All-MPSF NCAA Semifinal For Fourth-Straight Year
Photo: Arizona State's Bente Rogge (Courtesy: ASU Athletics)
NOTES:
*The MPSF has won all 19 NCAA Championships in women's water polo, dating back to the inaugural year of 2001. Automatic bid and top seed USC has won 5 titles and makes its 17th-straight appearance in the field, joined by at-large entries Stanford (the only team in the nation to make all 20 appearances, 7 titles), UCLA (19th appearance, 7 titles), and Arizona State (3rd appearance, 1st since 2016).
*For the fourth-straight year, the NCAA Semfinals will feature four MPSF teams (2017-2019 it was USC, UCLA, Stanford, and California).
*The NCAA Championship game will feature an All-MPSF final for the 19th year (all but one season).
*Sunday, the MPSF will win its 100th overall NCAA Championship, all-sports combined. Forty-nine of those titles will come from water polo (29 men, 20 women).
2021 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
Wednesday-Sunday, May 12-16
Host: UCLA
Spieker Aquatics Center; Los Angeles, Calif.
2021 NCAA Interactive Bracket
Live Stats (All Games)
Live Video Stream (Games 1-7)
Wednesday, May 12 (First Round)
Marist 9, Salem (WV) 8
Fresno State 15, Cal Lutheran 7
Friday, May 14 (Quarterfinals)
Game 1: No. 1 seed USC 24, Marist 5
Game 2: No. 4 seed Arizona State 9, Michigan 5
Game 3: No. 2 seed Stanford 16, Fresno State 9
Game 4: No. 3 seed UCLA 12, Hawaii 7
Saturday, May 15 (Semifinals)
Game 5: No. 1 seed USC vs. No. 4 seed Arizona State--- 3:00 pm PT
Game 6: No. 2 seed Stanford at No. 3 seed UCLA---5:00 pm PT
Sunday, May 16 (Championship)
Game 7: Semifinal Winners---3:00 pm PT