2018 USA Team Handball College Nationals – Men's Division

2018 College Nationals - Men's Division
Season	2017–18
Dates	20 - 22. April 2018
Champion	West Point Black
Matches played	26
Goals scored	954 (36.69 per match)
Best Player	Logan Ormsby; Air Force Academy
Top goalscorer	Logan Ormsby (48 goals); Air Force Academy
Best goalkeeper	Michael Monsen; University of Virginia
	← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of 2018-04-28.

The 2018 College Nationals was the 23rd Men's College Nationals. The College Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the College National Champion from 2018 from the US. The University of Virginia played extremely well, wildly outperforming expectations behind strong performances from the outgoing fourth-year class, but ultimately fell short in the final to the machine-like cadets from West Point. UVA has improved vastly over the last three years, and has risen to the elite ranks of collegiate team handball.^[1]

Venues[edit]

The championship was played at two venues at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.^[2]

West Point	United States Military Academy	West Point
Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor		Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor
Capacity: ?		Capacity: ?

Draw[edit]

Location of 2018 USA Team Handball College Nationals Men's Division Teams
The bigger size of the West Point and OSU Logo shows that they have two teams.

The seeding was based on the USA Men's Top 5 College Rankings from April. This season was the first season such a ranking exist.^[3]

The 5th ranked team Illinois State University was not able to play at the college nationals. Because of missing money to travel.^[4]

Seeding[edit]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
West Point Black (1) University of Virginia (2т) Air Force Academy (2т)	Ohio State Grey (4) West Point Gold (NR) University of North Carolina (NR)	Texas A&M University (NV) Pennsylvania State University (NV) Ohio State Scarlet (NV)

(т=Tie; NR=Not ranked; NV=No votes)

Modus[edit]

The nine teams were split in 3 groups A-C. And they play a round robin.

The winner of each group forms a new group D the runner-up's group D and the third group F.

The winner of group D played against the winner of group E the semifinal one and the second of group D played against the third of group D the semifinal two.

The losers of the semis play a small final.

The winners of the semis play the final.

The second and third of group F played an 8/9 classification. The loser becomes ninth. And the winner played against the loser of the 6/7 classification the 7th place game.

The winner of the 6/7 classification (third of group E against first of group F) played against the second of group E the 5th place game.

The games of the group and seeding stages had a game duration of 2×20 minutes and 5 break. The placement and semi-final games had a game duration of 2×25 minutes and 10 break. The small final and the final had a game duration of 2×30 minutes and 10 break.

Results[edit]

Source:^[5]^[1]

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
University of Virginia (2T)	2	2	0	43	24	+19	4
West Point Gold (NR)	2	1	1	49	35	+14	2
Ohio State Scarlet (NV)	2	0	2	17	50	−33	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 April 2018 17:00 (UTC-4)	University of Virginia	20 - 5	Ohio State Scarlet	Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy

20 April 2018 19:00 (UTC-4)	University of Virginia	23 -19	West Point Gold	Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy

20 April 2018 20:00 (UTC-4)	West Point Gold	30 - 12	Ohio State Scarlet	Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Air Force Academy (2T)	2	2	0	44	28	+16	4
University of North Carolina (NR)	2	1	1	27	33	−6	2
Texas A&M University (NV)	2	0	2	26	36	−10	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 April 2018 16:00 (UTC-4)	Air Force Academy	23 - 14	Texas A&M University	Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

20 April 2018 18:00 (UTC-4)	Air Force Academy	21 - 14	University of North Carolina	Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

21 April 2018 8:30 (UTC-4)	University of North Carolina	13 - 12	Texas A&M University	Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy

Group C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Point Black (1)	2	2	0	43	23	+20	4
Ohio State Grey (4)	2	1	1	22	26	−4	2
Pennsylvania State University (NV)	2	0	2	20	36	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 April 2018 16:00 (UTC-4)	West Point Black	19 - 10	Ohio State Grey	Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy

20 April 2018 17:00 (UTC-4)	West Point Black	24 - 13	Pennsylvania State University	Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

20 April 2018 19:00 (UTC-4)	Ohio State Grey	12 - 7	Pennsylvania State University	Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

Seeding stage[edit]

Group D[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Point Black (C1)	2	2	0	43	31	+12	4
University of Virginia (A1)	2	1	1	32	38	−6	2
Air Force (B1)	2	0	2	38	44	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

21 April 2018 9:30 (UTC-4)	University of Virginia	11 - 20	West Point Black	Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

21 April 2018 11:30 (UTC-4)	University of Virginia	21 - 18	Air Force	Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

21 April 2018 13:30 (UTC-4)	Air Force	20 - 23	West Point Black	Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy

Group E[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Point Gold (A2)	2	1	1	0	36	31	+5	3
North Carolina (B2)	2	1	1	0	36	35	+1	3
Ohio State Grey (C2)	2	0	0	2	36	42	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

21 April 2018 10:30 (UTC-4)	West Point Gold	21 - 16	Ohio State Grey	Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy

21 April 2018 12:30 (UTC-4)	West Point Gold	15 - 15	North Carolina	Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

21 April 2018 14:30 (UTC-4)	North Carolina	21 - 20	Ohio State Grey	Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy

Group F[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Texas A&M (B3)	2	1	1	0	33	19	+14	3
Penn State (C3)	2	1	1	0	26	24	+2	3
Ohio State Scarlet (A3)	2	0	0	2	17	33	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

21 April 2018 9:30 (UTC-4)	Ohio State Scarlet	11 - 13	Penn State	Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy

21 April 2018 12:30 (UTC-4)	Ohio State Scarlet	6 - 20	Texas A&M	Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy

21 April 2018 14:30 (UTC-4)	Texas A&M	13 - 13	Penn State	Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

Championship[edit]

Semifinals			Final

D1	West Point Black	28

E1	West Point Gold	21
			D1	West Point Black	26

			D2	University of Virginia	25
D2	University of Virginia	23

D3	Air Force	20	Small Final


			E1	West Point Gold	39

			D3	Air Force	24

Semifinals[edit]

22 April 2018 9:15 (UTC-4)	West Point Black	28 - 21	West Point Gold	Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

22 April 2018 9:15 (UTC-4)	University of Virginia	23 - 20	Air Force	Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy

Small Final[edit]

22 April 2018 11:45 (UTC-4)	West Point Gold	39 - 24	Air Force	Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

Final[edit]

22 April 2018 13:10 (UTC-4)	West Point Black	26 - 25	University of Virginia	Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor, United States Military Academy Attendance: 153

Placement Games[edit]


First round			Second round



			Fifth place

			E2	North Carolina	24

6/7 Classification			F1	North Carolina	23

E3	Ohio State Grey	26

F1	Texas A&M	18	Seventh place

			F1	North Carolina	24

8/9 Classification			F2	Penn State	14

F2	Penn State	19

F3	Ohio State Scarlet	14

8/9 Classification[edit]

22 April 2018 8:00 (UTC-4)	Penn State	19 - 14	Ohio State Scarlet	Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

6/7 Classification[edit]

21 April 2018 16:45 (UTC-4)	Ohio State Grey	26 - 18	Texas A&M	Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

7th Place[edit]

22 April 2018 10:30 (UTC-4)	Texas A&M	24 - 12	Penn State	Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

5th Place[edit]

22 April 2018 8:00 (UTC-4)	North Carolina	24 - 23	Ohio State Grey	Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor, United States Military Academy

Final ranking[edit]

Rank	Team
	West Point Black (1)
	University of Virginia (2т)
	West Point Gold (NR)
4	Air Force Academy (2т)
5	University of North Carolina (NR)
6	Ohio State Grey (4)
7	Texas A&M University (NV)
8	Pennsylvania State University (NV)
9	Ohio State Scarlet (NV)

Awards[edit]

Source: ^[1]

Most Valuable Player:	Logan Ormsby	Air Force Academy
Most Valuable Goalkeeper:	Jordan Wenske	Texas A&M University
Top Scorer:	Logan Ormsby (48 goals)	Air Force Academy

Top scorers[edit]

Source:

Rank	Name	Goals	Games	Average	Team
	player	28	5	5.6	team
	player	19	6	3.17	team

All-Tournament Team[edit]

Source: ^[1]

1st team[edit]

Nicholas Ange	Texas A&M University
Timothy Ford	University of Virginia
Austin Madryzk	University of Virginia
Spencer Klehn	West Point Black

2nd team[edit]

Ty Turner	Pennsylvania State University
Christopher Magan	Pennsylvania State University
Yasin Al-Fahham	Pennsylvania State University
Max Purzak	Pennsylvania State University
Gregory Guidry	Texas A&M University
Truman Brody-Boyd	University of Virginia
Steven Hume	University of Virginia
Christian Vila	University of Virginia
Eugene Thagard	West Point Gold
William Ratliff	West Point Black
William Beiswenger	West Point Black

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2018 College National Championships Recap". USA Team Handball. 2018-04-25. Archived from the original on 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
^ Ortega, Mark (2018-02-26). "The 2018 College National Championships". www.usateamhandball.usetopscore.com (DOCX; 197 KB). Archived from the original on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
^ "teamhandballnews.com College Top 5 Rankings – April". www.northeasthandball.com. April 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-04-15. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
^ Ryan, John (2018-04-16). "Team Handball News Collegiate Top 5 Poll (April 16, 2018)". www.teamhandballnews.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
^ "2018 College National Championships". USA Team Handball. 2018-04-18. Archived from the original on 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-04-19.

External links[edit]

Competition Page

[recap-1] "2018 College National Championships Recap". USA Team Handball. 2018-04-25. Archived from the original on 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2018-04-26.

[2] Ortega, Mark (2018-02-26). "The 2018 College National Championships". www.usateamhandball.usetopscore.com (DOCX; 197 KB). Archived from the original on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-19.

[3] "teamhandballnews.com College Top 5 Rankings – April". www.northeasthandball.com. April 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-04-15. Retrieved 2018-04-20.

[4] Ryan, John (2018-04-16). "Team Handball News Collegiate Top 5 Poll (April 16, 2018)". www.teamhandballnews.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

[5] "2018 College National Championships". USA Team Handball. 2018-04-18. Archived from the original on 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-04-19.

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