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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  United States |
| Venue(s) | Florissant, Missouri |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Quincy (IL) (4th title) |
| Runner-up | Rockhurst |
| Third place | Davis & Elkins |
| Fourth place | Erskine |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 63 (5.25 per match) |
| Best player | Mickey Whelan, Davis & Elkins |
The 1973 NAIA Soccer Championship was the 15th annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States.
Quincy (IL) defeated Rockhurst in the final, 3–0, to claim the Hawks' fourth NAIA national title.
The final was played in Florissant, Missouri.[1]
Qualification
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 | 6th | 1972 | ||
| Eastern Connecticut | 3rd | 1969 | ||
| Erskine | 3rd | 1972 | ||
| Goshen | 2nd | 1971 | ||
| Newark Engineering | 4th | 1971 | ||
| Pomona Pitzer | 1st | Never | ||
| Quincy (IL) | 7th | 1972 | ||
| Rockhurst | 4th | 1968 | ||
Bracket
| Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | First round | Championship semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||
| Erskine | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pomona-Pitzer | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pomona-Pitzer | 4 | Erskine | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Eastern Connecticut | 1 | Rockhurst | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Rockhurst | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Connecticut | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pomona-Pitzer | 5 | Rockhurst | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Goshen | 7* | Quincy (IL) | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Davis & Elkins | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Goshen | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | Goshen | 6* | Davis & Elkins | 1 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| Newark Engineering | 4 | Quincy (IL) | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Eastern Connecticut | 1 | Quincy (IL) | 7 | Erskine | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Newark Engineering | 0 | Newark Engineering | 1 | Davis & Elkins | 4 | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
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