1979 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

The 1979 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 11th 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 1979.[1]

1979 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
DatesDecember 1979
Teams8
ChampionsUC Santa Barbara (1st title)
Runners-upUCLA (6th title game)
Third placeStanford
Fourth placeCalifornia
Matches played12
Goals scored246 (20.5 per match)
Attendance2,542 (212 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Scott Schulte, Bucknell (11)
Best playerGreg Boyer, UCSB
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UC Santa Barbara defeated UCLA in the final, 11–3, to win their first national title.

Greg Boyer from UC Santa Barbara was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. An All-Tournament Team, consisting of seven players, was also named. For the third consecutive year, the tournament's leading scorer was Scott Schulte from Bucknell (11 goals).

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.

Team Appearance Previous
Air Force 3rd 1978
Brown 2nd 1977
Bucknell 3rd 1978
California 7th 1978
Loyola–Chicago 5th 1978
Stanford 7th 1978
UCLA 9th 1976
UC Santa Barbara 7th 1976

Bracket
  Fifth place Consolation semifinals First round Championship semifinals Championship
                                               
       California  19  
       Air Force  7  
     Air Force  9          California  9  
     Bucknell  11          UCLA  10  
     UCLA  17
       Bucknell  7  
     Bucknell  9          UCLA  3
     Loyola–Chicago  5          UC Santa Barbara  11
       UC Santa Barbara  21  
         Loyola–Chicago  4  
   Loyola–Chicago (3OT)  11          UC Santa Barbara  10
  Seventh place        Brown  10          Stanford  9     Third place
     Air Force  10      Stanford  13      California  10
     Brown  15        Brown  5        Stanford  11

All-tournament team
  • Greg Boyer, UC Santa Barbara (Most outstanding player)
  • John Dobrott, UC Santa Barbara
  • Randy Kalbus, Stanford
  • Kevin Robertson, California
  • Rick Sherburne, UCLA
  • Carlos Steffens, California
  • Craig Wilson, UC Santa Barbara
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See also

References
  1. "Men's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
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