2003 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship

2003 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship
Dates May 10–11, 2003
Teams 4
Champions UCLA (2nd title)
Runners-up Stanford (3rd title game)
Third place Loyola Marymount
Fourth place Indiana
Matches played 4
Goals scored 36 (9 per match)
Attendance 4,276 (1,069 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Jessica Lopez, UCLA
Kelly Rulon, UCLA
Lauren Boreta, Stanford
Hannah Luber, Stanford
Katie Hicks, LMU (3)
Best player Robin Beauregard, UCLA

The 2002 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship was the third annual tournament to determine the national championship of NCAA women's collegiate water polo. The single elimination tournament was played at Canyonview Pool at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, San Diego, California from May 10–11, 2003.[1]

UCLA, in a rematch of the previous two years' finals, defeated Stanford in the final, 4–3, to win their second NCAA championship. The Bruins (23–4) were coached by Adam Krikorian.

UCLA's Robin Beauregard was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Five different players (2 from UCLA, 2 from Stanford, and 1 from Loyola Marymount) tied as the tournament's leading scorer, with 3 goals each.

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
Loyola Marymount 3rd 2002
Indiana 1st Never
Stanford 3rd 2002
UCLA 3rd 2002

Tournament bracket

  Semifinals
May 10, 2003
    Championship
May 11, 2003
                 
   Stanford 13  
   Indiana 2    
       Stanford 3
       UCLA 4
   UCLA 8    
   Loyola Marymount 2   Third Place
May 11, 2003
 
 Indiana 2
   Loyola Marymount 5

All tournament teams

First Team

Second Team

See also

References

  1. "2003 Women's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
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