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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  United States |
| 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 |
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.
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
For the third year, the tournament field remained fixed at eight teams.
| Qualified Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Fifth 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
References
- ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
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