1981 NCAA Division II soccer tournament

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1981 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
Tournament details
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Teams10
Final positions
Champions Tampa (1st)
Runner-up Cal State Los Angeles
Third place So. Conn. State
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored24 (2.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Ron Basile, SCSC (3)
  1980
1982  

The 1981 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship was the tenth annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States. This was the final Division II tournament to feature a third-place match.

Contents

Tampa defeated Cal State Los Angeles in the final, 1–0 (after one overtime period), to win their first Division II national title. The Spartans (14-0-3) were coached by Jay Miller.

The semifinals and final were played at the Soccer-Lacrosse Stadium on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. [1]

Bracket

First Round
*Campus sites
Quarterfinals
*Campus sites
Semifinals
New Haven, CT
Final
November 28, 1981
New Haven, CT
            
UMSL 1
* Lock Haven State 0
UMSL 0
Tampa2
* Tampa 1
Rollins 0
Tampa1(OT)
Cal State Los Angeles 0
Cal State Los Angeles 2
* Chico State 1
Seattle Pacific 2
* Chico State 3
Cal State Los Angeles3
Southern Connecticut 0
Third place
Southern Connecticut 1UMSL 1
* New Haven 0 Southern Connecticut3
New Haven (OT) 2(OT)
* Hartford 1

Final

Tampa 1–0 (OT) Cal State Los Angeles
Peter Johansson Soccerball shade gold.svg 92:29' Report 1
Report 2

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References

  1. "NCAA Division II Men's Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 24, 2017.