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1981 NCAA Division II soccer tournament
The 1981 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship was the tenth annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States. This was the final Division II tournament to feature a third-place match.
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Teams | 10 |
| Champions | Tampa (1st) |
| Runners-up | Cal State Los Angeles |
| Third place | So. Conn. State |
| Matches played | 10 |
| Goals scored | 24 (2.4 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Ron Basile, SCSC (3) |
← 1980 1982 → | |
Tampa defeated Cal State Los Angeles in the final, 1–0 (after one overtime period), to win their first Division II national title. The Spartans (14-0-3) were coached by Jay Miller.
The semifinals and final were played at the Soccer-Lacrosse Stadium on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.[1]
Bracket Edit
| First Round *Campus sites | Quarterfinals *Campus sites | Semifinals New Haven, CT | Final November 28, 1981 New Haven, CT | ||||||||||||||||
| UMSL | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| * | Lock Haven State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| UMSL | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tampa | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| * | Tampa | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rollins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tampa | 1(OT) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Los Angeles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| * | Chico State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seattle Pacific | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| * | Chico State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Los Angeles | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Connecticut | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Third place | |||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Connecticut | 1 | UMSL | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| * | New Haven | 0 | Southern Connecticut | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| New Haven (OT) | 2(OT) | ||||||||||||||||||
| * | Hartford | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Final Edit
| Tampa | 1–0 (OT) | Cal State Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Johansson 92:29' | Report 1 Report 2 |
Attendance: 700
See also Edit
- 1981 NCAA Division I Soccer Championship
- 1981 NCAA Division III Soccer Championship
- 1981 NAIA Soccer Championship
References Edit
- ^ "NCAA Division II Men's Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 24, 2017.