2011 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

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.

2011 NCAA Division I Men's
Lacrosse Championship
DatesMay 14–30, 2011
Teams16
Finals siteM&T Bank Stadium
Baltimore, MD
ChampionsVirginia (5th title)
Runner-upMaryland
MOPColin Briggs
Attendance[1]45,039 semi-finals
35,661 finals
80,700 total
NCAA Division I Men's Championships
«2010 2012»

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
  1. "LaxPower Mobile". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  2. "Men's Lacrosse: Virginia Upsets Cornell, 13-9, For Final Four Berth". Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  3. Voepel, Mechelle (May 13, 2011). "Defense is key to Pioneers' hopes". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
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