1978 NCAA Division II soccer tournament
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  United States |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Seattle Pacific (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Alabama A&M (2nd title game) |
| Third place | Eastern Illinois |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 46 (2.88 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Segun Adelke, AAMU (4) |
The 1978 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship was the sixth annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States.
In a rematch of the previous year's final, Seattle Pacific defeated defending champions Alabama A&M in the final, 1–0 (after two overtime periods), to win their first national title and their first after losing their previous three appearances in Division II championship matches (1974, 1975, 1977).
The final was played at Florida International University in Miami, Florida on December 2, 1978.[1]
Bracket
[edit]| First Round *Campus sites | Quarterfinals *Campus sites | Semifinals | Final December 2, 1978 Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||
| Southern Connecticut | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Marist | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Southern Connecticut | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| New Haven | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| New Haven | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Hartford | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Southern Connecticut | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Seattle Pacific | 1(3OT) | ||||||||||||||
| Seattle Pacific | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Chapman | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Seattle Pacific | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| San Francisco State | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| San Francisco State | 2(3OT) | ||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Seattle Pacific | 1(2OT) | ||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Green Bay | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Missouri–Saint Louis | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Missouri–Saint Louis | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bloomsburg State | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 6 | Third Place | |||||||||||||
| Florida International | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 4 | Southern Connecticut | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Loyola (MD) | 0 | Eastern Illinois | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Loyola (MD) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Rollins | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Final
[edit]| Seattle Pacific | 1–0 (2OT) | Alabama A&M |
|---|---|---|
Bruce Raney  126:47' | Report |
Attendance: 500
See also
[edit]- 1978 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament
- 1978 NCAA Division III Soccer Championship
- 1978 NAIA Soccer Championship
References
[edit]- ^ "NCAA Division II Men's Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 2, 2017.