2011 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
| 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | May 14–30, 2011 | ||||
| Teams | 16 | ||||
| Finals site |
M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore, MD | ||||
| Champions | Virginia (5th title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Maryland | ||||
| MOP | Colin Briggs | ||||
| Attendance[1] |
45,039 semi-finals 35,661 finals 80,700 total | ||||
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The 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship was the 41st annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college lacrosse. Sixteen teams were selected to compete in the tournament based upon their performance during the regular season, and for some, by means of a conference tournament.
The championship game took place on May 30, 2011 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, where Virginia won its fifth NCAA lacrosse championship and seventh college title overall, defeating Maryland 9-7 in the title game. 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.[2]
During the tournament, Virginia head coach Dom Starsia became the winningest coach in Division I men's lacrosse history, earning his 327th career win in the quarterfinals against Cornell, surpassing Jack Emmer's record of 326. In addition, the first-round match between Denver and Villanova, held at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium on the DU campus on May 15, was historically notable as the first Division I men's tournament game ever to be held west of the Mississippi River.[3]
Tournament bracket
| First Round May 14–15 | Quarterfinals May 21–22 | Semifinals May 28 | Final May 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Syracuse | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Siena | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Syracuse | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 6* | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | North Carolina | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Duke | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Notre Dame | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Notre Dame | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Duke | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Duke | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| Delaware | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Virginia | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Johns Hopkins | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hofstra | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Johns Hopkins | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Denver | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Denver | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Denver | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Virginia | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Virginia | 13* | |||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Virginia | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Cornell | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Cornell | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hartford | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
- * = Overtime
References
- ↑ http://www.laxpower.com/mobile/view_news.php?id=35712
- ↑ "Men's Lacrosse: Virginia Upsets Cornell, 13-9, For Final Four Berth".
- ↑ Voepel, Mechelle (May 13, 2011). "Defense is key to Pioneers' hopes". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 14, 2011.