| Competition: | 2018 College Nationals - Men's Division |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Dates: | 20 - 22. April 2018 |
| Winners: | West Point Black |
| Matches: | 26 |
| Total Goals: | 954 |
| Best Player: | Logan Ormsby Air Force Academy |
| League Topscorer: | Logan Ormsby (48 goals) Air Force Academy |
| Best Goalkeeper: | Michael Monsen University of Virginia |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
| Updated: | 2018-04-28 |
The 2018 College Nationals was the 23rd Men's College Nationals. The College Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the College National Champion from 2018 from the US. The University of Virginia played extremely well, wildly outperforming expectations behind strong performances from the outgoing fourth-year class, but ultimately fell short in the final to the machine-like cadets from West Point. UVA has improved vastly over the last three years, and has risen to the elite ranks of collegiate team handball.[1]
The championship was played at two venues at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.[2]
| West Point | West Point | |
|---|---|---|
| Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor | Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor | |
| Capacity: ? | Capacity: ? | |
The seeding was based on the USA Men's Top 5 College Rankings from April. This season was the first season such a ranking exist.[3]
The 5th ranked team Illinois State University was not able to play at the college nationals. Because of missing money to travel.[4]
| width=33% | Pot 1 | width=33% | Pot 2 | width=33% | Pot 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Point Black (1) University of Virginia (2т) Air Force Academy (2т) | Ohio State Grey (4) West Point Gold (NR) University of North Carolina (NR) | Texas A&M University (NV) Pennsylvania State University (NV) Ohio State Scarlet (NV) |
The nine teams were split in 3 groups A-C. And they play a round robin.
The winner of each group forms a new group D the runner-up's group D and the third group F.
The winner of group D played against the winner of group E the semifinal one and the second of group D played against the third of group D the semifinal two.
The losers of the semis play a small final.
The winners of the semis play the final.
The second and third of group F played an 8/9 classification. The loser becomes ninth. And the winner played against the loser of the 6/7 classification the 7th place game.
The winner of the 6/7 classification (third of group E against first of group F) played against the second of group E the 5th place game.
The games of the group and seeding stages had a game duration of 2×20 minutes and 5 break.The placement and semi-final games had a game duration of 2×25 minutes and 10 break.The small final and the final had a game duration of 2×30 minutes and 10 break.
Source:[5]
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| Rank | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| West Point Black (1) | ||
| University of Virginia (2т) | ||
| West Point Gold (NR) | ||
| 4 | Air Force Academy (2т) | |
| 5 | University of North Carolina (NR) | |
| 6 | Ohio State Grey (4) | |
| 7 | Texas A&M University (NV) | |
| 8 | Pennsylvania State University (NV) | |
| 9 | Ohio State Scarlet (NV) |
Source:
| Most Valuable Player | Logan Ormsby | Air Force Academy | |
| Most Valuable Goalkeeper: | Jordan Wenske | Texas A&M University | |
| Top Scorer: | Logan Ormsby (48 goals) | Air Force Academy |
Source:
| Rank | Name | Goals | Games | Average | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| player | 28 | 5 | team | ||||
| player | 19 | 6 | data-sort-value="" | team |
Source:
| Nicholas Ange | Texas A&M University | |
| Timothy Ford | University of Virginia | |
| Austin Madryzk | University of Virginia | |
| Spencer Klehn | West Point Black |
| Ty Turner | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Christopher Magan | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Yasin Al-Fahham | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Max Purzak | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Gregory Guidry | Texas A&M University | |
| Truman Brody-Boyd | University of Virginia | |
| Steven Hume | University of Virginia | |
| Christian Vila | University of Virginia | |
| Eugene Thagard | West Point Gold | |
| William Ratliff | West Point Black | |
| William Beiswenger | West Point Black |