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2004 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
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Water polo tournament season
March 2026
May 2015
NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship 2004 NCAA logo.svg 140 December 2004 4 UCLA (8th title) Stanford (18th title game) 4 62 3044 Endre Rex-Kiss, LMU (7) Brett Ormsby, UCLA 2003 2005
The 2004 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 36th annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Avery Aquatic Center in Stanford, California during December 2004.Men's Water Polo Championship Results http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_water_polo_champs_records/2013-14/champs.pdf NCAA NCAA.org May 31, 2015Bruins gain water polo title with double-overtime effort http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/NCAANewsArchive/2004/Association-wide/bruins+gain+water+polo+title+with+double-overtime+effort+-+12-20-04+ncaa+news.html NCAA NCAA News Archive May 31, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150531185512/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/NCAANewsArchive/2004/Association-wide/bruins+gain+water+polo+title+with+double-overtime+effort+-+12-20-04+ncaa+news.html May 31, 2015 dead
As of 2024, this was the last year USC failed to make the playoffs. They have won 8 in this time period, winning six straight between 2008-2013, and appearing in the Championship Game 14 times in a row (2005-2018).
UCLA defeated Stanford in the final, 10–9 (in overtime), to win their eighth national title. The Bruins (25–3) were coached by Adam Krikorian.
The Most Outstanding Player of the tournament was Brett Ormsby from UCLA. For the first time, two All-Tournament Teams were named: a First Team (with eight players) and a Second Team (with seven players).
The tournament's leading scorer, with 7 goals, was Endre Rex-Kiss from Loyola Marymount.
Qualification
Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men'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 PreviousLoyola Marymount3rd2003Princeton2nd1994Stanford27th2003UCLA26th2001
Bracket
Site: Avery Aquatic Center, Stanford, California
150 Semifinals Championship Third Place 1 Stanford 14 4 Loyola Marymount 6 2 UCLA 7 3 Princeton 5 1 Stanford 9 2 UCLA (OT) 10 4 Loyola Marymount 6 3 Princeton 5
All-tournament teams
First Team
Brett Ormsby, UCLA (Most outstanding player)
Joe Axelrad, UCLA
Tony Azevedo, Stanford
Greg Crum, Stanford
Albert Garcia, UCLA
Thomas Hopkins, Stanford
Endre Rex-Kiss, Loyola Marymount
Peter Varellas, Stanford
Second Team
Josh Hewko, UCLA
Michael March, UCLA
Brian McShane, Loyola Marymount
Jamal Motlagh, Princeton
Ted Peck, UCLA
Peter Sabbatini, Princeton
John Stover, Princeton
See also
NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship
References
NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
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