1980 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1980 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Dates December 1980
Teams 8
Champions Stanford (3rd title)
Runners-up California (7th title game)
Third place UC Irvine
Fourth place Pepperdine
Matches played 12
Goals scored 214 (17.83 per match)
Attendance 2,401 (200 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Kevin Robertson, California & Scott Schulte, Bucknell (11)
Best player John Gansel, Stanford & Kevin Robertson, California
← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 12th 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 1980.[1]

Stanford defeated California in the final, 8–6, to win their third national title.

John Gansel (Stanford) and Kevin Robertson (California) were named the Co-Most Outstanding Players of the tournament. An All-Tournament Team, consisting of nine players, was also named.

Robertson and Scott Schulte (Bucknell) were the tournament's leading scorers (12 goals). Schulte is the only men's water polo player to be the leading scorer in four consecutive tournaments (1977–1980).

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
Bucknell 4th 1979
California 8th 1979
Loyola–Chicago 6th 1979
Pepperdine 3rd 1978
USC 5th 1973
Stanford 8th 1979
UC Irvine 11th 1978
UC Santa Barbara 8th 1979

Bracket

  Fifth place Consolation semifinals First round Championship semifinals Championship
                                               
    Stanford 22  
    Loyola–Chicago 5  
  Loyola–Chicago 3       Stanford 17  
  USC 16       Pepperdine 6  
  Pepperdine 9
    USC 8  
  USC 11       Stanford 8
  UC Santa Barbara 4       California 6
    UC Irvine 13  
      Bucknell 4  
Bucknell 8       UC Irvine 7
  Seventh place     UC Santa Barbara 10       California 9     Third place
  Loyola–Chicago 4   California 11   Pepperdine 8
  Bucknell 8     UC Santa Barbara 7     UC Irvine 10

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
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