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2018 USA Team Handball College Nationals – Men's Division

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2018 College Nationals - Men's Division
Season2017–18
Dates20 - 22. April 2018
ChampionArmy West Point logo West Point Black
Matches played26
Goals scored954 (36.69 per match)
Best PlayerLogan Ormsby
Air Force Academy
Top goalscorerLogan Ormsby (48 goals)
Air Force Academy
Best goalkeeperMichael Monsen
University of Virginia
2017
2019
All statistics correct as of 2018-04-28.

The 2018 College Nationals was the 23rd Men's College Nationals. The College Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the College National Champion from 2018 from the US. The University of Virginia played extremely well, wildly outperforming expectations behind strong performances from the outgoing fourth-year class, but ultimately fell short in the final to the machine-like cadets from West Point. UVA has improved vastly over the last three years, and has risen to the elite ranks of collegiate team handball.[1]

Venues

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The championship was played at two venues at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.[2]

West Point West Point
Arvin Gymnasium
2nd floor
Arvin Gymnasium
4th floor
Capacity: ? Capacity: ?

Draw

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Location of 2018 USA Team Handball College Nationals Men's Division Teams
The bigger size of the West Point and OSU Logo shows that they have two teams.

The seeding was based on the USA Men's Top 5 College Rankings from April. This season was the first season such a ranking exist.[3]

The 5th ranked team Illinois State University was not able to play at the college nationals. Because of missing money to travel.[4]

Seeding

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Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
West Point Black (1)
University of Virginia (2т)
Air Force Academy (2т)
Ohio State Grey (4)
West Point Gold (NR)
University of North Carolina (NR)
Texas A&M University (NV)
Pennsylvania State University (NV)
Ohio State Scarlet (NV)

(т=Tie; NR=Not ranked; NV=No votes)

Modus

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The nine teams were split in 3 groups A-C. And they play a round robin.

The winner of each group forms a new group D the runner-up's group D and the third group F.

The winner of group D played against the winner of group E the semifinal one and the second of group D played against the third of group D the semifinal two.

The losers of the semis play a small final.

The winners of the semis play the final.

The second and third of group F played an 8/9 classification. The loser becomes ninth. And the winner played against the loser of the 6/7 classification the 7th place game.

The winner of the 6/7 classification (third of group E against first of group F) played against the second of group E the 5th place game.

The games of the group and seeding stages had a game duration of 2×20 minutes and 5 break. The placement and semi-final games had a game duration of 2×25 minutes and 10 break. The small final and the final had a game duration of 2×30 minutes and 10 break.

Results

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Source:[5][1]

Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
University of Virginia (2T) 2 2 0 0 43 24 +19 4
West Point Gold (NR) 2 1 0 1 49 35 +14 2
Ohio State Scarlet (NV) 2 0 0 2 17 50 −33 0
Source: [citation needed]
20 April 2018
17:00 (UTC-4)
University of Virginia 20 - 5 Ohio State Scarlet Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy
20 April 2018
19:00 (UTC-4)
University of Virginia 23 -19 West Point Gold Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy
20 April 2018
20:00 (UTC-4)
West Point Gold 30 - 12 Ohio State Scarlet Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Air Force Academy (2T) 2 2 0 0 44 28 +16 4
University of North Carolina (NR) 2 1 0 1 27 33 −6 2
Texas A&M University (NV) 2 0 0 2 26 36 −10 0
Source: [citation needed]
20 April 2018
16:00 (UTC-4)
Air Force Academy 23 - 14 Texas A&M University Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy
20 April 2018
18:00 (UTC-4)
Air Force Academy 21 - 14 University of North Carolina Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

21 April 2018
8:30 (UTC-4)
University of North Carolina 13 - 12 Texas A&M University Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
West Point Black (1) 2 2 0 0 43 23 +20 4
Ohio State Grey (4) 2 1 0 1 22 26 −4 2
Pennsylvania State University (NV) 2 0 0 2 20 36 −16 0
Source: [citation needed]
20 April 2018
16:00 (UTC-4)
West Point Black 19 - 10 Ohio State Grey Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy
20 April 2018
17:00 (UTC-4)
West Point Black 24 - 13 Pennsylvania State University Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy
20 April 2018
19:00 (UTC-4)
Ohio State Grey 12 - 7 Pennsylvania State University Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

Seeding stage

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Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
West Point Black (C1) 2 2 0 0 43 31 +12 4
University of Virginia (A1) 2 1 0 1 32 38 −6 2
Air Force (B1) 2 0 0 2 38 44 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
21 April 2018
9:30 (UTC-4)
University of Virginia 11 - 20 West Point Black Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy
21 April 2018
11:30 (UTC-4)
University of Virginia 21 - 18 Air Force Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy
21 April 2018
13:30 (UTC-4)
Air Force 20 - 23 West Point Black Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy

Group E

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
West Point Gold (A2) 2 1 1 0 36 31 +5 3
North Carolina (B2) 2 1 1 0 36 35 +1 3
Ohio State Grey (C2) 2 0 0 2 36 42 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
21 April 2018
10:30 (UTC-4)
West Point Gold 21 - 16 Ohio State Grey Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy
21 April 2018
12:30 (UTC-4)
West Point Gold 15 - 15 North Carolina Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy
21 April 2018
14:30 (UTC-4)
North Carolina 21 - 20 Ohio State Grey Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy

Group F

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Texas A&M (B3) 2 1 1 0 33 19 +14 3
Penn State (C3) 2 1 1 0 26 24 +2 3
Ohio State Scarlet (A3) 2 0 0 2 17 33 −16 0
Source: [citation needed]
21 April 2018
9:30 (UTC-4)
Ohio State Scarlet 11 - 13 Penn State Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy
21 April 2018
12:30 (UTC-4)
Ohio State Scarlet 6 - 20 Texas A&M Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy
21 April 2018
14:30 (UTC-4)
Texas A&M 13 - 13 Penn State Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

Championship

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Semifinals Final
      
D1 West Point Black 28
E1 West Point Gold 21
D1 West Point Black 26
D2 University of Virginia 25
D2 University of Virginia 23
D3 Air Force 20 Small Final
E1 West Point Gold 39
D3 Air Force 24

Semifinals

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22 April 2018
9:15 (UTC-4)
West Point Black 28 - 21 West Point Gold Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy
22 April 2018
9:15 (UTC-4)
University of Virginia 23 - 20 Air Force Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy

Small Final

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22 April 2018
11:45 (UTC-4)
West Point Gold 39 - 24 Air Force Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

Final

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22 April 2018
13:10 (UTC-4)
West Point Black 26 - 25 University of Virginia Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy
Attendance: 153

Placement Games

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First roundSecond round
Fifth place
E2North Carolina24
6/7 ClassificationF1North Carolina23
E3Ohio State Grey26
F1Texas A&M18Seventh place
F1North Carolina24
8/9 ClassificationF2Penn State14
F2Penn State19
F3Ohio State Scarlet14

8/9 Classification

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22 April 2018
8:00 (UTC-4)
Penn State 19 - 14 Ohio State Scarlet Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

6/7 Classification

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21 April 2018
16:45 (UTC-4)
Ohio State Grey 26 - 18 Texas A&M Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

7th Place

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22 April 2018
10:30 (UTC-4)
Texas A&M 24 - 12 Penn State Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

5th Place

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22 April 2018
8:00 (UTC-4)
North Carolina 24 - 23 Ohio State Grey Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

Final ranking

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Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) West Point Black (1)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) University of Virginia (2т)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) West Point Gold (NR)
4 Air Force Academy (2т)
5 University of North Carolina (NR)
6 Ohio State Grey (4)
7 Texas A&M University (NV)
8 Pennsylvania State University (NV)
9 Ohio State Scarlet (NV)

Awards

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Source: [1]

Most Valuable Player: Logan Ormsby Air Force Academy
Most Valuable Goalkeeper: Jordan Wenske Texas A&M University
Top Scorer: Logan Ormsby (48 goals) Air Force Academy

Top scorers

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Source:

Rank Name Goals Games Average Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) player 28 5 5.6 team
2nd place, silver medalist(s) player 19 6 3.17 team

All-Tournament Team

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Source: [1]

1st team

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Nicholas Ange Texas A&M University
Timothy Ford University of Virginia
Austin Madryzk University of Virginia
Spencer Klehn West Point Black

2nd team

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Ty Turner Pennsylvania State University
Christopher Magan Pennsylvania State University
Yasin Al-Fahham Pennsylvania State University
Max Purzak Pennsylvania State University
Gregory Guidry Texas A&M University
Truman Brody-Boyd University of Virginia
Steven Hume University of Virginia
Christian Vila University of Virginia
Eugene Thagard West Point Gold
William Ratliff West Point Black
William Beiswenger West Point Black

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "2018 College National Championships Recap". USA Team Handball. 2018-04-25. Archived from the original on 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. ^ Ortega, Mark (2018-02-26). "The 2018 College National Championships". www.usateamhandball.usetopscore.com (DOCX; 197 KB). Archived from the original on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  3. ^ "teamhandballnews.com College Top 5 Rankings – April". www.northeasthandball.com. April 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-04-15. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  4. ^ Ryan, John (2018-04-16). "Team Handball News Collegiate Top 5 Poll (April 16, 2018)". www.teamhandballnews.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  5. ^ "2018 College National Championships". USA Team Handball. 2018-04-18. Archived from the original on 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
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