2016 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
DatesMay 10, 13-15
Teams10
Final positions
ChampionsUSC Trojans
Runner-upStanford Cardinal
Third placeUCLA Bruins
Fourth placeMichigan Wolverines
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Best playerStephania Haralabidis

The 2016 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship was the 16th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the UCLA Spieker Aquatics Center in Los Angeles, California from May 13–15, 2016. The USC Trojans defeated the 2015 champions, the Stanford Cardinal, 8-7 to win their fifth national title, while finishing the season 26-0.[1]

Qualification

Since there is only one NCAA championship for women's water polo, all women's water polo programs, whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III, are eligible. For the first time, ten teams participated in the tournament. The automatic qualifiers came from the following conferences: 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 were selected at large without geographical restrictions by the selection committee. The four lowest seeded teams played in the two play-in games on Tuesday, May 10.

Play-in games

Play-in game
   
Whittier College 7
UC San Diego 11
Play-in game
   
San Diego State 7
Wagner College 4

Tournament bracket

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsFirst roundChampionship semifinalsChampionship
UC San Diego4
UCLA17
UC San Diego10UCLA4
UC Santa Barbara5Stanford7
UC Santa Barbara5
Stanford12
UC San Diego2Stanford7
Arizona State8USC8
San Diego State3
USC12
Seventh placeSan Diego State5USC9Third place
Arizona State7Michigan6
UC Santa Barbara8Arizona State4UCLA5
San Diego State2Michigan5Michigan4

All Tournament Team

TBD

See also

Notes

  • Game time each day: Noon, 1:45 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 5:15 p.m. (local time)

References

  1. "2016 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship schedule". Ncaa.com. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
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