April 5, 2012

2012 Southern Division Championship Bracket Set; Princeton University Holds No. 1 Seed

BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- The seeds for the 2012 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Southern Division Championship at Bucknell University on April 14-15 in Lewisburg, Pa. are now set.

The six-team championship will begin on Saturday, April 14 as No. 1 seed/No. 14 nationally-ranked Princeton University takes on No. 5 seed George Washington University at 10:00 a.m. in bracket play.  Following a game between No. 2 seed Harvard University and No. 6 seed Mercyhurst University at 11:30 a.m., host/No. 4 seed Bucknelln will meet GW at 3:00 p.m.  Action resumes at 4:30 p.m. with a game between No. 3 seed Brown University and Princeton at 4:30 p.m. before the Bison and Tigers clash at 7:00 p.m.  Day One action finishes at 8:30 p.m. when the Crimson and Bears clash to set the field for placement games.

On Sunday, Third Place in Bracket A will face Third Place in Bracket B for fifth place (9:00 a.m.), Second in Bracket B takes on Second in Bracket A for third place and First in Bracket A clashes with First in Bracket B for the division title.

The Southern Division Champion is guaranteed no lower than the No. 2 seed for the CWPA Eastern Championship on April 27-29 at Brown University in Providence, R.I., while the remainder of the field featuring all the teams from the Western and Southern Divisions will be established via a seeding commitee comprised of the league's head coaches.

 

Southern Division Championship


Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa.



  Bracket A   Bracket B    
  1st Seed - Princeton
  2nd Seed - Harvard
   
  4th Seed - Bucknell
  3rd Seed - Brown
   
  5th Seed - George Washington
  6th Seed - Mercyhurst
   
         
Saturday, April 14, 2012

Game No.

10:00 1st Seed - Princeton
vs. 5th Seed - George Washington
1  
11:30 2nd Seed - Harvard
vs. 6th Seed - Mercyhurst
2  
3:00 4th Seed - Bucknell
vs. 5th Seed - George Washington
3  
4:30 3rd Seed - Brown
vs. 6th Seed - Mercyhurst
4  
7:00 4th Seed - Bucknell
vs. 1st Seed - Princeton
5  
8:30 2nd Seed - Harvard
vs. 3rd Seed - Brown
6  
           
Sunday, April 15, 2012     Game No.  
9:00 3rd in Bracket A vs. 3rd in Bracket B Fifth Place  
10:30 2nd in Bracket B vs. 2nd in Bracket A Third Place  
Noon 1st in Bracket A vs. 1st in Bracket B First 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.

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