1981 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
Country | United States |
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Teams | 10 |
Champions | Tampa (1st) |
Runners-up | Cal State Los Angeles |
Third place | So. Conn. State |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 24 (2.4 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | , SCSC (3) |
← 1980 1982 → |
The 1981 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship was the tenth annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States. This was the final Division II tournament to feature a third-place match.
Tampa defeated Cal State Los Angeles in the final, 1–0 (after one overtime period), to win their first Division II national title. The Spartans (14-0-3) were coached by .
The semifinals and final were played at the Soccer-Lacrosse Stadium on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.[1]
Bracket[]
First Round *Campus sites | Quarterfinals *Campus sites | Semifinals New Haven, CT | Final November 28, 1981 New Haven, CT | ||||||||||||||||
UM–Saint Louis | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
* | Lock Haven State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
UM–Saint Louis | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tampa | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
* | Tampa | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Rollins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tampa | 1(OT) | ||||||||||||||||||
Cal State LA | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cal State LA | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
* | Chico State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Seattle Pacific | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
* | Chico State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Cal State LA | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
So. Conn. State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Third place | |||||||||||||||||||
So. Conn. State | 1 | UM–Saint Louis | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
* | New Haven | 0 | So. Conn. State | 3 | |||||||||||||||
New Haven (OT) | 2(OT) | ||||||||||||||||||
* | Hartford | 1 |
Final[]
Tampa | 1–0 (OT) | Cal State Los Angeles |
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Peter Johansson 92:29' | Report 1 Report 2 |
Attendance: 700
See also[]
- NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
- NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship
- NAIA Men's Soccer Championship
References[]
- ^ "NCAA Division II Men's Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
Categories:
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- NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
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