IRVING, Texas – After going unbeaten in regular-season conference play, Florida has earned the No. 1 seed for the 2021 American Athletic Conference Women’s Lacrosse Championship, which takes place May 6 and 8 at Donald R. Dizney Stadium in Gainesville, Florida.
 
The Gators went 10-0 in The American’s double round-robin regular-season format to finish unbeaten in conference play for the eighth time in program history. Florida has won its last 40 regular-season conference games, dating to 2016.
 
Florida will face No. 4-seeded Cincinnati in the tournament opener May 6 at 4:30 p.m. ET. The Bearcats claimed the final spot in the championship on the final day of the regular season, scoring the last three goals of the game to rally past East Carolina 13-12.
 
Temple and Vanderbilt will play in the tournament’s second semifinal on May 6, 45 minutes after the completion of the Florida-Cincinnati contest. The schools tied for second in The American’s regular-season standings and split their series in Nashville this weekend, but Vanderbilt earned the No. 2 seed, while Temple will be the No. 3 seed based on head-to-head goal differential.
 
The 2021 Championship will be The American’s second postseason tournament in women’s lacrosse. Florida won the inaugural tournament in 2019, while the 2020 championship was canceled.
 
All three games of The American Championship will be available on ESPN+. The most up-to-date information on the tournament will be available on the conference’s Championship Central site.
 
 
 
2021 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WOMEN’S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP
May 6 and 8 | Donald R. Dizney Stadium | Gainesville, Florida
 
All games on ESPN+
 

Semifinals | Thursday, May 6
No. 4 Cincinnati vs. No. 1 Florida (13-2)	4:30 p.m.
No. 3 Temple vs. No. 2 Vanderbilt	45 minutes following
Final | Saturday, May 8
Semifinal winners	Noon