UC Irvine Anteaters
Year Round Opponent Result
1969 First Round California L 4-5
1970 First Round Semifinals National Championship USC Long Beach State UCLA W 7-4 W 9-6 W 7-6
1971 First Round CSU Fullerton L 4-5
1972 First Round Semifinals UC Santa Barbara UCLA W 16-12 L 10-15
1973 First Round Semifinals National Championship Long Beach State USC California W 7-5 W 9-5 L 4-8
1974 First Round Semifinals National Championship UC Santa Barbara UCLA California W 10-6 W 5-3 L 6-7
1975 First Round Semifinals National Championship UC Davis Stanford California W 19-4 W 9-8 L 8-9
1976 First Round Semifinals Pittsburgh UCLA W 18-4 L 9-14
1977 First Round Semifinals National Championship Arizona Stanford California W 14-7 W 9-7 L 6-8
1978 First Round Semifinals Loyola ( IL ) California W 14-5 L 5-7
1980 First Round Semifinals Bucknell California W 13-4 L 7-9
1981 First Round Semifinals UC Santa Barbara Stanford W 9-8 L 6-13
1982 First Round Semifinals National Championship Brown California Stanford W 13-2 W 8-5 W 7-4
1983 First Round Semifinals Loyola ( IL ) USC W 12-8 L 8-9
1985 First Round Semifinals National Championship Brown UCLA Stanford W 15-8 W 7-6 L 11-12
1987 First Round Semifinals Stanford California W 8-6 L 3-7
1988 First Round USC L 11-13
1989 First Round Semifinals National Championship UALR Stanford California W 13-6 W 8-7 W 9-8
1991 First Round Semifinals Long Beach State California W 11-8 L 10-13
1992 First Round Semifinals Pepperdine California W 11-8 L 5-8
Sports sponsored -- Water polo
UC Irvine 's men 's water polo team won three NCAA Division I national championships in 1970 , 1982 , and 1989 . [ 7 ] UCI 's head men 's water polo coach for many years was Ted Newland . As the Anteaters ' head coach from 1966-2005 , Newland had a lifetime record of 714–345–5 . In his 39 years at the helm the Anteaters won three national championships , and the team was consistently rated among the nation 's top 5 programs . Many world-class water polo players have been affiliated with UCI , with more than 70 NCAA All-Americans and 13 Olympians being produced by the program . Four Anteaters were a part of the United States team that won the silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing . The UC Irvine Anteaters men 's water polo team have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 29–18 through twenty-one appearances . [ 8 ] The UC Irvine women 's water polo team is coached by 2004 Olympian Dan Klatt since 2005 and has led the team to 6 NCAA Tournament Appearances in 2011 , 2012 , 2014 , 2015 , 2017 , 2018 finishing as high as 4th place in 2012 . In addition , the team has won 8 Big West Titles and 7 Big West Tournament Titles under Klatt in the last 10 seasons . [ 9 ]
The UC Irvine Anteaters are the athletic teams fielded by the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine). Its athletics programs participate in the NCAA's Division I, as members of the Big West Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. UC Irvine fields teams in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country running, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis, women's indoor track & field, men's and women's outdoor track & field, men's and women's volleyball, and men's and women's water polo. The Anteaters have won 28 national championships in nine different team sports. 64 Anteaters have won individual national championships, and 53 Anteaters have competed in the Olympics.