds were based upon the teams' regular season conference record. The tournament format is single elimination.

Maryland successfully defended its 2016 tournament title and received the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship.

The 2017 tournament was the first tournament Johns Hopkins was eligible to participate in as it was their first season in the conference.

Standings
Seed School Conference Overall
1 Maryland ‡* 6–019-0
2 Penn State * 5–115–3
3 Northwestern * 4–210-9
4 Johns Hopkins * 3–311–6
5 Rutgers 2–48-8
6 Michigan 1–55-12
7 Ohio State 0–66–11
‡ Big Ten regular season champions.
* Qualify for conference tournament.

Schedule
Session Game Time* Matchup Score Television
Semifinals – Friday, May 5
1 1 6:00 pm #1 Maryland vs. #4 Johns Hopkins 19-16 Big Ten Network
2 8:30 pm #2 Penn State vs. #3 Northwestern 12-11 Big Ten Network
Championship – Sunday, May 7
2 3 12:00pm #1 Maryland vs. #3 Northwestern 14-6 Big Ten Network
*Game times in EST. # – Denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex – College Park, Maryland

Semifinals
May 5 		Championship
May 7
      
1 Maryland 19
4 Johns Hopkins 16
1 Maryland 14
3 Northwestern 6
2 Penn State 11
3 Northwestern 12

References
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