2006 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
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.
| 2006 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
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| 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 | 49,562 semi-finals 47,062 finals 96,624 total | ||||
| Top scorer | Matt Ward, Virginia (22 goals) | ||||
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Virginia won the national title with a 15–7 win over Massachusetts. 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.