PHILADELPHIA – Let the #MayMadness begin!

The University of Pennsylvania women's lacrosse team has earned the No. 7 seed in the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Tournament and will serve as a host for first and second round games May 12-14 at Penn Park's Dunning-Cohen Champions Field.

4 p.m. - #7 Penn vs. Navy

7 p.m. – Colorado vs. Massachusetts

1 p.m. – #7 Penn/Navy Winner vs. Colorado/Massachusetts Winner

Penn is the No. 7 seed for the second year in a row. Last year, the Quakers won two games to reach the quarterfinals before suffering an 8-4 loss to Penn State in Happy Valley.

Penn and Navy have never met in women's lacrosse. Penn is 5-1 all-time against schools currently competing in the Patriot League in the NCAA Tournament. Penn's last NCAA Tournament game against a Patriot League opponent was a 10-9 loss in overtime at No. 6 Loyola (MD) in 2012.

Penn will be making its 11th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance this weekend, the fifth-longest active streak among all Division I programs. The Quakers trail only Maryland (27), Virginia (22), Northwestern (14) and North Carolina (13) in active consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament. Overall, Penn is making its 13th NCAA Tournament appearance.

Penn enters the 2017 NCAA Tournament tied for 11th all-time in NCAA Tournament wins with 13. Overall, the Quakers are 13-12 in national tournament games.

With a 13-12 record in NCAA Tournament games, Penn's .520 winning percentage ranks No. 9 among the 60 teams to have played at least one game in the national tournament. 

The Quakers are 8-4 all-time in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, including wins in each of the last three years. Penn is the only team in the country to have wins in each of the last three NCAA Tournament first rounds. Overall, Penn is one of six teams to win its first game in the past three NCAA Tournaments over the first and second rounds.

Penn is 3-2 all-time in overtime in the NCAA Tournament – Penn's three wins in extra time are third-most of any team behind Maryland (6) and Princeton (5). Penn's last OT game in the NCAAs was an 11-10 win over Albany in 2015's first round at Syracuse.

The Red and Blue enter the 2017 NCAA Tournament ranked No. 4 in the nation in Scoring Defense, allowing 8.31 goals per game. Prior to allowing 17 goals in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals, the Quakers had not conceded more than 12 in a game all year. Penn's team save percentage of .546 is No. 2 in the country.

Save the ball. Senior goalkeeper Britt Brown leads the Ivy League in GAA at 8.23 – good for No. 7 overall among Division I goalkeepers. Her .550 save percentage is No. 2 in both the NCAA and Ivy League – one-thousandth of a point behind Princeton's Ellie DeGarmo. Brown has 155 saves in 2017 – 13 away from moving into the Top-5 on Penn's single-season saves list. She has five games with 13+ saves in 2017.

Alex Condon, the 2017 Ivy League Midfielder of the Year, leads Penn with 43 goals in 2017 – tied for No. 4 in a single season by a Quaker. She has 20 goals over her last six games.

Defender Katy Junior earned first-team All-Ivy honors and ranks No. 2 in the Ivy League with 37 caused turnovers. Her 2.31 CTs per game ranks No. 2 in the Ivy League and No. 14 in the country. She has six games with 3+ caused turnovers in 2017 – Penn is 6-0 in those games.

There's arguably no Quaker more on fire entering the NCAA Tournament than Emily Rogers-Healion. The senior attacker has saved her finest season for her last, earning first-team All-Ivy honors and leading the Red and Blue with 57 points. She has 3+ points in each of her last six games – totaling 29 over that span.

A trio of freshman have wasted no time acclimating themselves to the Penn lineup. Gabby Rosenzweig's 39 points are fourth on the team, while Erin Barry is sixth with 28 points. Midfielder Chelsea Kibler is fourth on the team with 26 draw controls and 24 ground balls.

Rosenzweig, who was ILWomen.com National Co-Rookie of the Week after a seven-point performance in the regular season finale, ranks No. 3 all-time in scoring by a freshman with 39 points on 23 goals and 16 assists. She is four assists away from tying the rookie record of 20 set in 1980 by Penn Athletics Hall of Famer Sherry Marcantonio '83. She is six points away from tying Erin Brennan '12 for first place on Penn's single season rookie scoring record.

Penn enters the postseason with 195 goals in the 2017 season – tied for sixth-most in a single season by a Penn team alongside the 2008 team. The Quakers are five goals away from moving into fifth and six away from taking over fourth. Penn's 12.19 goals-per-game in 2017 is second-most in a season, behind only the 1981 team which averaged 12.77.

The Midshipmen enter the NCAA Tournament with a 15-4 overall record … Navy went 8-1 in the Patriot League and won the Patriot League Tournament championship with a 15-5 win over Loyola … Navy has won six consecutive games entering the NCAA Tournament … Navy ranks No. 9 in the country in Scoring Offense, scoring 15.42 goals per game … Navy's 35.42 shots per game are No. 7 in the country … The Midshipmen are excellent on the draw, ranking No. 3 in the country with 15.74 draw controls per game … Jenna Collins has scored 63 goals this season, good for No. 9 in the country … Her 93 total points are No. 6 among all Division I players … Kelly Larkin's 44 assists rank No. 10 in the country … Navy head coach Cindy Timchal is the all-time winningest head coach in NCAA history, with 488 wins … She is coaching in her 26th NCAA Tournament – and fifth with Navy … She has won eight career NCAA Championships as a head coach, winning all eight during her tenure as head coach at Maryland – including seven in a row from 1994-2001 … Navy is 1-4 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.