2016 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship

none July 2015 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship 2016 NCAA logo.svg 140 May 10, 13-15 10 USC Trojans Stanford Cardinal UCLA Bruins Michigan Wolverines 14 Stephania Haralabidis 2015 2017 The 2016 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship was the 16th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the UCLA Spieker Aquatics Center in Los Angeles, California from May 13–15, 2016. The USC Trojans defeated the 2015 champions, the Stanford Cardinal, 8-7 to win their fifth national title, while finishing the season 26-0.https://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/waterpolo-women/nc 2016 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship schedule Ncaa.com May 13, 2016 Qualification Since there is only one NCAA championship for women's water polo, all women's water polo programs, whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III, are eligible. For the first time, ten teams participated in the tournament. The automatic qualifiers came from the following conferences: Big West Conference, Collegiate Water Polo Association, Golden Coast Conference, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and Western Water Polo Association. Three additional teams were selected at large without geographical restrictions by the selection committee. The four lowest seeded teams played in the two play-in games on Tuesday, May 10. Play-in games Site: RIMAC (UC San Diego), San Diego, California Play-in game 150 Whittier College 7 UC San Diego 11 Play-in game 150 San Diego State 7 Wagner College 4 Tournament bracket Site: Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA), Los Angeles, California 150 First round Championship semifinals Consolation semifinals Championship Third place Fifth place Seventh place UC San Diego 4 UCLA 17 UC Santa Barbara 5 Stanford 12 San Diego State 3 USC 12 Arizona State 4 Michigan 5 UCLA 4 Stanford 7 USC 9 Michigan 6 UC San Diego 10 UC Santa Barbara 5 San Diego State 5 Arizona State 7 Stanford 7 USC 8 UCLA 5 Michigan 4 UC San Diego 2 Arizona State 8 UC Santa Barbara 8 San Diego State 2 All Tournament Team TBD See also NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship Notes Game time each day: Noon, 1:45 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 5:15 p.m. (local time) References NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship 2016 NCAA Women's Water Polo Category:May 2016 sports events in the United States Category:Women's sports in California