2007 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
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.
| 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
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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.
Seeds
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1. Northwestern |
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 |
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| 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
References
- "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 25, 2015.