Overview
- North Carolina beat Maryland 16-6 on Friday to reach the title game after Chloe Humphrey scored five goals and helped the Tar Heels close the game on a 13-3 run.
- Top-seeded Northwestern defeated Johns Hopkins 16-11 at Northwestern Medicine Field to clinch a spot in the national championship; Madison Taylor finished with four goals and four assists.
- Johns Hopkins made its first NCAA Division I women's semifinal appearance this season before falling to Northwestern, while UNC will try to become the first repeat women's champion since 2014–15.
- The men's Final Four will be played at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville next weekend after a previously announced venue change, with Princeton vs. Duke and Notre Dame vs. Syracuse scheduled for the semifinals.
- Television plans keep championship-weekend coverage national, with the women's semifinals on ESPNU and the title game on ESPN, and the site and home-field dynamics likely to shape attendance and atmosphere.