| 2006 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | May 13–29, 2006 | ||||
| Teams | 16 | ||||
| Finals site | Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||
| Champions | Virginia (4th title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Massachusetts (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | Maryland (19th Final Four) Syracuse (23rd Final Four) | ||||
| Winning coach | Dom Starsia (3rd title) | ||||
| MOP | Matt Ward, Virginia | ||||
| Attendance[1] | 49,562 semi-finals 47,062 finals 96,624 total | ||||
| Top scorer | Matt Ward, Virginia (22 goals) | ||||
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The 2006 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 36th annual tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team champion of men's college lacrosse among its Division I programs, held at the end of the 2006 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.[2]
Virginia 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 and won their fourth NCAA championship and sixth overall national lacrosse title. The Minutemen became the second unseeded team to make the NCAA final (Towson State also accomplished this in 1991).
The semifinals and the championship game were played at Lincoln Financial Field, the home of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a crowd of 47,062 fans in attendance.[4]
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- ^ "DIVISION I MEN'S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "NCAA Lacrosse Division I Results / Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ "Attendance Figures for the NCAA Men's Championships". LaxPower.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-25.