2007 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

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2007 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament
DatesMay 2007
Teams16
Finals site Franklin Field
Philadelphia, PA
Champions Northwestern (3rd title)
Runner-up Virginia (9th title game)
MOP Hilary Bowen, Northwestern
Attendance18,369 finals
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
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The 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 26th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during May 2007. [1] All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 16 teams were invited to participate.

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Northwestern defeated Virginia, 15–13, to win their third national championship. This would subsequently become the third of Northwestern's seven national titles in eight years (2005–2009, 2011–12).

The leading scorer for the tournament was Katie Breslin from Virginia (17 goals). Hilary Bowen, from Northwestern, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Tournament field

A total of 16 teams were invited to participate. 9 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments while the remaining 7 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records.

Play-in game

May 5
   
  Le Moyne (MAAC, 15-4)19
  Monmouth (NEC, 15-4) 12

Teams

SeedSchoolConferenceBerth typeRecord
1 Northwestern ALC Automatic17-1
2 Duke ACC At-large14-3
3 Virginia ACC Automatic16-3
4 Penn Ivy League Automatic14-1
5 Maryland ACC At-large15-3
6 North Carolina ACC At-large15-4
7 Johns Hopkins ALC At-large11-7
8 Vanderbilt ALC At-large11-5
Boston U. America East Automatic13-5
Hofstra CAA Automatic12-6
Holy Cross Patriot League Automatic13-5
Le Moyne MAAC Automatic16-4
Princeton Ivy League At-large10-6
Richmond Atlantic 10 Automatic14-5
Syracuse Big East Automatic12-5
Yale Ivy League At-large13-3

Tournament bracket

First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
Franklin Field
Philadelphia, PA
            
1 Northwestern 19
Holy Cross 7
1Northwestern14
Syracuse 9
8 Vanderbilt 10
Syracuse 16
1Northwestern12
4 Penn 2
5 Maryland 13
Yale 7
5 Maryland 7
4Penn9
4 Penn 11
Boston U. 5
1Northwestern15
3 Virginia 13
3 Virginia 19
Princeton 10
3Virginia14
6 North Carolina 8
6 North Carolina 14
Richmond 7
3Virginia14
2 Duke 13
7 Johns Hopkins 12
Hofstra 8
7 Johns Hopkins 7
2Duke12
2 Duke 23
Le Moyne 8

All-tournament team

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References

  1. "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 25, 2015.