2001 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship

The 2001 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship was the first annual tournament to determine the national championship of NCAA women's collegiate water polo. The single elimination tournament was played at the Avery Aquatic Center in Stanford, California during May 2001.[1]

2001 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship
DatesMay 2001
Teams4
ChampionsUCLA (1st title)
Runners-upStanford (1st title game)
Third placeLoyola Marymount
Fourth placeBrown
Matches played3
Goals scored51 (17 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Kelly Heuchan, UCLA (4)
Best playerCoralie Simmons, UCLA
2002

UCLA defeated Stanford in the final, 5–4, to win their first NCAA championship. The Bruins (19–4) were coached by Adam Krikorian. Krikorian also won a championship as the coach of UCLA's men's water polo team during the same 2000–01 season.

The leading scorer for the tournament was Kelly Heuchan, from UCLA, with 4 goals. First and second All Tournament Teams were also named, with seven players comprising the former (including the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, Coralie Simmons from UCLA) and six for the latter.

Qualification

Since there has only ever been one single national championship for women's water polo, all NCAA women's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.

Team Appearance Previous
Brown 1st Never
Loyola Marymount 1st Never
Stanford 1st Never
UCLA 1st Never

Tournament bracket

  Semifinals     Championship
                 
  UCLA 11  
  Loyola Marymount 5    
      UCLA 5
      Stanford 4
  Stanford 12    
  Brown 0   Third Place
 
Loyola Marymount 9
  Brown 5

All tournament teams

First Team

Second Team

See also

References

  1. "Women's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
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