A wild and unpredictable NCAA tournament has left us with the heavy favorite (Maryland), the likely challenger (Penn State), an ACC team — but not the one we expected (Boston College) — and the ultimate Cinderella (Navy).

While half the bracket is chalk and the other half is chaos, we have an exciting final three games featuring some of the top offenses in the game. Oh, and we have a legendary coach who has literally coached all the other head coaches remaining in the semifinals.

Now that all paths have led to Foxborough, it’s time for the fun. Here we go, all the tidbits A-Z you need to know before the final weekend of the season commences.

A is for Apuzzo: Boston College’s Sam Apuzzo is a prolific scorer with 111 points on 74 goals and 37 assists. Apuzzo also leads her team in draw controls (59) and has 18 points this postseason.

B is for Big Ten rematch: For the first time, the Big Ten has an all-conference meeting on championship weekend as the lone remaining seeded teams meet in Friday’s opener at Gillette Stadium. This is the type of Memorial Day Jim Delany and company anticipated when the conference announced its sponsorship of lacrosse back in 2013.  

C is for Carter: Penn State’s Madison Carter enters this weekend as US Lacrosse Magazine/Epoch Lacrosse Player of the Week. Carter scored three goals and pulled down nine of her team’s 12 draw controls in the second half to down a pesky Princeton team last week in Happy Valley. Of the remaining participants, she is the leading scorer (3.45 goals per game) and leader in draw controls (6.15 per game).

D is for Discipline: The four teams remaining take care of the ball: Maryland is first nationally with only 12.05 turnovers per game, while Navy is sixth (13.95), Penn State 14^th (14.75) and Boston College 28^th (15.86).

E is for Eagles: The Boston College Eagles make their semifinal debut on Friday night against Navy. Interestingly enough, BC is the lone ACC team remaining, the first time since 2006 there was only one representative from the ACC.

F is for Foxborough: For the first time in the tournament’s history, the Division I women’s tournament shares the same stadium as the men. Also, it’s the first time the tournament will conclude in an NFL stadium. Will the proximity to BC’s campus (23 miles away) provide a home field advantage for the Eagles?

G is for Grow the Game: Before last year, only 8 different teams were represented in the semifinals over the course of the previous 9 years. Now in the past two, we’ve seen three fresh faces join championship weekend. We are guaranteed a team in the final battling for its first national title and if PSU can win its semifinal, the Lions will compete for their first title in nearly three decades.

H is for Helpers: All four teams are proficient passers of the ball to create offense. The Eagles are third nationally with 8.45 assists per game. BC is followed by Navy (fifth, 8.23), Maryland (16^th, 8.23) and Penn State (30^th, 6).

I is for Ingrid: Navy junior goalie Ingrid Boyum, whose 11 saves against North Carolina steadied the Mids and led them into the semifinals. She also had 11 saves in the upset over Penn.

J is for the Journey: No story in college lacrosse this year is more unexpected than Navy, who needed the automatic bid out of the Patriot League to qualify for the tournament to set up its improbable run. How improbable is it? The Midshipmen were likely the 24^th or 25^th team in the entire tournament, yet they’re among the final four standing just two wins from a national title.

K is for Katie: Penn State’s Katie O’Donnell has lit up the scoreboard to the tune of a career-high 61 goals, 14 of which have come from 8-meter chances. The steadily improving junior brings a closer’s attitude to the field that has produced big time goals including the insurance tally on Sunday in the final two minutes to seal PSU’s second trip to the NCAA semifinals

L is for Legacy: Navy head coach Cindy Timchal has the unique distinction to have coached each of the opposing head coaches during her illustrious career that has spanned 35 years. Timchal’s coaching tree includes players who have tremendous success at Maryland, which featured Penn State’s Missy Doherty, Terps coach Cathy Reese and Boston College’s Acacia Walker. Overall, Timchal has led her teams to 19 NCAA quarterfinals and Navy is the third different program she has steered to championship weekend.

M is for Megan: Maryland’s leading scorer for the third straight year is Megan Whittle (66 goals). The junior attacker leads a balanced offense that features six scorers with at least 30 goals and four with at least 49 tallies. Whittle is efficient from the 8-meter (24 tallies) and has bumped up her distribution with a career-high 14 assists, which is four more than she had in her first two years.

N is for Navy: The Mids make their championship weekend debut against fellow debutante Boston College. Their game against BC guarantees an unseeded team plays for the championship for the first time since seeds were introduced.  

O is for Offense: The possession clock and high-tempo teams should produce some appealing goal scoring this weekend. All four teams rank in the top 14 in scoring offense with three of them in the top 10: Maryland (first, 16.86 goals per game), Boston College (seventh, 15.64), Navy (ninth, 15.59) and Penn State (14^th, 14.65).

P is for Penn State: The Nittany Lions are back. Is this the year that Penn State exorcises its demons and vanquishes its long-time rival? The past two postseason runs have ended at the hands of North Carolina and now top-seeded Maryland stands in the way. Penn State has played the Terps tough, with the past three games decided by a total of six goals.

FINAL: @PennStateWLAX 14, @princetonwlax 12. Incredible finish. Rainone denies Hompe on the breakaway and Foxborough-bound PSU keeps dancing pic.twitter.com/KYpJlCyuLB

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) May 21, 2017

Q is for Quintet: Maryland has a stable of IWLCA All-Americans: Zoe Stukenberg, Nadine Hadnagy, Megan Taylor, Megan Whittle and Caroline Wannen. Stukenberg has her eye on the Tewaaraton Award as she was named a finalist alongside fellow finalist Hadnagy.

R is for Return Trip: Penn State is making back-to-back semifinals appearances for the first time since 1988-89 when the Nittany Lions won their last national title. Additionally, Maryland is in the semifinals for the ninth straight season.

S is for Smucker, Schmidt and Spilker: What may sound like the name of a law firm, Penn State’s senior corps of Abby Smucker, Natalie Schmidt and Erika Spilker don’t always fill up the stat sheet, but they represent the leadership and consistency the Nittany Lions rely on from a defensive perspective. Moreover, Smucker is a versatile player who can make game-changing plays at either end of the field.

T is for Terrapins: Maryland is looking for its 13^th national title following last year’s surprising ouster in the championship game to North Carolina. The Terps have run off 21 in a row and have the most championship experience among the final four teams.

U is for Unseeded Finalist: We are guaranteed to have an unseeded team compete for a national title. It will be interesting to see how Navy and Boston College handles their nerves both on Friday and on Sunday as the teams venture into unchartered territory for their respective programs.

V is for Varying Victory Totals: The quartet of programs is headlined by a 12-time winner in Maryland who has a leading with 66 NCAA tournament wins followed by Penn State (23), Boston College (5) and Navy (4).

W Is for Weeks: Boston College’s Kate Weeks is the second half of the Eagles’ dynamic scoring duo as she’s just two points shy of 100 for the season (72 goals, 26 assists). Weeks has been nearly unstoppable in the tournament with 22 points on 12 goals and 10 assists.

X is for X-Factors: Each team features players that can tilt the result in her team’s favor. For Navy and Penn State, their leading point scorers are set for big days. The Mids’ leading scorer Jenna Collins has 71 goals and 40 assists, while the Lions’ Steph Lazo has posted a career year with 45 goals and 42 assists. Maryland sophomore goalie Megan Taylor has put up an impressive .541 save percentage, backstopping a suffocating defense. Boston College has received a lift this postseason with Kenzie Kent’s 21 points, which featured an eight-point showing against USC last week.

Y is for Young: Navy’s Morgan Young has been a crucial asset to Collins and the rest of the Midshipmen offense. She has scored 52 times and dished off 25 assists.

Z is for the Zoes: A pair of Zoes will feature in prominent roles on Friday with Maryland’s Stukenberg leading the Terps offense and Boston College’s Ochoa patrolling the crease trying to stop Navy’s offense.