1979 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1979 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

Dates	December 1979
Teams	8
Champions	UC Santa Barbara (1st title)
Runners-up	UCLA (6th title game)
Third place	Stanford
Fourth place	California
Matches played	12
Goals scored	246 (20.5 per match)
Attendance	2,542 (212 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Scott Schulte, Bucknell (11)
Best player	Greg Boyer, UCSB
← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 11th annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship 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 1979. ^[1]

UC Santa Barbara defeated UCLA in the final, 11–3, to win their first national title.

Greg Boyer from UC Santa Barbara was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. An All-Tournament Team, consisting of seven players, was also named. For the third consecutive year, the tournament's leading scorer was Scott Schulte from Bucknell (11 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
Air Force	3rd	1978
Brown	2nd	1977
Bucknell	3rd	1978
California	7th	1978
Loyola–Chicago	5th	1978
Stanford	7th	1978
UCLA	9th	1976
UC Santa Barbara	7th	1976

Bracket

• Site: Belmont Plaza Pool, Long Beach, California

	Fifth place					Consolation semifinals					First round					Championship semifinals					Championship
												California	19
												Air Force	7
							Air Force	9									California	9
							Bucknell	11									UCLA	10
												UCLA	17
												Bucknell	7
		Bucknell	9																			UCLA	3
		Loyola–Chicago	5																			UC Santa Barbara	11
												UC Santa Barbara	21
												Loyola–Chicago	4
	Seventh place						Loyola–Chicago (3OT)	11									UC Santa Barbara	10			Third place
							Brown	10									Stanford	9
		Air Force	10									Stanford	13									California	10
		Brown	15									Brown	5									Stanford	11

All-tournament team

• Greg Boyer, UC Santa Barbara (Most outstanding player)
• John Dobrott, UC Santa Barbara
• Randy Kalbus, Stanford
• Kevin Robertson, California
• Rick Sherburne, UCLA
• Carlos Steffens, California
• Craig Wilson, UC Santa Barbara

See also

• NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

References

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