The 2024 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship was the 22nd edition of the NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship, the annual tournament to decide the championship of NCAA women's collegiate water polo. The tournament was held from May 10 to May 12, 2024, at the Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley, California. The championship game aired live on ESPNU. The UCLA Bruins defeated Cal to win the national championship, first since 2009 and the 123rd NCAA title for the university.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | May 10–12, 2024 |
| Teams | 9 |
Qualifying teams
editThe field of teams was revealed in a selection show on April 29, 2024. Six 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 and Western Water Polo Association. Three additional teams earned entry into the tournament with at-large bids, with all of them coming from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.[1]
| Seed | Team | Conference | Bid type | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLA | MPSF | Automatic | 22nd[2] |
| 2 | Hawai'i | Big West | Automatic | 8th[3] |
| 3 | California | MPSF | At-large | 10th |
| 4 | Stanford | MPSF | At-large | 23rd |
| USC | MPSF | At-large | 19th | |
| Fresno State | GCC | Automatic | 4th | |
| Princeton | CWPA | Automatic | 5th | |
| Biola | WWPA | Automatic | 2nd | |
| Wagner College | MAAC | Automatic | 1st |
Schedule and results
edit| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | TV | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening Round – Wednesday, May 8 | |||||
| 1 | 8:00 p.m. | Wagner vs. Biola | 15–14 | NCAA.com | |
| Quarterfinals – Friday, May 10 | |||||
| 2 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 1 UCLA vs. Wagner | 17–7 | NCAA.com | |
| 3 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 4 Stanford vs. USC | 8–3 | ||
| 4 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 2 Hawaii vs. Princeton | 11–6 | ||
| 5 | 9:00 p.m. | No. 3 California vs. Fresno State | 14–7 | ||
| Semifinals – Saturday, May 11 | |||||
| 6 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 4 Stanford | 10–8 | NCAA.com | |
| 7 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 2 Hawaii vs. No. 3 California | 6–9 | ||
| Championship – Sunday, May 12 | |||||
| 8 | 10:00 p.m. | No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 3 California | 7–4 | ESPNU | |
Tournament bracket
edit| Opening round Wednesday, May 8, 2024 | Quarterfinals Friday, May 10, 2024 | Semifinals Saturday, May 11, 2024 | Championship Sunday, May 12, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | UCLA | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wagner | 15 | Wagner | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Biola | 14 | 1 | UCLA | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Stanford | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Stanford | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| USC | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | UCLA | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | California | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Hawaii | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Hawaii | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | California | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | California | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
All Tournament Team
edit- Lauren Steele, UCLA (Most Outstanding player)
References
edit- ^ "2024 NCAA women's water polo championship: How to watch the selection show, bracket, schedule". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "No. 1 UCLA Earns Top Seed for 2024 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship". uclabruins.com. UCLA Athletics. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Water Polo Earns No. 2 Seed in NCAA Tournament; Faces Princeton in Quarterfinals". hawaiiathletics.com. Hawaii. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "2024 National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
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