1972_NCAA_Division_II_Men's_Soccer_Championship

1972 NCAA College Division soccer tournament

1972 NCAA College Division soccer tournament

Football tournament season

The 1972 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship (then named the NCAA College Division Men's Soccer Championship) was the inaugural Division II men's college soccer tournament held by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Since 1959, all schools had competed in a single division. The SIU Edwardsville Cougars won their first NCAA title in any sport by defeating the Oneonta Red Dragons in the championship game, 1–0. The final match was played on December 9, 1972, in Edwardsville, Illinois, at SIUE's Cougar Field, which also hosted the Division I College Cup in 1970 and 1975.[2][3]

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Qualifying

See also: 1972 NCAA College Division soccer season

Early rounds

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
Bridgeport 1
New Haven 0 Bridgeport 0
Springfield 2(2OT) Springfield 1
Hartford 1 Springfield 1
Hartwick 2(2OT) Oneonta 2
Brockport 1 Hartwick 0
Adelphi 0 Oneonta 3
Oneonta 6 Oneonta 6
Chico State 0
Cal State Fullerton 6
San Francisco State 1
Cal State Fullerton 0
Chico State 1
Chico State 3
Seattle Pacific 2
Oneonta 0
East Stroudsburg State 2(2OT) SIU Edwardsville 1
Montclair State 1 East Stroudsburg State 2(2OT)
Muhlenberg 5 Muhlenberg 1
Philadelphia Textile 4 East Stroudsburg 0
South Florida 1(OT) Baltimore 3
Madison College 0 South Florida 0
Baltimore 7 Baltimore 1
Loyola Maryland 1 Baltimore 1
SIU Edwardsville 4
UMSL 2
Akron 6
Akron 2
SIU Edwardsville 3
Eastern Illinois 0
SIU Edwardsville 3

Final

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Attendance: 3,000 (est.)

Division change

1972 was the only year that this tournament was known as the "College Division Men's Soccer Championship." In 1973, the NCAA renamed the University Division as Division I and the College Division as Division II.

Several of the teams in the new Division II that placed a high emphasis on their soccer programs, including both SIUE and Oneonta, moved to Division I after only one season, taking advantage of a then-current NCAA rule that allowed a Division II school to play one sport in Division I and a Division I school to play one sport in Division II. As a result, seven of the twenty-four teams in the 1972 College Division tournament were among the twenty-four teams in the 1973 Division I tournament.[4][5]

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Although four of the seven teams have since stepped down to a lower division, five other schools in the 1972 tournament have since moved up to Division I. These are: Akron, Cal State Fullerton, Eastern Illinois, Hartford, and Loyola Maryland.[6]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Flashbart, Harold (December 10, 1972). "Cougars Take U.S. Crown". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 1-E. Retrieved September 18, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  2. [2]
    "Men's Division II Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. p. 49.
  3. [3]
    "Men's Soccer Division II History" (PDF). NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Men's Division I Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. p. 13.
  5. [5]
    "Men's Division II Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. pp. 49 & 50.
  6. [6]
    "NCAA Sports Sponsorship: Division I Men's Soccer". NCAA.otg. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on December 30, 2010. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
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