2006 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The 2006 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament was the 36th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Sixteen NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.

2006 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
Finals site	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Champions	Virginia (4th title)
Runner-up	Massachusetts
Attendance^[1]	49,562 semi-finals 47,062 finals 96,624 total
NCAA Division I Men's Championships «2005 2007»

The semifinals (Final Four) and the championship game were played at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in front of 47,062 fans.^[2] The Virginia Cavaliers won the national title with a 15-7 win over Massachusetts.^[3] The Cavaliers, led by Matt Ward and Ben Rubeor, completed a perfect 17-0 record in winning their fourth NCAA championship and sixth national lacrosse title overall. The Minutemen became the second unseeded team to make the NCAA final (Towson also accomplished this in 1991).

Tournament results

	First Round May 13–14					Quarterfinals May 20–21					Semifinals May 27					Final May 29
	1	Virginia	14
		Notre Dame	10
						1	Virginia	20
						8	Georgetown	8
		Navy	7
	8	Georgetown	9
											1	Virginia	17
											5	Syracuse	10
	5	Syracuse	11
		Harvard	4
						5	Syracuse	13
						4	Johns Hopkins	12
		Penn	3
	4	Johns Hopkins	13
																1	Virginia	15
																	Massachusetts	7
	3	Hofstra	14
		Providence	8
							Massachusetts	11*
						3	Hofstra	10
		Massachusetts	10
	6	Cornell	9
												Massachusetts	8
											2	Maryland	5
	7	Princeton	11
		UMBC	8
						7	Princeton	6
						2	Maryland	11
		Denver	8
	2	Maryland	16

• * = Overtime

References

1. . Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
2. "Attendance Figures for the NCAA Men's Championships". LaxPower.com. from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
3. "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (pdf). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.

External links

• http://www.ncaasports.com/lacrosse/mens/history/2006
• http://www.laxpower.com/