1978 NCAA Division II soccer tournament

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1978 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Seattle Pacific
(1st title)
Runners-up Alabama A&M
(2nd title game)
Third place Eastern Illinois
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored46 (2.88 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Segun Adelke, AAMU (4)
  1977
1979  

The 1978 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship was the sixth annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States.

Contents

In a rematch of the previous year's final, Seattle Pacific defeated defending champions Alabama A&M in the final, 1–0 (after two overtime periods), to win their first national title and their first after losing their previous three appearances in Division II championship matches (1974, 1975, 1977).

The final was played at Florida International University in Miami, Florida on December 2, 1978. [1]

Bracket

First Round
*Campus sites
Quarterfinals
*Campus sites
SemifinalsFinal
December 2, 1978
Miami, Florida
        
Southern Connecticut 2
Marist 0
Southern Connecticut3
New Haven 1
New Haven 3
Hartford 1
Southern Connecticut 0
Seattle Pacific1(3OT)
Seattle Pacific 2
Chapman 0
Seattle Pacific2
San Francisco State 1
San Francisco State 2(3OT)
Chico State 1
Seattle Pacific1(2OT)
Alabama A&M 0
Eastern Illinois 2
Wisconsin–Green Bay 1
Eastern Illinois1
Missouri–Saint Louis 0
Missouri–Saint Louis 1
Bloomsburg State 0
Eastern Illinois 0
Alabama A&M5
Alabama A&M 6Third Place
Florida International 0
Alabama A&M4Southern Connecticut 1
Loyola (MD) 0 Eastern Illinois2
Loyola (MD) 2
Rollins 1

Final

Seattle Pacific 1–0 (2OT) Alabama A&M
Bruce Raney Soccerball shade gold.svg126:47' Report

See also

References

  1. "NCAA Division II Men's Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 2, 2017.