1972 NAIA Soccer Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  United States |
| Venue(s) | Dunn, North Carolina |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Westmont (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Davis & Elkins |
| Third place | Quincy (IL) |
| Fourth place | Keene State |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 47 (3.92 per match) |
| Best player | Gary Allison, Westmont |
The 1972 NAIA Soccer Championship was the 14th annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States.
Westmont defeated Davis & Elkins in the final, 2–1, to claim the Warriors' first NAIA national title. Davis & Elkins would later forfeit their second-place finish after it was determined they fielded an ineligible player.
For the third consecutive year, the final was played in Dunn, North Carolina.[1]
Qualification
[edit]For the fourth year, the tournament field remained fixed at eight teams. Unlike the previous three years, however, additional fifth- and seventh-place finals were not contested.
| Qualified Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | Appearance | Last Bid | ||
| Davis & Elkins | 5th | 1971 | ||
| Earlham | 5th | 1970 | ||
| Erskine | 2nd | 1971 | ||
| Fredonia State | 1st | Never | ||
| Harris Teachers | 1st | Never | ||
| Keene State | 2nd | 1971 | ||
| Quincy (IL) | 6th | 1971 | ||
| Westmont | 5th | 1971 | ||
Bracket
[edit]| Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | First round | Championship semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||
| Keene State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harris Teachers | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harris Teachers | 4 | Keene State | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Earlham | 1 | Davis & Elkins | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Davis & Elkins | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Earlham | 0 | Dunn, NC | ||||||||||||||||
| Harris Teachers | 4 | Davis & Elkins | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Fredonia State | 1 | Westmont | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fredonia State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | Fredonia State | 5 | Westmont | 2 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| Erskine | 3 | Quincy (IL) | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Earlham | 2 | Quincy (IL) | 2 | Keene State | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Erskine | 0 | Erskine | 0 | Quincy (IL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
- Davis & Elkins forfeited their second place finish due to an ineligible player.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved December 28, 2021.