2011 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
| 2011 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | May 14–30, 2011 | ||||
| Teams | 16 | ||||
| Finals site | Baltimore, Maryland | ||||
| Champions | Virginia (5th title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Maryland (10th title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | Denver (1st Final Four) Duke (7th Final Four) | ||||
| Winning coach | Dom Starsia (Virginia title) | ||||
| MOP | Colin Briggs, Virginia | ||||
| Attendance[1] | 45,039 semi-finals 35,661 finals 80,700 total | ||||
| Top scorer | Steele Stanwick, Virginia (21 goals) | ||||
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The 2011 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament was the 41st 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 2011 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season.[2]
The tournament was held from May 14–30, 2011.
1986 championship.[3]
The championship game was played at
Baltimore, Maryland
, with a crowd of 35,661 fans.
Overview
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.[4]
Qualifying
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.
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
See also
References
- ^ "LaxPower Mobile". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- ^ "DIVISION I MEN'S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "Men's Lacrosse: Virginia Upsets Cornell, 13-9, For Final Four Berth". Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Voepel, Mechelle (May 13, 2011). "Defense is key to Pioneers' hopes". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
External links
- Tournament statistics via NCAA