1971 NAIA Soccer Championship

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1971 NAIA Soccer Championship
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Tournament details
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Venue(s) Dunn, North Carolina
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Quincy (IL) (3rd title)
Runner-up Davis & Elkins
Third place Ottawa (KS)
Fourth place Westmont
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored39 (3.9 per match)
Best player Al Harte,
Quincy (IL)
  1970
1972  

The 1971 NAIA Soccer Championship was the 13th annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States.

Contents

In a rematch of the previous year's final, Quincy (IL) defeated defending champions Davis & Elkins in the final, 1–0, to claim the Hawks' third NAIA national title.

For the second consecutive year, the final was played in Dunn, North Carolina. [1]

Qualification

For the fourth year, the tournament field remained fixed at eight teams. Unlike the previous three years, however, additional fifth- and seventh-place finals were not contested.

Qualified Teams
SchoolAppearanceLast Bid
Davis & Elkins 4th 1970
Erskine 1stNever
Goshen 1stNever
Keene State 1stNever
Newark Engineering 3rd 1961
Ottawa (KS) 3rd 1970
Quincy (IL) 5th 1970
Westmont 4th 1970

Bracket

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsFirst roundChampionship semifinalsChampionship
Ottawa (KS)2
Newark Engineering1
Newark Engineering6Ottawa (KS)0
Goshen1Davis & Elkins2
Davis & Elkins3
Fifth place match not heldGoshen1 Dunn, NC
Newark EngineeringDavis & Elkins0
Keene StateQuincy (IL)1
Quincy (IL)8
Keene State1
Seventh placeKeene State4Quincy (IL)1Third place
Seventh place match not heldErskine2Westmont0
GoshenWestmont3Ottawa (KS)1
ErskineErskine2Westmont0

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References

  1. "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved December 27, 2021.