The Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference (MWLC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III women's lacrosse-only college athletic conference composed of schools located in the Midwestern United States. All schools are members of other conferences in other sports and formed the MWLC until such time as their existing conferences add lacrosse. In fact, because the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association officially added lacrosse beginning with the 2012-13 season, their members played their last season in the MWLC during 2011-12. This effectively shifted the conference further west.
The MWLC was created in response to many of the member schools fielding men's lacrosse in the Midwest Lacrosse Conference, a men's lacrosse-only conference. Founding members included Adrian College, Albion College, Carthage College, Fontbonne University, College of Mount St. Joseph, North Central College and Trine University.
Spring 2011 the MWLC approved adding Augustana College, Aurora University and Benedictine University. In September 2011, they also voted to add Beloit College, University of Dubuque and Elmhurst College.