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

Teams Seed School Conference Berth type Record1 NorthwesternALCAutomatic 17-12 Duke ACCAt-large 14-33 VirginiaACCAutomatic 16-34 PennIvy LeagueAutomatic 14-15 Maryland ACCAt-large 15-36 North Carolina ACCAt-large 15-47 Johns Hopkins ALCAt-large 11-78 Vanderbilt ALCAt-large 11-5 Boston U.America EastAutomatic 13-5 HofstraCAAAutomatic 12-6 Holy CrossPatriot LeagueAutomatic 13-5 Le MoyneMAACAutomatic 16-4 Princeton Ivy LeagueAt-large 10-6 RichmondAtlantic 10Automatic 14-5 SyracuseBig EastAutomatic 12-5 Yale Ivy LeagueAt-large 13-3

Tournament bracket

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

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