1989 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1989 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Dates December 1989
Teams 8
Champions UC Irvine (3rd title)
Runners-up California (13th title game)
Matches played 12
Goals scored 193 (16.08 per match)
Attendance 3,421 (285 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Tom Werde, UC Irvine (11)
Best player Dan Smoot (UC Irvine)
← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 21st annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana during December 1989.[1]

UC Irvine defeated two-time defending champion California in the final, 9–8, to win their third national title. Coached by Ted Newland, the Anteaters finished the season 27–6.

The Most Outstanding Player of the tournament was Dan Smoot (UC Irvine). Smoot, along with eight other players, was named to the All-Tournament Team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 11 goals, was Tom Werde from UC Irvine.

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
Arkansas–Little Rock 2nd 1988
Brown 10th 1987
California 16th 1988
UC Irvine 18th 1988
UC San Diego 1st Never
Long Beach State 10th 1988
Pepperdine 7th 1987
Stanford 17th 1988

Bracket

  Fifth place Consolation semifinals First round Championship semifinals Championship
                                               
    California 15  
    Brown 2  
  Brown 4       California 10  
  Long Beach State 8       Pepperdine 9  
  Pepperdine 13
    Long Beach State 8  
  Long Beach State 10       California 8
  UC San Diego 5       UC Irvine 9
    Stanford 7  
      UC San Diego 6  
UC San Diego 10       Stanford 7
  Seventh place     Arkansas–Little Rock 9       UC Irvine 8     Third place
  Brown 8   UC Irvine 13   Pepperdine 5
  Arkansas–Little Rock 6     Arkansas–Little Rock 6     Stanford 7

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
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