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.
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Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() |
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) |
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
editFor 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 | ||||
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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
editFifth 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved January 2, 2022.