1974 NAIA Soccer Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  United States |
| Venue(s) | Florissant, Missouri |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Quincy (IL) (5th title) |
| Runner-up | Davis & Elkins |
| Third place | Benedictine (KS) |
| Fourth place | Erskine |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 52 (4.33 per match) |
| Best player | Jim Pollihan, Quincy (IL) |
The 1974 NAIA Soccer Championship was the 16th annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States.
Defending champions Quincy (IL) defeated Davis & Elkins in the final, 6–0, to claim the Hawks' fifth NAIA national title. This was a rematch of the 1968, 1970, and 1971 championships.
The final was played in Florissant, Missouri.[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 | ||
| Benedictine (KS) | 1st | Never | ||
| Cedarville | 1st | Mever | ||
| Davis & Elkins | 7th | 1973 | ||
| Erskine | 4th | 1973 | ||
| George Mason | 1st | Never | ||
| Keene State | 3rd | 1972 | ||
| Quincy (IL) | 8th | 1973 | ||
| Westmont | 6th | 1972 | ||
Bracket
[edit]| Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | First round | Championship semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||
| Davis & Elkins | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 0 | Davis & Elkins | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Keene State | 1 | Benedictine (KS) | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Benedictine (KS) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Keene State | 0 | Florissant, MO | ||||||||||||||||
| Keene State | 6 | Davis & Elkins | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cedarville | 1 | Quincy (IL) | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Erskine | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cedarville | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | Cedarville | 3 | Erskine | 1 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| George Mason | 0 | Quincy (IL) | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 6* | Quincy (IL) | 8 | Benedictine (KS) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| George Mason | 4 | George Mason | 1 | Erskine | 1 | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit]- 1974 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament
- 1974 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
- 1974 NCAA Division III Soccer Championship
References
[edit]- ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved January 2, 2022.