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2019 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship

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DatesMay 7–12, 2019
Teams10
ChampionsStanford
Runners-upUSC
2019 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship
Tournament details
DatesMay 7–12, 2019
Teams10
Final positions
ChampionsStanford
Runners-upUSC
Third placeCalifornia
UCLA
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Awards
Best playerMakenzie Fischer, Stanford
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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]

TeamConferenceRecordBidSource
No. 1 USC TrojansMPSF26–1Automatic[3]
No. 2 Stanford CardinalMPSF20–2At-large[4]
No. 3 UCLA BruinsMPSF23–6At-large[5]
No. 4 California Golden BearsMPSF16–8At-large[6]
Hawaii Rainbow WahineBig West18–5Automatic[7]
Michigan WolverinesCWPA23–8Automatic[8]
Pacific TigersGolden Coast17–8Automatic[9]
Wagner SeahawksMAAC30–9Automatic[10]
California Lutheran RegalsSCIAC21–8Automatic[11]
UC San Diego TritonsWWPA21–13Automatic[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

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