NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship has existed since the 1969 season.
No school from outside the state of California has ever surpassed third place. Hence, no non-California school has ever participated in the NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship game.
California (Berkeley) leads all universities with 13, followed by Stanford with 10, and then USC and UCLA tied at 8.
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2009 Championship [edit]
Semifinals scores (Princeton University, December 5, 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm (ET)):
- #1 USC 13 vs. #4 Princeton 3; #2 UCLA 9 vs. #3 Loyola Marymount 8 (2 OT)
National Championship (Princeton University, December 6, 2:00 pm (ET)):
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| December 5, 3:00 pm | |||||||
| #1 USC | 13 | ||||||
| #4 Princeton | 3 | ||||||
| December 6, 2:00 pm | |||||||
| #1 USC | |||||||
| #2 UCLA | |||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| December 5, 5:00 pm | |||||||
| #2 UCLA | 9 | ||||||
| #3 Loyola Marymount | 8 (2 OT) | ||||||
2009 NCAA All-Tournament Teams:
- First-Team – Shea Buckner, USC; Scott Davidson, UCLA; Ben Hohl, UCLA; Tibor Forai, LMU; J. W. Krumpholz, USC; Andy Stevens, LMU; Jordan Thompson, USC (MVP)
- Second-Team – Edgaras Asajavicius, LMU; Matt Hale, Princeton; Cullen Hennessy, UCLA; Chay Lapin, UCLA; Matt Sagehorn, USC; Josh Samuels, UCLA; Eric Vreeland, Princeton; Griffin White, UCLA; Mark Zalewski, Princeton
On January 12, 2010, the NCAA Men’s Water Polo Committee has reprimanded the University of Southern California men’s water polo team for inappropriate behavior following the championship event at the 2009 NCAA Water Polo Championship.[1]
2010 Championship [edit]
Semifinals (December 4, 2010, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California, Berkeley, California)
- USC def. St. Francis (NY) 10-7
- California def. Loyola Marymount 7-6
Championship (December 5, 2010, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California, Berkeley, California)
- USC def. California 12-10 (OT)
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| December 4 | |||||||
| USC | 10 | ||||||
| St. Francis (NY) | 7 | ||||||
| December 5 | |||||||
| USC | 12 | ||||||
| Cal | 10 (OT) | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| December 4 | December 5 | ||||||
| Cal | 7 | Loyola Marymount | |||||
| Loyola Marymount | 6 | St. Francis (NY) | |||||
2010 NCAA All-Tournament Teams:
- First-Team – Peter Kurzeka, USC (MVP); Ivan Rackov, CAL; Zachary White, CAL; Tibor Forai, LMU; Nikola Vavic, USC; Andy Stevens, LMU; Brian Dudley, CAL
- Second-Team – Boris Plavsic, SFC; Ikaika Aki, LMU; Marko Gencic, SFC; Jeremy Davie, USC; Joel Dennerley, USC; Matt Burton, USC; Cory Nasoff, CAL
2011 Championship [edit]
Conferences receiving automatic qualification included the Collegiate Water Polo Association, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and the Western Water Polo Association. The remaining team was selected at-large without geographical restrictions.
Semifinals (December 3, 2011, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California, Berkeley, California)
- USC (22-3) def. Princeton (21-9) 17–4
- UCLA (23-4) def. UC-San Diego (17-9) 10–1
Championship (December 4, 2010, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California, Berkeley, California)
- Third-place game, Princeton def. UC San Diego 9-7
- Championship game, USC def. UCLA 7–4
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| December 3 | |||||||
| USC | 17 | ||||||
| Princeton | 4 | ||||||
| December 4 | |||||||
| USC | 7 | ||||||
| UCLA | 4 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| December 3 | December 4 | ||||||
| UCLA | 10 | Princeton | 9 | ||||
| UC-San Diego | 1 | UC-San Diego | 7 | ||||
2011 NCAA All-Tournament Teams:
- First-Team – Joel Dennerley (MOP), Peter Kurzeka and Nikola Vavic, USC; Josh Samuels and Cullen Hennessy, UCLA; Thomas Nelson, Princeton and Graham Saber, UC San Diego.
- Second-team – Matt Rapacz, Griffin White and Cristiano Mirarchi, UCLA; Jeremy Davie and Mace Rapsey, USC; Drew Hoffenberg, Princeton, and Brian Donohoe, UC San Diego.
2012 Championship [edit]
The NCAA men's water polo championship will be held December 1 and 2, 2012 at Southern California's McDonald’s Swim Stadium. Conferences receiving automatic qualification included the Collegiate Water Polo Association, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and the Western Water Polo Association. The remaining team was selected at-large without geographical restrictions. All four championship games will be streamed live on www.NCAA.com.
Semifinals - December 1, 2012
- Southern California (27-0) vs. Air Force (19-10) 4 p.m. ET
- UCLA (27-4) vs. St. Francis (N.Y.) (16-8) 6:12 p.m. ET
Finals - December 2, 2012
- Third-place game will be played at 4 p.m. ET
- The championship game at 6:12 p.m. ET.
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| December 1, 4:00 PM | |||||||
| #1 Southern California | 18 | ||||||
| #4 Air Force | 7 | ||||||
| December 2, 6:12 PM | |||||||
| Southern California | 11 | ||||||
| UCLA | 10 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| December 1, 6:12 PM | December 2, 4:00 PM | ||||||
| #2 UCLA | 17 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 14 | ||||
| #3 St. Francis Brooklyn | 3 | Air Force | 8 | ||||
Champions [edit]
| Year | National Champion | Score | Runner-Up | Host or site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | UCLA | 5-2 | California | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1970 | UC Irvine | 7-6††† | UCLA | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1971 | UCLA (2) | 5-3 | San Jose State | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1972 | UCLA (3) | 10-5 | UC Irvine | New Mexico |
| 1973 | California | 8-4 | UC Irvine | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1974 | California (2) | 7-6 | UC Irvine | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1975 | California (3) | 9-8 | UC Irvine | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1976 | Stanford | 13-12 | UCLA | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1977 | California (4) | 8-6 | UC Irvine | Brown |
| 1978 | Stanford (2) | 7-6††† | California | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1979 | UC Santa Barbara | 11-3 | UCLA | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1980 | Stanford (3) | 8-6 | California | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1981 | Stanford (4) | 17-6 | Long Beach State | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1982 | UC Irvine (2) | 7-4 | Stanford | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1983 | California (5) | 10-7 | USC | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1984 | California (6) | 9-8 | Stanford | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1985 | Stanford (5) | 12-11†† | UC Irvine | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1986 | Stanford (6) | 9-6 | California | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1987 | California (7) | 9-8† | UC Irvine | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1988 | California (8) | 14-11 | UCLA | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1989 | UC Irvine (3) | 9-8 | California | Indianapolis |
| 1990 | California (9) | 8-7 | Stanford | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1991 | California (10) | 7-6 | UCLA | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1992 | California (11) | 12-11††† | Stanford | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1993 | Stanford (7) | 11-9 | USC | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1994 | Stanford (8) | 14-10 | USC | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 1995 | UCLA (4) | 10-8 | California | Stanford |
| 1996 | UCLA (5) | 8-7 | USC | UC San Diego |
| 1997 | Pepperdine | 8-7†† | USC | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
| 1998 | USC | 9-8†† | Stanford | Newport Beach, Calif. |
| 1999 | UCLA (6) | 6-5 | Stanford | La Jolla, Calif. |
| 2000 | UCLA (7) | 11-2 | UC San Diego | Malibu, Calif. |
| 2001 | Stanford (9) | 8-5 | UCLA | Stanford |
| 2002 | Stanford (10) | 7-6 | California | Loyola Marymount |
| 2003 | USC (2) | 9-7†† | Stanford | Stanford |
| 2004 | UCLA (8) | 10-9† | Stanford | Stanford |
| 2005 | USC (3) | 3-2 | Stanford | Bucknell |
| 2006 | California (12) | 7-6 | USC | Loyola Marymount |
| 2007 | California (13) | 8-6 | USC | Stanford |
| 2008 | USC (4) | 7-5 | Stanford | Stanford |
| 2009 | USC (5) | 7-6 | UCLA | Princeton University |
| 2010 | USC (6) | 12-10† | California | California |
| 2011 | USC (7) | 7-4 | UCLA | Berkeley, California |
| 2012 | USC (8) | 11-10 | UCLA | USC; Los Angeles, California |
| 2013 | Stanford; Palo Alto, California |
† Denotes overtime, multiple †'s denotes multiple overtimes
References [edit]
- ^ NCAA Men’s Water Polo Committee Reprimands University of Southern California Men’s Water Polo Team, NCAA News release, January 12, 2010
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