The 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 36th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship

NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship

The annual NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament determines the top men's field lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III....

 tournament. Sixteen NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse

College lacrosse

College lacrosse refers to lacrosse played by student athletes at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. In both countries, men's field lacrosse and women's lacrosse are played in both the varsity and club levels...

 teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.

The semifinals (Final Four

Final four

Final Four isa sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament, most notably NCAA Division I college basketball tournaments. The term usually refers to the four teams who compete in the two games of a single-elimination tournament's semi-final round...

) and the championship game were played at Lincoln Financial Field

Lincoln Financial Field

Lincoln Financial Field is the home stadium of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles. It has a seating capacity of 68,532 . It is located in South Philadelphia on Pattison Avenue between 11th and 10th streets, also aside I-95 as part of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex...

 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

 in front of 47,062 fans, The Virginia Cavaliers

Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse

The Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse team represents the University of Virginia in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse...

 won the national title with a 15-7 win over Massachusetts

UMass Minutemen men's lacrosse

The UMass Minutemen men's lacrosse team represents the University of Massachusetts Amherst in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse. UMass had competed in the ECAC Lacrosse League, but as of 2010 transferred to the Colonial Athletic Association . They play their home...

. The Cavaliers, led by Matt Ward and Ben Rubeor

Ben Rubeor

Ben Rubeor is an American lacrosse player who currently plays for the Washington Bayhawks in Major League Lacrosse. He was one of the nation's top collegiate lacrosse players at the University of Virginia....

, completed a perfect 17-0 record in winning their fourth NCAA championship and sixth national lacrosse title overall. The Minutemen became just the second unseeded team to ever make the NCAA final (Towson

Towson Tigers

The Towson Tigers, formerly Towson College Knights, are the athletics teams of Towson University. All of the major athletic teams compete in the Colonial Athletic Association with 20 Division I athletic teams The Towson Tigers, formerly Towson College Knights, are the athletics teams of Towson...

 also accomplished this in 1991

1991 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The 1991 tournament championship game was played at the Carrier Dome in front of 8,293 fans. North Carolina completed a perfect 16 and 0 season by defeating Towson 18-13, to win the Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, the fourth overall for the Tar Heels...

).

Tournament results

• * = Overtime

External links

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