2006 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

2006 NCAA Division I women's
lacrosse tournament
2006 NCAA Division I women's; lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 2006
Teams	16
Finals site	Nickerson Field; Boston, MA
Champions	Northwestern (2nd title)
Runner-up	Dartmouth (1st title game)
MOP	Sarah Albrecht, Northwestern
Attendance	14,976 finals
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
«2005	2007»

The 2006 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 25th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Nickerson Field in Boston, Massachusetts during May 2006.^[1] All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship, and a total of 16 teams were invited to participate.

Northwestern defeated Dartmouth, 7–4, to win their second national championship. This would subsequently become the second of Northwestern's seven national titles in eight years (2005–2009, 2011–12).

The leading scorer for the tournament was Crysti Foote from Notre Dame (17 goals). Sarah Albrecht, from Northwestern, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Qualification

A total of 16 teams were invited to participate. 10 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments while the remaining 6 teams qualified at-large based on their regular season records.

Play-in game

May 6

	Holy Cross (Patriot, 13–6)	14

	Le Moyne (MAAC, 15–3)	8

Teams

Seed	School	Conference	Berth type	Record
1	Duke	ACC	At-large	16–2
2	Virginia	ACC	Automatic	15–3
3	Georgetown	Big East	Automatic	13–3
4	Northwestern	ALC	Automatic	16–1
5	North Carolina	ACC	At-large	12–5
6	Notre Dame	Big East	At-large	13–3
7	Dartmouth	Ivy League	At-large	11–5
8	James Madison	CAA	Automatic	14–4
	Boston U.	America East	Automatic	15–4
	Cornell	Ivy League	At-large	12–3
	Holy Cross	Patriot League	Automatic	14–6
	Maryland	ACC	At-large	12–7
	Monmouth	NEC	Automatic	13–6
	Princeton	Ivy League	Automatic	11–5
	Richmond	Atlantic 10	Automatic	16–3
	Stanford	MPSF	Automatic	12–5

Tournament bracket

First Round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals Nickerson Field Boston, MA

1	Duke	18

	Holy Cross	2
			1	Duke	16

			8	James Madison	6
8	James Madison	9

	Richmond	8
						1	Duke	10

						4	Northwestern (OT)	11
5	North Carolina	9

	Maryland	6
			5	North Carolina	6

			4	Northwestern	17
4	Northwestern	17

	Stanford	9
									4	Northwestern	7

									7	Dartmouth	4
3	Georgetown	18

	Monmouth	2
			3	Georgetown	9

			6	Notre Dame	12
6	Notre Dame	16

	Cornell	8
						6	Notre Dame	8

						7	Dartmouth	14
7	Dartmouth	9

	Boston U.	4
			7	Dartmouth (OT)	7

				Princeton	6
2	Virginia	7

	Princeton	8

All-tournament team

Whitney Douthett, Dartmouth
Sarah Szeefi, Dartmouth
Devon Wills, Dartmouth
Kristen Zimmer, Dartmouth
Laura Anderson, Duke
Katie Chrest, Duke
Sarah Albrecht, Northwestern (Most outstanding player)
Lindsay Finocchiaro, Northwestern
Aly Josephs, Northwestern
Kristen Kjellman, Northwestern
Morgan Lathrop, Northwestern
Crysti Foote, Notre Dame
Becky Ranck, Notre Dame

References

^ "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 21, 2015.

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[1] "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 21, 2015.

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