2007 NCAA Tournament
| Syracuse vs. Vanderbilt | W | 16-10 |
| Syracuse vs. Northwestern | L | 14-9 |
Syracuse earned its first automatic bid to the NCAA Championship by winning the inaugural BIG EAST Tournament. The Orange went on the road to take on Vanderbilt. The Commodores started the game strong, jumping to early 2-0 and 3-1 leads. The Orange quickly responded and took a 6-4 advantage. Vanderbilt scored the next two goals to knot the game at six, but Christina Dove answered with a goal before Kristin Brady added another score to give the Orange an 8-6 lead at intermission. The Commodores pulled within one, 11-10, but Syracuse tallied the final five goals of the game to win its first-ever NCAA Tournament game, 16-10. Dove and Katie Rowan led the SU offense with five goals each.
The victory put the Orange in the quarterfinals where it faced top-seeded Northwestern on the road. The Wildcats jumped to an early 5-1 advantage, but SU responded and scored the next four goals of the game to tie the contest at five. After Northwestern reclaimed the lead, Brady knotted the game at six with 55 seconds remaining in the opening period. The Wildcats added a goal with 13 seconds left and had a chance to add another, but SU goalkeeper Amber Pardee-Hill made an amazing save in the closing seconds to keep the Orange within one, 7-6, at intermission. Each team scored a goal before Northwestern tallied the next four goals to grab a 12-7 advantage. The teams traded goals the rest of the way and the Wildcats held on to defeat Syracuse, 14-9, en route to its third consecutive national championship. Halley Quillinan led the Orange with three goals while Rowan finished with three points on a goal and two assists.
