CWPA Releases 2010 Women's Collegiate Club Heartland Division Schedule
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) has released the schedule of games for the nine-team Women's National Collegiate Club Heartland Division. Competition will begin on February 27-28 at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa and run through the division championship tournament on April 10-11 at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
Following the season-opening 18-game tournament at Grinnell, the season will continue on March 6-7 at Saint Mary's University in Winona, Minnesota with a 10-game event. Two weeks later, Rockwood Summit High School in Fenton, Missouri will be the site of a 10-game tournament which will wrap-up the regular season, establish the seedings for the championship and bring on the 15-game Heartland Division Championship at Iowa State.
The victor of the division will receive a berth to the National Collegiate Club Championship at the University of Arizona on April 23-25.
Consisting of Carleton College, Grinnell, Illinois State University, Iowa State, Knox College, Lindenwood University, Monmouth College, St. Mary's and Washington University (Mo.), the Heartland Division has been controlled by Carleton (2006, 2009) and Lindenwood (2007, 2008) over the past four seasons as the two teams have combined to win the last four titles.
Overall, four teams have reached the division title game during the past quartet of seasons with Grinnell and Iowa State reaching the division's final game in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
| Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa | |||||
| Saturday, February 27, 2010 | |||||
| 8:20 | Grinnell College | vs. | Saint Mary's University | ||
| 9:30 | Carleton College | vs. | Monmouth College | ||
| 10:40 | Iowa State University | vs. | Knox College | ||
| 11:50 | Saint Mary's University | vs. | Lindenwood University | ||
| 1:00 | Carleton College | vs. | Illinois State University | ||
| 2:10 | Grinnell College | vs. | Knox College | ||
| 3:20 | Lindenwood University | vs. | Monmouth College | ||
| 4:30 | Saint Mary's University | vs. | Washington University | ||
| 5:40 | Iowa State University | vs. | Illinois State University | ||
| 6:50 | Knox College | vs. | Lindenwood University | ||
| 8:00 | Grinnell College | vs. | Monmouth College | ||
| 9:10 | Iowa State University | vs. | Washington University | ||
| Sunday, February 28, 2010 | |||||
| 9:00 | Saint Mary's University | vs. | Illinois State University | ||
| 10:10 | Washington University | vs. | Carleton College | ||
| 11:20 | Iowa State University | vs. | Lindenwood University | ||
| 12:30 | Knox College | vs. | Washington University | ||
| 1:40 | Illinois State University | vs. | Monmouth College | ||
| 2:50 | Grinnell College | vs. | Carleton College | ||
| Saint Mary's University, Winona, Minn. | |||||
| Saturday, March 6, 2010 | |||||
| 11:30 | Monmouth College | vs. | Carleton College | ||
| 12:40 | Iowa State University | vs. | Knox College | ||
| 2:30 | Saint Mary's University | vs. | Monmouth College | ||
| 3:40 | Iowa State University | vs. | Carleton College | ||
| 5:30 | Saint Mary's University | vs. | Knox College | ||
| 7:20 | Iowa State University | vs. | Monmouth College | ||
| 8:30 | Knox College | vs. | Carleton College | ||
| Sunday, March 7, 2010 | |||||
| 9:30 | Saint Mary's University | vs. | Iowa State University | ||
| 10:40 | Knox College | vs. | Monmouth College | ||
| 12:30 | Saint Mary's University | vs. | Carleton College | ||
| Rockwood Summit High School, 1780 Hawkins Road, Fenton Mo. | |||||
| Saturday, March 20, 2010 | |||||
| 11:50 | Lindenwood University | vs. | Washington University | ||
| 1:00 | Grinnell College | vs. | Illinois State University | ||
| 2:10 | Lindenwood University | vs. | Saint Louis University | exh | |
| 3:20 | Grinnell College | vs. | Washington University | ||
| 4:30 | Lindenwood University | vs. | Illinois State University | ||
| 5:40 | Grinnell College | vs. | Saint Louis University | exh | |
| 6:50 | Washington University | vs. | Illinois State University | ||
| Sunday, March 21, 2010 | |||||
| 9:00 | Grinnell College | vs. | Washington University | ||
| 10:05 | Lindenwood University | vs. | Illinois State University | ||
| Noon | Lindenwood University | vs. | Grinnell College | ||
| Heartland Division Championship | |||||
| Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa | |||||
| Teams are divided into two brackets: | |||||
| Bracket A | Bracket B | ||||
| 1st Seed | 2nd Seed | ||||
| 4th Seed | 3rd Seed | ||||
| 5th Seed | 6th Seed | ||||
| 8th Seed | 7th Seed | ||||
| 9th Seed | |||||
| Saturday, April 10, 2010 | Game No. | ||||
| 9:20 | 8th Seed | vs. | 9th Seed | 1 | |
| 10:30 | 2nd Seed | vs. | 7th Seed | 2 | |
| 11:40 | 3rd Seed | vs. | 6th Seed | 3 | |
| 12:50 | 4th Seed | vs. | 5th Seed | 4 | |
| 2:00 | 1st Seed | vs. | Winner Game 1 | 5 | |
| 3:10 | Loser Game 3 | vs. | Loser Game 2 | 6 | |
| 4:20 | Winner Game 2 | vs. | Winner Game 3 | 7 | |
| 5:30 | Loser Game 4 | vs. | Loser Game 1 | 8 | |
| 6:40 | Winner Game 5 | vs. | Winner Game 4 | 9 | |
| 7:50 | Winner Game 8 | vs. | Loser Game 5 | 10 | |
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| Sunday, April 11, 2010 | Game No. | ||||
| 9:20 | Loser Game 6 | vs. | Loser Game 8 | 11 | |
| 10:30 | Loser Game 7 | vs. | Loser Game 9 | Third Place | |
| 11:40 | Winner Game 9 | vs. | Winner Game 7 | First Place | |
| 12:50 | Winner Game 10 | vs. | Winner Game 6 | Fifth Place | |
| 2:00 | Winner Game 11 | vs. | Loser Game 10 | Seventh Place | |
| Loser of Game 11 is automatically Ninth Place | |||||
| 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. | |||||