Indiana University Athletics
Seeding Announced for CWPA Eastern Championship
4/19/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
April 19, 2011
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The No. 13 Indiana Hoosiers women's water polo team (22-11) has earned the No. 3 seed for the upcoming Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Eastern Championship, which the Hoosiers host on April 29-May 1 at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.
Indiana will be one of five teams to receive first round byes, as the top seeds get that advantage due to the league expanding the championship to 11 teams to include all of the league's membership.
The Hoosiers' first game will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 29 and they will await the winner of the matchup between No. 6 seed Harvard and No. 11 seed Gannon.
Western Division champion Michigan has the top seed, followed by Hartwick, Indiana, Maryland, and Princeton to round out the top five slots.
Recent history favors a Western Division champion once again as Michigan, Hartwick (2004, 2006, 2007) and Indiana (2003) have combined for the past nine Eastern Championships dating back to a 2001 victory by Brown University.
The bottom six berths in the field work out to avoid division match-ups as No. 8 seed George Washington of the Southern Division will clash with No. 9 seed Mercyhurst of the Western Division at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, April 29 to begin the tournament.
Southern Division member Brown claimed the No. 7 seed and will meet No. 10 seed Bucknell of the Western Division at 10:20 a.m., before No. 6 seed Harvard of the Southern Division clashes with No. 11 seed Gannon of the Western Division at 11:40 a.m.
Maryland and Princeton will get begin play at 3:00 p.m. to start the second round, before Michigan takes on the victor of the George Washington-Mercyhurst game at 4:30 p.m. and Hartwick meets the winner of the Brown-Bucknell game at 6:00 p.m.
The first day of competition concludes with the host Hoosiers of Indiana squaring-off with the winner of the Harvard-Gannon game at 7:30 p.m.
Play resumes at noon on Saturday, April 30 with six more games to set the six placement games on Sunday, May 1.
2011 CWPA Women's Eastern Championship Seedings:
1. Michigan
2. Hartwick
3. Indiana
4. Maryland
5. Princeton
6. Harvard
7. Brown
8. George Washington
9. Mercyhurst
10. Bucknell
11. Gannon
CWPA Eastern Championship Schedule
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Thursday, April 28, 2011
6:30 CWPA Eastern Championship Banquet/Hall of Fame
Friday, April 29, 2011
Game 1 - 9:00 8th Seed - GWU vs. 9th Seed - Mercyhurst
Game 2 - 10:20 7th Seed - Brown vs. 10th Seed - Bucknell
Game 3 - 11:40 6th Seed - Harvard vs. 11th Seed - Gannon
Game 4 - 3:00 4th Seed - Maryland vs. 5th Seed - Princeton
Game 5 - 4:30 1st Seed - Michigan vs. Winner Game 1
Game 6 - 6:00 2nd Seed - Hartwick vs. Winner Game 2
Game 7 - 7:30 3rd Seed - Indiana vs. Winner Game 3
Saturday, April 30, 2011
9:00 Eastern High School Clinic
Game 8 - Noon Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3
Game 9 - 1:20 Loser Game 4 vs. Loser Game 5
Game 10 - 2:40 Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 6
Game 11 - 4:00 Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 4
Game 12 - 5:20 Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 7
Game 13 - 6:40 Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Game 14 - 9:00 Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
Seventh Place - 10:30 Loser Game 10 vs. Loser Game 9
Fifth Place - Noon Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10
Third Place - 1:30 Loser Game 12 vs. Loser Game 11
First Place - 3:00 Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12
Teams listed first wear dark caps and are home on the scoreboard. Host team always wears dark caps and is listed first on the scoreboard regardless of seed.
