1970 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

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1970 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
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Tournament details
DatesDecember 1970
Teams8
Final positions
Champions UC Irvine (1st title)
Runner-up UCLA (2nd title game)
Third place Long Beach State
Fourth place San José State
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored182 (15.17 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Ben Gage, UCSB (17)
  1969
1971  

The 1970 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the second 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 1970. [1]

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UC Irvine defeated UCLA in the final, 7–6 (in three overtimes), to win their first championship. UCLA was the defending national champion.

For the second consecutive year, the leading scorer for the tournament was Ben Gage from UC Santa Barbara (17 goals). The awards for All-Tournament Team and Most Outstanding Player were not given out until 1972.

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.

TeamAppearancePrevious
Colorado State 2nd 1969
Long Beach State 2nd 1969
San José State 1stNever
Stanford 1stNever
UC Irvine 2nd 1969
UCLA 2nd 1969
UC Santa Barbara 2nd 1969
USC 2nd 1969

Bracket

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsFirst roundChampionship semifinalsChampionship
UCLA7
UC Santa Barbara6
UC Santa Barbara11UCLA7
Stanford(3OT)12San José State4
San José State9
Stanford7
Stanford7UCLA6
USC10UC Irvine(3OT)7
Long Beach State9
Colorado State7
Seventh placeColorado State6Long Beach State6Third place
USC7UC Irvine9
UC Santa Barbara9UC Irvine7San José State10
Colorado State4USC4Long Beach State(3OT)11

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References

  1. "Men's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 15, 2015.