2021 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship explained

NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship
Year:2021
Dates:May 14–16, 2021
Num Teams:10
Champions:USC Trojans
Runner-Up:UCLA Bruins
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2022

The 2021 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship was the 19th edition of the NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship, the annual tournament to decide the championship of NCAA women's collegiate water polo.[1] The tournament was held May 14–16, 2021, at the Spieker Aquatics Center in Los Angeles, California, hosted by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Qualifying teams

The field of teams was revealed in a selection show on May 3, 2021.[2] Seven conferences were granted automatic qualification to the championship: the Big West Conference, Collegiate Water Polo Association, Golden Coast Conference, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and Western Water Polo Association. Three additional teams gained entry into the tournament with at-large bids, with all of them coming from the MPSF.

SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerthSource
4 Arizona State13–11 At-large [3]
Cal Lutheran7–0 Automatic [4]
style= Fresno State12–5 Automatic [5]
style= Hawaii11–1 Automatic [6]
style= Marist8–0 Automatic [7]
style= Michigan21–4 Automatic [8]
Salem18–11 Automatic [9]
2 style= StanfordMPSF 12–5 At-large [10]
3 style= UCLAMPSF 13–4 At-large [11]
1 style= USCMPSF 19–1 Automatic [12]

Schedule and results

All times Pacific .[13]

GameTimeMatchupScoreTVAttendance
First Round – Wednesday, May 12
111:00 a.m.Marist vs. Salem9–8P12+ UCLA
21:00 p.m.Fresno State vs. Cal Lutheran15–7
Quarterfinals – Friday, May 14
312:00 p.m.No. 1 USC vs. Marist24–5NCAA.com
42:00 p.m.No. 4 Arizona State vs. Michigan9–5
54:00 p.m.No. 2 Stanford vs. Fresno State16–9
66:00 p.m.No. 3 UCLA vs. Hawaii12–7
Semifinals – Saturday, May 15
73:00 p.m.No. 1 USC vs. No. 4 Arizona State10–4NCAA.com
85:00 p.m.No. 2 Stanford vs. No. 3 UCLA7–9
Championship – Sunday, May 16
93:00 p.m.No. 1 USC vs. No. 3 UCLA18-9NCAA.com

Game summaries

Opening round

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NC Women's Water Polo Championship History . www.ncaa.com . May 2, 2019 . en.
  2. Web site: 2021 NCAA championships spring selections schedule . National Collegiate Athletic Association . April 21, 2021 . en.
  3. Web site: Water Polo Punches Ticket to NCAA Tournament . Arizona State University Athletics . May 6, 2021 . en.
  4. Web site: Women’s Water Polo Plays in First Round of NC Water Polo Championship . California Lutheran University . May 6, 2021 . en . 3 May 2021.
  5. Web site: No. 11 Fresno State slated to face Cal Lutheran in NCAA Tournament . Fresno State Athletics . May 6, 2021 . en.
  6. Web site: Wahine Given NCAA Tourney No. 6 Seed . University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics . May 6, 2021 . en.
  7. Web site: Marist Water Polo to Play #25 Salem in NCAA Tournament . Marist College Athletics . May 6, 2021 . en.
  8. Web site: Michigan Matched Up Against No. 4 Seed Arizona State in NCAA Bracket . University of Michigan Athletics . May 6, 2021 . en.
  9. Web site: Salem to Face Marist in NCAA opening round . Salem University Athletics . May 6, 2021 . en.
  10. Web site: Back to NCAAs . Stanford University Athletics . May 6, 2021 . en.
  11. Web site: UCLA Earns No. 3 Seed for 2021 NCAA Championship . UCLA . May 6, 2021 . en.
  12. Web site: USC Women’s Water Polo Takes Top Seed For 2021 NCAA Tournament . USC Athletics . May 6, 2021 . en.
  13. Web site: 2021 National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship . National Collegiate Athletic Association . May 6, 2021.

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