The 2006 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 36th annual

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hosted by the

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to determine the team champion of men's

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among its Division I programs, held at the end of the 2006 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.

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won the national title with a 15–7 win over

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. 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

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). The semifinals and the championship game were played at

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, the home of the NFL's

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, in

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, with a crowd of 47,062 fans in attendance.

Qualifying

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.

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made their debut appearance in the Division I men's lacrosse tournament.

Bracket

* * = Overtime

References

External links

*http://www.ncaasports.com/lacrosse/mens/history/2006 *http://www.laxpower.com/ NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship {{Philadelphia-sport-stub

Qualifying

Bracket

See also

References

External links