1985 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1985 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Dates December 1985
Teams 8
Champions Stanford (5th title)
Runners-up UC Irvine (6th title game)
Matches played 12
Goals scored 227 (18.92 per match)
Attendance 3,410 (284 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) J.R. Salvatore, UC Irvine (10)
Best player Jeff Campbell, UC Irvine
David Imbernino, Stanford
← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 17th 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 1985.[1]

Stanford defeated UC Irvine in the final, 12–11 (in two overtimes), to win their fifth national title. This was a rematch of the 1982 championship match, won by UC Irvine. Coached by Dante Dettamanti, the Cardinal finished the season 25–4.

Jeff Campbell (UC Irvine) and David Imbernino (Stanford) were named the Most Outstanding Players of the tournament. An All-Tournament Team, consisting of eight players, was also named.

The tournament's leading scorer was J.R. Salvatore from UC Irvine (10 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
Brown 7th 1984
Bucknell 5th 1980
UC Irvine 15th 1983
UC Santa Barbara 11th 1982
Long Beach State 8th 1983
Loyola–Chicago 10th 1984
Stanford 13th 1984
UCLA 14th 1984

Bracket

  Fifth place Consolation semifinals First round Championship semifinals Championship
                                               
    Stanford 18  
    Bucknell 4  
  Bucknell 4       Stanford 7  
  Long Beach State 20       UC Santa Barbara 6  
  UC Santa Barbara 7
    Long Beach State 6  
  Long Beach State 13       Stanford (2OT) 12
  Brown 9       UC Irvine 11
    UC Irvine 15  
      Brown 8  
Brown 11       UC Irvine 7
  Seventh place     Loyola–Chicago 10       UCLA 6     Third place
  Bucknell 8   UCLA 14   UC Santa Barbara 9
  Loyola–Chicago 6     Loyola–Chicago 6     UCLA 10

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
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