The 2008 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 27th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Maryland during May 2008. 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 Penn 10–6 to win their fourth overall, as well as fourth straight, national championship. This would subsequently become the fourth of Northwestern's seven national titles in eight years (2005–2009, 2011–12).

The leading scorer for the tournament was Hilary Bowen from Northwestern (23 goals). Bowen was also named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Tournament field A total of 16 teams were invited to participate. 8 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments while the remaining 8 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records.

Play-in games

Teams Seed School Conference Berth type Record1 NorthwesternALCAutomatic 17–12 PennIvy LeagueAutomatic 14–13 Maryland ACCAt-large 17–24 VirginiaACCAutomatic 14–35 SyracuseBig EastAutomatic 16–26 Georgetown Big EastAt-large 12–67 Boston U.America EastAutomatic 17–28 Princeton Ivy LeagueAt-large 12–4 ColgatePatriot LeagueAutomatic 11–9 Duke ACCAt-large 11–7 New Hampshire America EastAt-large 13–5 North Carolina ACCAt-large 12–6 Notre Dame Big EastAt-large 12–6 TempleAtlantic 10Automatic 13–6 TowsonCAAAutomatic 13–5 Vanderbilt ALCAt-large 13–5

Tournament bracket The first two rounds were held on campus sites.

All-tournament team Carolyn Davis, Duke Lindsey Gilbride, Duke Hilary Bowen, Northwestern (Most Outstanding Player) Maggie Bremer, Northwestern Christy Finch, Northwestern Meredith Frank, Northwestern Morgan Lathrop, Northwestern Hannah Nielsen, Northwestern Melissa Lehman, Penn Rachel Manson, Penn Hilary Renna, Penn Megan Mosenson, Syracuse Halley Quillinan, Syracuse

See also NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

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