2007 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

2007 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 2007
Teams	16
Finals site	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA
Champions	Northwestern (3rd title)
Runner-up	Virginia (9th title game)
MOP	Hilary Bowen, Northwestern
Attendance	18,369 finals
NCAA Division I women's tournaments «2006 2008»

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. All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 16 teams were invited to participate.

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

Seeds

1. Northwestern
2. Duke
3. Virginia
4. Penn
5. Maryland
6. North Carolina
7. Johns Hopkins
8. Vanderbilt

Teams

School	Conference	Berth type	Record
Boston U.	America East	Automatic	13-5
Duke	ACC	At-large	14-3
Hofstra	CAA	Automatic	12-6
Holy Cross	Patriot League	Automatic	13-5
Johns Hopkins	ALC	At-large	11-7
Le Moyne	MAAC	Automatic	16-4
Maryland	ACC	At-large	15-3
North Carolina	ACC	At-large	15-4
Northwestern	ALC	Automatic	17-1
Penn	Ivy League	Automatic	14-1
Princeton	Ivy League	At-large	10-6
Richmond	Atlantic 10	Automatic	14-5
Syracuse	Big East	Automatic	12-5
Vanderbilt	ALC	At-large	11-5
Virginia	ACC	Automatic	16-3
Yale	Ivy League	At-large	13-3

Tournament bracket

	First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA
	1	Northwestern	19
		Holy Cross	7
						1	Northwestern	14
							Syracuse	9
	8	Vanderbilt	10
		Syracuse	16
											1	Northwestern	12
											4	Penn	2
	5	Maryland	13
		Yale	7
						5	Maryland	7
						4	Penn	9
	4	Penn	11
		Boston U.	5
																1	Northwestern	15
																3	Virginia	13
	3	Virginia	19
		Princeton	10
						3	Virginia	14
						6	North Carolina	8
	6	North Carolina	14
		Richmond	7
											3	Virginia	14
											2	Duke	13
	7	Johns Hopkins	12
		Hofstra	8
						7	Johns Hopkins	7
						2	Duke	12
	2	Duke	23
		Le Moyne	8

All-tournament team

• Caroline Cryer, Duke
• Kim Imbesi, Duke
• Hilary Bowen, Northwestern (Most outstanding player)
• Christy Finch, Northwestern
• Aly Josephs, Northwestern
• Kristen Kjellman, Northwestern
• Hannah Nielsen, Northwestern
• Karen Jann, Penn
• Hilary Renna, Penn
• Kaitlin Duff, Virginia
• Ashley McCulloch, Virginia
• Jess Wasilewski, Virginia

See also

• NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship
• NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship
• 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship