The 1976 NCAA Division III Soccer Championship was the third annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the best men's Division III college soccer program in the United States.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  United States |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Brandeis (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Brockport State |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 57 (3.56 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Cleveland Lewis, Brockport State (6) |
| Best player | Offense: Cleveland Lewis, Brockport State Defense: Arn Armstrong, Brockport State |
The finals were played at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.[1]
Brandeis defeated Brockport State in the final, 2–1 after two overtime periods, claiming the Judges' first NCAA Division III national title.
Bracket edit
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Westfield State | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| WPI | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| WPI | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Brandeis | 6** | ||||||||||||||
| SE Massachusetts | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brandeis | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Brandeis | 3* | ||||||||||||||
| Elizabethtown | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Lynchburg | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Grove City | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Grove City | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Elizabethtown | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Elizabethtown | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Haverford | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brandeis | 2** | ||||||||||||||
| Brockport State | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ohio Wesleyan | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Wheaton (IL) | 2* | ||||||||||||||
| Wheaton (IL) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| MacMurray | 2* | ||||||||||||||
| MacMurray | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Wooster | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| MacMurray | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brockport State | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Brockport State | 1* | Third place | |||||||||||||
| St. Lawrence | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brockport State | 3* | Elizabethtown | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Cortland State | 2 | MacMurray | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Cortland State | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Drew | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Final edit
| Brandeis | 2–1 (2OT) | Brockport State |
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Attendance: 2000
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "NCAA Division III Men's Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 15, 2022.