The 2007

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was the 26th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I

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women's

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. The championship game was played at

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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

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, 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

Seeds

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

Teams

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 *

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, Northwestern * Karen Jann, Penn * Hilary Renna, Penn * Kaitlin Duff, Virginia * Ashley McCulloch, Virginia * Jess Wasilewski, Virginia

References

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