2006 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
# 2006 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

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. 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 | May 6 | May 6 |
| - | - | - |
| | Holy Cross (Patriot, 13-6) | 14 |
| | Le Moyne (MAAC, 15-3) | 8 |

### Teams

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

## Tournament bracket

| First Round | First Round | First Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Finals Nickerson Field Boston, MA | Finals Nickerson Field Boston, MA | Finals Nickerson Field Boston, MA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Duke | 18 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Holy Cross | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Holy Cross | 2 | 1 | Duke | 16 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | James Madison | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | James Madison | 9 | 8 | James Madison | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | Richmond | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Richmond | 8 | | | | 1 | Duke | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Northwestern (OT) | 11 | | | | |
| 5 | North Carolina | 9 | | | | | | | 4 | Northwestern (OT) | 11 | | | | |
| | Maryland | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Maryland | 6 | 5 | North Carolina | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Northwestern | 17 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Northwestern | 17 | 4 | Northwestern | 17 | | | | | | | |
| | Stanford | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Stanford | 9 | | | | | | | | 4 | Northwestern | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Dartmouth | 4 |
| 3 | Georgetown | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Dartmouth | 4 |
| | Monmouth | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Monmouth | 2 | 3 | Georgetown | 9 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Notre Dame | 12 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 16 | 6 | Notre Dame | 12 | | | | | | | |
| | Cornell | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Cornell | 8 | | | | 6 | Notre Dame | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Dartmouth | 14 | | | | |
| 7 | Dartmouth | 9 | | | | | | | 7 | Dartmouth | 14 | | | | |
| | Boston U. | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Boston U. | 4 | 7 | Dartmouth (OT) | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Princeton | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Virginia | 7 | | Princeton | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | 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
