2021 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship

The 2021 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship was the 19th edition of the NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship, the annual tournament to decide the championship of NCAA women's collegiate water polo.[1] The tournament was held May 14–16, 2021, at the Spieker Aquatics Center in Los Angeles, California, hosted by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Qualifying teams

The field of teams was revealed in a selection show on May 3, 2021.[2] Seven conferences were granted automatic qualification to the championship: the Big West Conference, Collegiate Water Polo Association, Golden Coast Conference, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and Western Water Polo Association. Three additional teams gained entry into the tournament with at-large bids, with all of them coming from the MPSF.

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth	Source
4	Arizona State	MPSF	13–11	At-large	[3]
	Cal Lutheran	SCIAC	7–0	Automatic	[4]
	Fresno State	Golden Coast	12–5	Automatic	[5]
	Hawaii	Big West	11–1	Automatic	[6]
	Marist	MAAC	8–0	Automatic	[7]
	Michigan	CWPA	21–4	Automatic	[8]
	Salem	WWPA	18–11	Automatic	[9]
2	Stanford	MPSF	12–5	At-large	[10]
3	UCLA	MPSF	13–4	At-large	[11]
1	USC	MPSF	19–1	Automatic	[12]

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	TV
First Round – Wednesday, May 12
1	11:00 a.m.	Marist vs. Salem	9–8	P12+ UCLA
2	1:00 p.m.	Fresno State vs. Cal Lutheran	15–7	P12+ UCLA
Quarterfinals – Friday, May 14
3	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 USC vs. Marist	24–5	NCAA.com
4	2:00 p.m.	No. 4 Arizona State vs. Michigan	9–5
5	4:00 p.m.	No. 2 Stanford vs. Fresno State	16–9
6	6:00 p.m.	No. 3 UCLA vs. Hawaii	12–7
Semifinals – Saturday, May 15
7	3:00 p.m.	No. 1 USC vs. No. 4 Arizona State	10–4	NCAA.com
8	5:00 p.m.	No. 2 Stanford vs. No. 3 UCLA	7–9	NCAA.com
Championship – Sunday, May 16
9	3:00 p.m.	No. 1 USC vs. No. 3 UCLA	18-9	NCAA.com

May 12, 2021 11:00 a.m.	Marist	9–8	Salem	Spieker Aquatics Center – Los Angeles, California Referees: Gary Hull, Peter Sophabmixay
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 3–1, 3–2

May 12, 2021 1:00 p.m.	Fresno State	15–7	Cal Lutheran	Spieker Aquatics Center – Los Angeles, California Referees: Mike Stuart, Jennifer McCall
	Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–2, 4–2, 6–2

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