1980 NCAA Division II soccer tournament

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1980 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams10
Final positions
Champions Lock Haven State
(1st title)
Runners-up Florida International
(1st title game)
Third place So. Conn. State
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored30 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Ron Basile, SCSC (3)
  1979
1981  

The 1980 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship was the ninth annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States.

Contents

Lock Haven State defeated Florida International in the final, 1–0 (after one overtime period), to win their first Division II national title (the Bald Eagles won the Division III tournament in both 1977 and 1978).

The final was played at Florida International University in Miami, Florida on November 29, 1980. [1]

Bracket

First Round
*Campus sites
Quarterfinals
*Campus sites
Semifinals
*Campus sites
Final
November 29, 1980
Miami, Florida
            
* Hartford 1
Southern Connecticut2(2OT)
Southern Connecticut 4
* Marist 1
Southern Connecticut 1
Florida International3
* Tampa 0
Florida International 1
Florida International 0
Lock Haven State1(OT)
* Seattle Pacific 2
Chico State 3(3OT)
Chico State 0
Lock Haven State1
Third Place
* UMSL 1 Southern Connecticut2(2OT)
Lock Haven State2Chico State 1
Eastern Illinois 1
* Lock Haven State 3

Final

Florida International 0–1 (OT) Lock Haven State
Report Tom Kretsch Soccerball shade gold.svg106' (Johnson)

See also

References

  1. "NCAA Division II Men's Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 20, 2017.