1992 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1992 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Dates December 1992
Teams 8
Champions California (11th title)
Runners-up Stanford (10th title game)
Matches played 12
Goals scored 249 (20.75 per match)
Attendance 3,517 (293 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Danny Leyson, USC (12)
Best player Dirk Zeien (California)
← 1991
1993 →

The 1992 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 24th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1992.[1]

California defeated rival Stanford in the final, 12–11 (in three overtimes), to win their eleventh, and third consecutive, national title. The undefeated Golden Bears (31–0) were coached by Steve Heaston.

The Most Outstanding Player of the tournament was Dirk Zeien from California. Zeien, along with six other players, was named to the All-Tournament Team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 12 goals, was Danny Leyson from USC.

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
California 19th 1991
UC Irvine 20th 1991
UC San Diego 3rd 1991
Navy 7th 1991
Pepperdine 10th 1991
Princeton 1st Never
USC 12th 1988
Stanford 19th 1990

Bracket

  Fifth place Consolation semifinals First round Championship semifinals Championship
                                               
    California 15  
    Navy 2  
  Navy 8       California 8  
  Pepperdine 19       UC Irvine 5  
  UC Irvine 11
    Pepperdine 8  
  Pepperdine 13       California (3OT) 12
  UC San Diego 6       Stanford 11
    Stanford 18  
      Princeton 5  
Princeton 9       Stanford 11
  Seventh place     UC San Diego 14       USC 7     Third place
  Navy 14   USC 16   UC Irvine 10
  Princeton 9     UC San Diego 7     USC 11

All-tournament team

  • Dirk Zeien, California (Most outstanding player)
  • Troy Barnhart, California
  • Larry Bercutt, Stanford
  • Chip Blankenhorn, Stanford
  • Steve Gill, UC Irvine
  • Danny Leyson, USC
  • Chris Oeding, California

See also

References

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