The 2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship was the 19th annual tournament to decide the championship of NCAA women's collegiate water polo. Two play-in games were held on May 7, with the winners advancing to the main tournament, May 10–12 at the Avery Aquatic Center in Stanford, California, hosted by Stanford University.
Qualification The tournament was open to all programs from Divisions I, II, and III. Ten teams participated in the tournament: seven automatic bids and three at-large bids.
Bids Team Conference Record Bid SourceNo. 1 USC Trojans MPSF 26–1 Automatic No. 2 Stanford Cardinal MPSF 20–2 At-large No. 3 UCLA Bruins MPSF 23–6 At-large No. 4 California Golden Bears MPSF 16–8 At-large Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Big West 18–5 Automatic Michigan Wolverines CWPA 23–8 Automatic Pacific Tigers Golden Coast 17–8 Automatic Wagner Seahawks MAAC 30–9 Automatic California Lutheran Regals SCIAC 21–8 Automatic UC San Diego Tritons WWPA 21–13 Automatic
Tournament bracket All times Eastern.
Game summaries Play–in games
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship
Tournament awards
+ All–tournament first teamPlayerTeamEmalia EichelbergerStanfordAria FischerStanfordMakenzie FischerStanfordPaige HauschildUSCMaud MegensUSCMaddie MusselmanUCLARyann NeushulStanford
+ All–tournament second teamPlayerTeamMireia GuiralUSCBronte HalliganUCLAKitty Lynn JoustraCaliforniaKat KlassStanfordAmanda LonganUSCDenise MammolitoUSCEmma WrightCalifornia
+ Tournament MVPMakenzie FischerStanford
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