2006 NCAA Division II men's soccer tournament

2006 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Dowling; (1st title, 1st final)
Runner-up	Fort Lewis; (3rd final)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	103 (3.32 per match)
Best player	Offense:; Guy-Roland Kpene, Dowling; Defense:; Thomas Vaaland, Dowling
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The 2006 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the 35th annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States. Thirty-two teams participated in the tournament.

The Dowling Golden Lions defeated Fort Lewis, 1–0, at the DII Championship Festival, held in Pensacola, Florida. Morten Jensen scored the match's lone goal in the 38th minute to give the Golden Lions the school's first national title.

Dowling, who finished the season 22-0-2, were coached by John Dirico.^[1]

Brackets

Pool 1

First round *Campus sites			Second round *Campus sites			Regional Finals *Campus sites			Semifinals November 16 Pensacola, Florida

2	Lenoir–Rhyne	3

	Catawba	2
			6	Lenoir-Rhyne	1(3)

				Lincoln Memorial	1(5)
	Lincoln Memorial	1(OT)

9	Carson–Newman	0
						10	Lincoln Memorial	2

							Northern Kentucky	1
15	SIU Edwardsville	6

12	Mercyhurst	1
			15	SIU Edwardsville	2

			14	Northern Kentucky	3(OT)
	Wisc. Parkside	0

14	Northern Kentucky	4
									3	Fort Lewis	4

									10	Lincoln Memorial	2
	CSU Dominguez Hills	1

	Seattle	2(OT)
				Seattle	3(4)

				CSU Los Angeles	3(3)
	CSU Los Angeles	2

	Seattle Pacific	1
						3	Fort Lewis	5

							Seattle	2
3	Fort Lewis	3

	Metropolitan State	1
			3	Fort Lewis	1(3)

			6	Midwestern State	1(1)
17	Incarnate Word	0

6	Midwestern State	2

Pool 2

First round *Campus sites			Second round *Campus sites			Regional Finals *Campus sites			Semifinals November 16 Pensacola, Florida

10	Lander	0(1)

	Queens (NC)	0(2)
				Queens (N.C.)	2

			19	Limestone	1
19	Limestone	0(3)

	USC Spartanburg	0(2)
							Queens (N.C.)	0

						3	West Florida	2
3	West Florida	2(4)

20	Montevallo	2(1)
			3	West Florida	2

			5	Lynn	1
	Rollins	0

5	Lynn	3
									3	West Florida	3(3)

									1	Dowling	3(5)
7	Franklin Pierce	1

	Southern N.H.	0
			7	Franklin Pierce	1

			13	Southern Conn. St.	2
	Dominican (NY)	1

13	Southern Conn. St.	2
						13	Southern Conn. St.	1

						1	Dowling	2(OT)
1	Dowling	3

	C.W. Post	1
			1	Dowling	4

			18	Lock Haven	0
18	Lock Haven	2(OT)

7	East Stroudsburg	1

Final

November 18, 2006

Dowling	1–0	Fort Lewis
Morten Jensen 37:59' (Kpene, Grady) Michael Bujan 38:26' Robert Miller 46:30' Thomas Vaaland 51:34'	Report 1 Report 2	Kieran Hall 38:18'

Ashton Brosnaham Stadium, Pensacola, Florida

Attendance: 550

Referee: Rich Huber

References

^ "Men's Division II Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA.

[1] "Men's Division II Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA.

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