1994 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1994 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Dates December 1994
Teams 8
Champions Stanford (8th title)
Runners-up USC (4th title game)
Matches played 12
Goals scored 212 (17.67 per match)
Attendance 3,608 (301 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Doug Munz, Navy (11)
Best player Jack Bowen (Stanford)
Jeremy Laster (Stanford)
Frank Schneider (Stanford)
← 1993 1995 →

The 1994 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 26th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played, for the last time, at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1994.[1]

In a rematch of the previous year's final, Stanford defeated USC in the final, 14–10, to win their eighth national title. The Cardinal (27–1) were coached by Dante Dettamanti.

The Most Outstanding Players of the tournament were Jack Bowen, Jeremy Laster, and Frank Schneider, all from Stanford. All three, along with five other players, comprised the All-Tournament Team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 11 goals, was Doug Munz from Navy.

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. The following year, the field would decrease from 8 to 4.

Team Appearance Previous
Air Force 7th 1990
California 21st 1993
Massachusetts 2nd 1993
Navy 9th 1993
Pepperdine 12th 1992
USC 14th 1993
Stanford 21st 1993
UCLA 20th 1991

Bracket

  Fifth place Consolation semifinals First round Championship semifinals Championship
                                               
    Stanford 20  
    Air Force 6  
  Air Force 5       Stanford 9  
  Pepperdine 10       UCLA 5  
  UCLA (OT) 8
    Pepperdine 7  
  Pepperdine 13       Stanford 14
  Navy 10       USC 10
    USC 15  
      Navy 5  
Navy 11       USC 11
  Seventh place     Massachusetts 3       California 6     Third place
  Air Force 7   California 12   UCLA 5
  Navy 5     Massachusetts 7     California 8

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
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