1978 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Dates | December 1978 |
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Teams | 8 |
Champions | Stanford (2nd title) |
Runners-up | California (6th title game) |
Third place | UC Irvine |
Fourth place | Pepperdine |
Matches played | 12 |
Goals scored | 216 (18 per match) |
Attendance | 2,541 (212 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | , Bucknell (13) |
← 1977 1979 → |
The 1978 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 10th annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college water polo. Tournament matches were played at the in Long Beach, California during December 1978.[1]
Stanford defeated California in the final, 7–6 (in three overtimes), to win their second national title.
For the second consecutive year, the leading scorer for the tournament was from Bucknell (13 goals). There was no Most Outstanding Player for this tournament, but an All-Tournament Team, consisting of seven players, was named.
Qualification[]
Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship.
Team | Appearance | Previous |
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Air Force | 2nd | 1974 |
Bucknell | 2nd | 1977 |
California | 6th | 1977 |
Loyola–Chicago | 4th | 1977 |
Pepperdine | 2nd | 1977 |
Stanford | 7th | 1977 |
Texas A&M | 2nd | 1976 |
UC Irvine | 10th | 1977 |
Bracket[]
- Site: , Long Beach, California
Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | First round | Championship semifinals | Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 10 | Stanford | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 12 | Pepperdine | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pepperdine | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 6 | Stanford (3OT) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola–Chicago | 7 | California | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
UC Irvine | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola–Chicago | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola–Chicago | 12 | UC Irvine | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Seventh place | Texas A&M | 5 | California | 7 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 6 | California | 15 | Pepperdine | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 11 | Texas A&M | 6 | UC Irvine | 12 |
All-tournament team[]
- , Stanford
- Doug Burke, Stanford
- Peter Campbell, UC Irvine
- , Stanford
- Kevin Robertson, California
- Terry Schroeder, Pepperdine
- , California
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Men's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
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