1982 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1982 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Dates December 1982
Teams 8
Champions UC Irvine (2nd title)
Runners-up Stanford (5th title game)
Matches played 12
Goals scored 192 (16 per match)
Attendance 2,128 (177 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Peter Neushul, UCSB (9)
Best player James Bergeson, Stanford & Peter Campbell, UC Irvine & John O'Brien, UC Irvine
← 1981 1983 →

The 1982 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 14th 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 1982.[1]

UC Irvine defeated Stanford in the final, 7–4, to win their second national title. The Anteaters also finished the season undefeated (30–0).

James Bergeson (Stanford), Peter Campbell (UC Irvine), and John O'Brien (UC Irvine) were named the Co-Most Outstanding Players of the tournament. An All-Tournament Team, consisting of eight players, was also named.

The tournament's leading scorer was Peter Heushul from UC Santa Barbara (9 goals).

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
Brown 4th 1981
California 10th 1981
Loyola–Chicago 7th 1980
Stanford 10th 1981
UC Irvine 13th 1981
UC Santa Barbara 10th 1981
UCLA 11th 1981
USC 6th 1980

Bracket

  Fifth place Consolation semifinals First round Championship semifinals Championship
                                               
    UC Irvine 13  
    Brown 2  
  Brown 8       UC Irvine 8  
  USC 11       California 5  
  California (OT) 7
    USC 6  
  USC 8       UC Irvine 7
  UC Santa Barbara 6       Stanford 4
    Stanford 13  
      Loyola–Chicago 10  
Loyola–Chicago 7       Stanford 11
  Seventh place     UC Santa Barbara 12       UCLA 9     Third place
  Brown 7   UCLA 8   California 9
  Loyola–Chicago 5     UC Santa Barbara 6     UCLA 10

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
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