1975 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1975 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Dates December 1975
Teams 8
Champions California (3rd title)
Runners-up UC Irvine (3rd title game)
Third place UCLA
Fourth place Stanford
Matches played 12
Goals scored 228 (19 per match)
Attendance 3,326 (277 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Gary Figueroa, UC Irvine (13)
Best player Jon Svendsen, California
← 1974 1976 →

The 1975 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the seventh annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1975.[1]

California defeated UC Irvine in the final, 9–8, to win their third national title. This was a rematch of the previous two years' finals, both won by California.

The leading scorer for the tournament was Gary Figueroa from UC Irvine (13 goals). Jon Svendsen, from California, was named the Most Outstanding Player. An All-Tournament Team, consisting of eight players, was also 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
Arizona 1st Never
Army 1st Never
California 4th 1974
Long Beach State 5th 1973
Stanford 4th 1974
UC Davis 2nd 1974
UC Irvine 7th 1974
UCLA 7th 1974

Bracket

  Fifth place Consolation semifinals First round Championship semifinals Championship
                                               
    UCLA 26  
    Army 2  
  Army 0       UCLA 9  
  Long Beach State 18       California 13  
  California 9
    Long Beach State 6  
  Long Beach State 13       California 9
  Arizona 6       UC Irvine 8
    Stanford 15  
      Arizona 3  
Arizona 9       Stanford 8
  Seventh place     UC Davis 8       UC Irvine 9     Third place
  Army 3   UC Irvine 19   UCLA 6
  UC Davis 20     UC Davis 4     Stanford 5

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
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