2007 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament explained

Gender:Women's
Year:2007
Dates:May 2007
Teams:16
Finalsfield:Franklin Field
Finalscity:Philadelphia, PA
Titlecount:3rd
Gamecount:9th
Mop:Hilary Bowen
Mopteam:Northwestern
Attendfinals:18,369

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.

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

Teams

SeedSchoolConferenceBerth typeRecord
1NorthwesternALCAutomatic17-1
2DukeACCAt-large14-3
3VirginiaACCAutomatic16-3
4PennIvy LeagueAutomatic14-1
5MarylandACCAt-large15-3
6North CarolinaACCAt-large15-4
7Johns HopkinsALCAt-large11-7
8VanderbiltALCAt-large11-5
Boston U.America EastAutomatic13-5
HofstraCAAAutomatic12-6
Holy CrossPatriot LeagueAutomatic13-5
Le MoyneMAACAutomatic16-4
PrincetonIvy LeagueAt-large10-6
RichmondAtlantic 10Automatic14-5
SyracuseBig EastAutomatic12-5
YaleIvy LeagueAt-large13-3

All-tournament team

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results . NCAA. NCAA.org. March 25, 2015.