1991 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1991 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Dates December 1991
Teams 8
Champions California (10th title)
Runners-up UCLA (8th title game)
Matches played 12
Goals scored 235 (19.58 per match)
Attendance 3,502 (292 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Steve Gill, UC Irvine (11)
Best player Chris Humbert (California)
← 1990 1992 →

The 1991 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 23rd annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1991.[1]

California defeated UCLA in the final, 7–6, to win their tenth, and second consecutive, national title. Coached by Steve Heaston, the Golden Bears finished the season 26–1.

The Most Outstanding Player of the tournament was, for the second straight year, Chris Humbert from California. Humbert, along with six other players, was named to the All-Tournament Team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 11 goals, was Steve Gill from UC Irvine.

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. This was the first time that two non-Division I programs (Slippery Rock and UC San Diego) qualified for the same tournament.

Team Appearance Previous
California 18th 1990
UC Irvine 19th 1989
UC San Diego 2nd 1989
Long Beach State 12th 1989
Navy 6th 1990
Pepperdine 9th 1990
Slippery Rock 2nd 1983
UCLA 19th 1990

Bracket

  Fifth place Consolation semifinals First round Championship semifinals Championship
                                               
    California 13  
    Navy 6  
  Navy 9       California 13  
  Long Beach State 13       UC Irvine 10  
  UC Irvine 11
    Long Beach State 8  
  Long Beach State 12       California 7
  UC San Diego 10       UCLA 6
    UCLA 14  
      UC San Diego 10  
UC San Diego 12       UCLA 6
  Seventh place     Slippery Rock 10       Pepperdine 5     Third place
  Navy 8   Pepperdine 18   UC Irvine 7
  Slippery Rock 9     Slippery Rock 9     Pepperdine 9

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
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