ESPN will present more than 540 women’s college lacrosse games during the 2024 season across ESPNU, ACC Network (ACCN), ESPN3, ESPN+ and ACCNX. ESPN’s industry-leading women’s lacrosse schedule, featuring the best teams and top conferences in the country, begins Saturday, Feb. 10.
11 of the preseason top-20 teams will be showcased live on either ESPNU or ACC Network this spring. Coverage includes 10 matchups of preseason-ranked teams, including a rematch of last season’s title game – reigning champion and No. 1 Northwestern travels to No. 2 Boston College on Thursday, Feb. 29 (4 p.m., ESPNU). Other must-see matchups include No. 3 North Carolina facing No. 5 Syracuse on March 16 (Noon, ACCN) and a top-three showdown between Northwestern and the Tar Heels on March 25 (4:30 p.m., ESPNU).
More than 520 additional games will be available on ESPN+, ESPN3 and ACCNX via the ESPN App.
COMMENTATORS
Play-by-play commentators for women’s coverage include Jay Alter, Drew Carter, Leah Secondo, Mark Dixon and Joe Beninati.
Women’s game analysts include:
- Dana Boyle – Member of Virginia women’s lacrosse team from 2011-14, making a 2014 Final Four appearance; named to All-ACC Team (2013).
- Rachael DeCecco – Three-time First-Team All-American defender at Princeton (2001, 2002, 2003); winner of the Tewaaraton Trophy in 2003 and an NCAA Champion in 2002 and 2003; Inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2019.
- Charlotte North – Two-time Tewaaraton Trophy winner (2021 and 2022); two-time All-American at Boston College; NCAA career goals leader (358); 2021 NCAA Champion; 2022 World Champion with Team USA.
- Courtney Martinez Connor – Five-time NCAA Champion and All-American at Maryland; NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player; former Division I head coach (Arizona State, UMBC and Mount St. Mary’s).
- Sheehan Stanwick Burch – Four-time All-American at Georgetown, where she holds the program records in goals scored (232) and total points (330); inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2021.
POSTSEASON AND NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
The postseason on ESPN platforms begins Sunday, April 21 with ACC Championship first round action. ACC Network will air every game of the ACC Women’s Lacrosse Championship, concluding with the Championship game on Sunday, April 28. ESPNU will air the American Athletic Conference championship game on May 4 and the America East championship game on May 5.
ESPN will once again provide coverage of the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship. Championship weekend will take place at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. May 24-26. Complete details will be announced later this season.
Weekly schedules and commentators will be available here throughout the season. Games airing on ESPN platforms are also available on the ESPN App, accessible on computers, smartphones, tablets and connected devices to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
ESPN WOMEN’S LACROSSE SCHEDULE
Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
|---|
Feb. 10 | 2 p.m. | Davidson at Clemson | ACCN |
Feb. 24 | Noon | Clemson at Duke | ACCN |
| 6 p.m. | Virginia Tech at Louisville | ACCN |
Feb. 29 | 4 p.m. | Northwestern at Boston College | ESPNU |
March 2 | 11 a.m. | Notre Dame at North Carolina | ACCN |
March 16 | Noon | North Carolina at Syracuse | ACCN |
March 23 | 11 a.m. | Virginia Tech at Pitt | ACCN |
March 25 | 4:30 p.m. | Northwestern at North Carolina | ESPNU |
March 27 | 4 p.m. | Loyola at Syracuse | ESPNU |
| 7 p.m. | Xavier at Louisville | ACCN |
March 30 | Noon | North Carolina at Boston College | ACCN |
April 6 | 11:30 a.m. | Virginia at Louisville | ACCN |
April 7 | 4 p.m. | Penn at Yale | ESPNU |
April 10 | 6 p.m. | Maryland at Johns Hopkins | ESPNU |
April 13 | 4 p.m. | Boston College at Virginia | ACCN |
April 14 | Noon | Michigan at Johns Hopkins | ESPNU |
April 17 | 7 p.m. | Virginia at Virginia Tech | ACCN |
April 18 | 3 p.m. | Duke at North Carolina | ESPNU |
| 5 p.m. | Syracuse at Boston College | ESPNU |
April 21 | Noon | ACC Champ. First Round | ACCN |
| 2 p.m. | ACC Champ. First Round | ACCN |
April 24 | 11 a.m. | ACC Champ. Quarterfinal 1 | ACCN |
| 2 p.m. | ACC Champ. Quarterfinal 2 | ACCN |
| 5 p.m. | ACC Champ. Quarterfinal 3 | ACCN |
| 8 p.m. | ACC Champ. Quarterfinal 4 | ACCN |
April 26 | 5 p.m. | ACC Champ. Semifinal 1 | ACCN |
| 8 p.m. | ACC Champ. Semifinal 2 | ACCN |
April 28 | Noon | ACC Championship | ACCN |
May 4 | 1 p.m. | AAC Championship | ESPNU |
May 5 | 10 a.m. | America East Championship | ESPNU |
