2008 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship

2008 NCAA Division I Women's
Lacrosse Championship
Dates May 2008
Teams 16
Finals site Johnny Unitas Stadium
Towson, MD
Champions Northwestern (4th title)
Runner-up Penn (1st title game)
MOP Hilary Bowen, Northwestern
Attendance 19,093 finals
NCAA Division I Women's Championships
«2007 2009»

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.[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 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 bracket

  First Round
Campus sites
Quarterfinals
Campus sites
Semifinals
Johnny Unitas Stadium
Towson, MD
Finals
Johnny Unitas Stadium
Towson, MD
                                     
 Northwestern 15  
 Notre Dame 7  
   Northwestern 18  
     Princeton 11  
 Princeton 14
 Vanderbilt 10  
   Northwestern 16  
   Syracuse 8  
 Syracuse 21  
 Towson 9  
   Syracuse 13
     North Carolina 11  
 North Carolina 11
 Virginia 7  
   Northwestern 10
   Penn 6
 Maryland 20  
 Temple 7  
   Maryland 7
     Duke 9  
 Duke 10
 Georgetown 8  
   Duke 8
   Penn (OT) 9  
 Boston U. 16  
 New Hampshire 8  
   Boston U. 5
     Penn 8  
 Penn 16
 Colgate 8  

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results". NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 26, 2015.