2001 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship

2001 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship
Dates	May 2001
Teams	4
Champions	UCLA (1st title)
Runners-up	Stanford (1st title game)
Third place	Loyola Marymount
Fourth place	Brown
Matches played	3
Goals scored	51 (17 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Kelly Heuchan, UCLA (4)
Best player	Coralie Simmons, UCLA
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The 2001 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship was the first annual tournament to determine the national championship of NCAA women's collegiate water polo. The single elimination tournament was played at the Avery Aquatic Center in Stanford, California during May 2001.[1]

UCLA defeated Stanford in the final, 5–4, to win their first NCAA championship. The Bruins (19–4) were coached by Adam Krikorian. Krikorian also won a championship as the coach of UCLA's men's water polo team during the same 2000–01 season.

The leading scorer for the tournament was Kelly Heuchan, from UCLA, with 4 goals. First and second All Tournament Teams were also named, with seven players comprising the former (including the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, Coralie Simmons from UCLA) and six for the latter.

Qualification

Since there has only ever been one single national championship for women's water polo, all NCAA women's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.

Team	Appearance	Previous
Brown	1st	Never
Loyola Marymount	1st	Never
Stanford	1st	Never
UCLA	1st	Never

Tournament bracket

Site: Avery Aquatic Center, Stanford, California

Semifinals		Championship

UCLA	11
Loyola Marymount	5
		UCLA	5
		Stanford	4
Stanford	12
Brown	0	Third Place

		Loyola Marymount	9
		Brown	5

All tournament teams

First Team

Coralie Simmons, UCLA (Most Outstanding Player)
Robin Beauregard, UCLA
Kelly Heuchan, UCLA
Jackie Frank, Stanford
Ellen Estes, Stanford
Brenda Villa, Stanford
Lucy Windes, Loyola Marymount

Second Team

Margie Dingeldein, Stanford
Jamie Hipp, UCLA
Elaine Zivich, UCLA
Jamie Kroeze, Loyola Marymount
Jenny Lamb, UCLA
Kristin Guerin, UCLA

References

"Women's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 10, 2015.

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[1] "Women's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 10, 2015.