1968 NAIA Soccer Championship

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1968 NAIA Soccer Championship
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics logo.svg
Tournament details
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Venue(s) Quincy College
Quincy, Illinois
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Davis & Elkins (1st title)
Runner-up Quincy (IL)
Third place Eastern Connecticut
Fourth place Plattsburgh State
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored48 (4 per match)
Best player William Smyth,
Davis & Elkins
  1967
1969  

The 1968 NAIA Soccer Championship was the tenth annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States.

Contents

Davis & Elkins defeated hosts and two-time defending champions Quincy (IL) in the final, 2–1 after five overtime periods, to claim the Senators' first NAIA national title. This was the first NAIA national championship game to go into extra time.

The final was again played at Quincy College in Quincy, Illinois. [1]

Qualification

The tournament field expanded for the first time in 1968, increasing from four to eight. The tournament format, meanwhile, remained single-elimination format, but added additional matches to determine the teams in fifth to eighth place, increasing the number of matches from 4 to 12.

Bracket

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsFirst roundChampionship semifinalsChampionship
Quincy (IL) 6
St. Andrews (NC) 1
St. Andrews (NC)0Quincy (IL)5
Westmont4Eastern Connecticut0
Eastern Connecticut 4
Westmont 1
Westmont1Quincy (IL)1
Earlham4Davis & Elkins2*****
Davis & Elkins 3**
Earlham 2
Seventh placeEarlham4Davis & Elkins1Third place
Rockhurst1Plattsburgh State0
St. Andrews (NC)3 Plattsburgh State 3Eastern Connecticut0**†
Rockhurst1 Rockhurst 1Plattburgh State0

† Eastern Connecticut was awarded victory after two overtimes for having most corner kicks.

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References

  1. "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved December 24, 2021.