2011 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

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.

2011 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 14–30, 2011
Teams	16
Finals site	M&T Bank Stadium 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)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments «2010 2012»

Virginia won its fifth NCAA lacrosse championship and seventh college title overall, defeating Maryland in the title game, 9–7. 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.^[3]

The championship game was played at M&T Bank Stadium, the home of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens, in 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

Main article: 2011 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse season

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

• 2011 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

References

1. "LaxPower Mobile". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
2. "DIVISION I MEN'S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
3. "Men's Lacrosse: Virginia Upsets Cornell, 13-9, For Final Four Berth". Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
4. Voepel, Mechelle (May 13, 2011). "Defense is key to Pioneers' hopes". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 14, 2011.

External links

• Tournament statistics via NCAA