The 1970 NAIA Soccer Championship was the 12th annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States.
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Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | Dunn, North Carolina |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Davis & Elkins (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Quincy (IL) |
Third place | Campbell |
Fourth place | New Paltz State |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 12 |
Goals scored | 36 (3 per match) |
Best player | William Nuttall, Davis & Elkins |
Davis & Elkins defeated Quincy (IL) in the final, 2–0, to claim the Senators' second NAIA national title. This was a rematch of the 1968 final, also won by Davis & Elkins.
The final was played at Dunn, North Carolina.[1]
Qualification
editFor the third year, the tournament field remained fixed at eight teams.
Qualified Teams | ||||
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School | Appearance | Last Bid | ||
Campbell | 2nd | 1969 | ||
Davis & Elkins | 3rd | 1969 | ||
Earlham | 4th | 1968 | ||
New Haven | 1st | Never | ||
New Paltz State | 1st | Never | ||
Ottawa (KS) | 2nd | 1969 | ||
Quincy (IL) | 4th | 1968 | ||
Westmont | 3rd | 1969 |
Bracket
editFifth place | Consolation semifinals | First round | Championship semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||
Quincy (IL) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Westmont | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Westmont | 3 | Quincy (IL) | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Earlham | 0 | Campbell | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Campbell | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Earlham | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Westmont | 0 | Quincy (IL) | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Ottawa (KS) | 1 | Davis & Elkins | 2 | |||||||||||||||
New Paltz State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Ottawa (KS) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Seventh place | Ottawa (KS) | 3 | New Paltz State | 0 | Third place | |||||||||||||
New Haven | 0 | Davis & Elkins | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Earlham | 2 | Davis & Elkins | 1****** | Campbell | 2 | |||||||||||||
New Haven | 4 | New Haven | 0 | New Paltz State | 1 | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved December 26, 2021.