Dates and site: The semifinals and final will be May 1 and 3 at The Pyramid in Long Beach, California. Long Beach State will host.

Field: The championship field includes four teams, one each from the West, Midwest and East regions and one selected at large.

2002 champion: Hawaii.

Top team contenders: Pepperdine, Hawaii, Brigham Young, Pacific (California), Lewis.

Players to watch: Brad Keenan and Fred Winters, Pepperdine; Costas Theocharidis, Hawaii; Carlos Moreno, Brigham Young; Sean Rodgers, Pacific (California); Fabiano Barreto, Lewis.

Just three titles since 1970 have gone to schools east of California.