2019 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 7–12, 2019 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Stanford |
| Runners-up | USC |
| Third place | California UCLA |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 9 |
| Awards | |
| Best player | Makenzie Fischer, Stanford |
The 2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship was the 19th annual tournament to decide the championship of NCAA women's collegiate water polo.[1] Two play-in games were held on May 7, with the winners advancing to the main tournament, May 10–12 at the Avery Aquatic Center in Stanford, California, hosted by Stanford University.[2]
Bids
The tournament was open to all programs from Divisions I, II, and III. Ten teams participated in the tournament: seven automatic bids and three at-large bids.[2]
| Team | Conference | Record | Bid | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 USC Trojans | MPSF | 26–1 | Automatic | [3] |
| No. 2 Stanford Cardinal | MPSF | 20–2 | At-large | [4] |
| No. 3 UCLA Bruins | MPSF | 23–6 | At-large | [5] |
| No. 4 California Golden Bears | MPSF | 16–8 | At-large | [6] |
| Hawaii Rainbow Wahine | Big West | 18–5 | Automatic | [7] |
| Michigan Wolverines | CWPA | 23–8 | Automatic | [8] |
| Pacific Tigers | Golden Coast | 17–8 | Automatic | [9] |
| Wagner Seahawks | MAAC | 30–9 | Automatic | [10] |
| California Lutheran Regals | SCIAC | 21–8 | Automatic | [11] |
| UC San Diego Tritons | WWPA | 21–13 | Automatic | [12] |
Tournament bracket
All times Eastern.
| Play–in games Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | Quarterfinals Friday, May 10, 2019 | Semifinals Saturday, May 11, 2019 | Championship Sunday, May 12, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | USC | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wagner | 8 | UC San Diego | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| UC San Diego | 12 | 1 | USC | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | California | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | California | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | USC | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Stanford | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Stanford | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 16 | Pacific | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| California Lutheran | 4 | 2 | Stanford | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | UCLA | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UCLA | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||