Water polo tournament season
Football tournament season
1993 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship Dates December 1993 Teams 8 Champions Stanford (7th title) Runner-up USC (3rd title game) Matches played 12 Goals scored 272 (22.67 per match) Attendance 3,165 (264 per match) Top goal scorer(s) Michael Nalu , UCSD (13)
The 1993 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 25th annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship 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 1993.[ 1]
Stanford defeated USC in the final, 11–9, to win their seventh national title. The Cardinal (24–6) were coached by Dante Dettamanti
Neither a Most Outstanding Player nor an All-Tournament Team was named this year.
The tournament's leading scorer, with 13 goals, was Michael Nalu from UC San Diego .
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.
Bracket
Fifth place Consolation semifinals First round Championship semifinals Championship Stanford 16 Navy 1 Navy 7 Stanford 10 Pacific 13 UC Irvine 8 UC Irvine 12 Pacific 10 Pacific 16 Stanford 11 Massachusetts 5 USC 9 California 17 Massachusetts 4 Seventh place Massachusetts 15 California 11 Third place UC San Diego 13 USC (2OT) 12 Navy 20 USC 16 UC Irvine 6 UC San Diego 17 UC San Diego 9 California 14
See also
References
1993–94 NCAA Division I championships
† Not an officially sanctioned NCAA championship