BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) announces the schedule of games for the upcoming 2011 Men's Varsity Southern Division-East Region season.

One half of the league's 11-team Southern Division, the East Region is comprised of Bucknell University, George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University and the United States Naval Academy.

Non-conference competition will begin on September 17-18 at Navy in Annapolis, Md. as the majority of the Northern and Southern Division teams will converge in a preview of potential Eastern Championship match-ups.  The championship replaces the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) tournament previously held in mid-September.

Division and region competition will begin on September 23 in Baltimore, Md. as Johns Hopkins hosts defending Southern Division champion Princeton in an 8:00 p.m. game, and continue through the regular season finale on October 29 at Navy when the Midshipmen host JHU and George Washington.

Following the regular season, the Bison, Colonials, Blue Jays, Tigers and Midshipmen will travel to Princeton on November 4-6 to meet the Western Division institutions of Notre Dame College (Ohio), Salem International University, Gannon University, Mercyhurst College, Pennsylvania State University-Behrend College and Washington & Jefferson College to decide the Southern Division Championship.  The top four finishers at the division championship advance to the eight-team Eastern Championship.

Tentatively, Harvard University is slated to host the championship on November 18-20 pending approval of the institution's championship bid package.

** Non-league