2011 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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Dates | May 14–30, 2011 | ||||
Teams | 16 | ||||
Finals site | M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore, Maryland | ||||
Champions | Virginia (5th title) | ||||
Runner-up | Maryland (10th title game) | ||||
Semifinalists | Denver (1st Final Four) Duke (7th Final Four) | ||||
Winning coach | Dom Starsia (Virginia title) | ||||
MOP | Colin Briggs, Virginia | ||||
Attendance[1] | 45,039 semi-finals 35,661 finals 80,700 total | ||||
Top scorer | Steele Stanwick, Virginia (21 goals) | ||||
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The 2011 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 41st 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 2011 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.[2] The tournament was held from May 14–30, 2011.
Virginia won its fifth NCAA lacrosse championship and seventh college title overall, defeating Maryland in the title game, 9–7. Maryland became only the fourth unseeded team to reach the finals and the second unseeded in a row. This was the first all-ACC title game since the 1986 championship.[3]
The championship game was played at M&T Bank Stadium, the home of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens, in Baltimore, Maryland, with a crowd of 35,661 fans.