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

Teams Seed School Conference Berth type Record1 Duke ACCAt-large 16–22 VirginiaACCAutomatic 15–33 GeorgetownBig EastAutomatic 13–34 NorthwesternALCAutomatic 16–15 North Carolina ACCAt-large 12–56 Notre Dame Big EastAt-large 13–37 Dartmouth Ivy LeagueAt-large 11–58 James MadisonCAAAutomatic 14–4 Boston U.America EastAutomatic 15–4 Cornell Ivy LeagueAt-large 12–3 Holy CrossPatriot LeagueAutomatic 14–6 Maryland ACCAt-large 12–7 MonmouthNECAutomatic 13–6 PrincetonIvy LeagueAutomatic 11–5 RichmondAtlantic 10Automatic 16–3 StanfordMPSFAutomatic 12–5

Tournament bracket

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

See also NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

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