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CWPA Releases 2010 Women's National Collegiate Club Championship Schedule
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) has released the schedule of games and bracket for the 2010 Women's National Collegiate Club Championship to be hosted by the University of Arizona on April 23-25 in Tucson, Arizona.
Unlike previous tournaments, the 2010 Championship will be the first to play out the entire bracket. Previously, the bottom four finishers in the bracket would be tied at either 13th place or 15th place without a game to break the tie nor would the four teams compete on the final date of competition.
The championship marks the second time in four years a National Collegiate Club Championship will be contested at Arizona as the Wildcats hosted the 2007 Men's National Collegiate Club Championship on November 9-11, 2007.
Further, it marks the second time Arizona will host the Women's National Collegiate Club Championship as the title tournament previously came to Tucson on May 5-7, 2000.
Hotel and ticket information will be posted when it becomes available in the next month. Check the Collegiate Water Polo Association website with additional information and a list of teams which qualify for the championship.
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University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona | |||||
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Map / Hotel Information / Ticket Information / Directions / All-Tournament Team & Final Standings) | |||||
| Positions are based on order of finish at the 2009 National Collegiate Club Championship | |||||
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1st Position - Pacific Coast Division |
9th Position - Pacific Coast Division
Runner-Up | ||||
| 2nd Position - Midwest Division |
10th Position - Midwest Division Runner-Up | ||||
| 3rd Position - Northwest Division |
11th Position - Florida Division | ||||
| 4th Position - Mid-Atlantic Division |
12th Position - North Atlantic Division | ||||
| 5th Position- Sierra Pacific Division |
13th Position - New England Division | ||||
| 6th Position - Southwest Division |
14th Position - Heartland Division | ||||
| 7th Position - Big Ten Division | 15th Position - New York Division | ||||
| 8th Position - Texas Division | 16th Position - Host/Southwest Division Runner-Up | ||||
| Friday, April 23, 2010 | Game No. | Score | |||
| 9:00 | 1st Position | vs. | 16th Position | 1 | |
| 10:10 | 2nd Position | vs. | 15th Position | 2 | |
| 11:20 | 3rd Position | vs. | 14th Position | 3 | |
| 12:30 | 4th Position | vs. | 13th Position | 4 | |
| 1:40 | 5th Position | vs. | 12th Position | 5 | |
| 2:50 | 6th Position | vs.. | 11th Position | 6 | |
| 4:00 | 7th Position | vs. | 10th Position | 7 | |
| 5:10 | 8th Position | vs. | 9th Position | 8 | |
| 6:20 | Loser Game 5 | vs. | Loser Game 4 | 9 | |
| 7:30 | Loser Game 6 | vs. | Loser Game 3 | 10 | |
| 8:40 | Loser Game 7 | vs. | Loser Game 2 | 11 | |
| 9:50 | Loser Game 8 | vs. | Loser Game 1 | 12 | |
| Saturday, April 24, 2010 | |||||
| 9:00 | Winner Game 1 | vs. | Winner Game 8 | 13 | |
| 10:10 | Winner Game 4 | vs. | Winner Game 5 | 14 | |
| 11:20 | Winner Game 2 | vs. | Winner Game 7 | 15 | |
| 12:30 | Winner Game 3 | vs. | Winner Game 6 | 16 | |
| 1:40 | Loser Game 9 | vs. | Loser Game 12 | 17 | |
| 2:50 | Loser Game 10 | vs. | Loser Game 11 | 18 | |
| 4:00 | Winner Game 12 | vs. | Winner Game 9 | 19 | |
| 5:10 | Winner Game 11 | vs. | Winner Game 10 | 20 | |
| 6:20 | Winner Game 13 | vs. | Winner Game 14 | 21 | |
| 7:30 | Winner Game 15 | vs. | Winner Game 16 | 22 | |
| 8:40 | Loser Game 14 | vs. | Loser Game 13 | 23 | |
| 9:50 | Loser Game 16 | vs. | Loser Game 15 | 24 | |
| Sunday, April 25, 2010 | |||||
| 9:00 | Loser Game 20 | vs. | Loser Game 21 | Eleventh Place | |
| 10:15 | Winner Game 19 | vs. | Winner Game 21 | Ninth Place | |
| 11:30 | Loser Game 22 | vs. | Loser Game 23 | Third Place | |
| 12:45 | Winner Game 21 | vs. | Winner Game 24 | First Place | |
| 2:15 | Winner Game 23 | vs. | Winner Game 20 | Fifth Place | |
| 3:30 | Loser Game 24 | vs. | Loser Game 23 | Seventh Place | |
| Site TBA | |||||
| Date TBA | |||||
| TBA | Winner Game 17 | vs. | Winner Game 18 | Thirteenth Place | |
| TBA | Loser Game 18 | vs. | Loser Game 17 | Fifteenth Place | |
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The tournament is not seeded by ability, since there is no equitable means to determine the respective strength of the teams. Too few teams play outside of their division schedules to be able to create an accurate seeding. Match-ups are therefore based upon the 2009 National Collegiate Club Championship results by division. The Host region receives two automatic bids, one of which is assumed by the division champion and the other by the host site or division runner-up (the 16th position). This ensures the tournament host is always a participant. The teams are seed based on a policy voted in during the 2008 Annual Meeting. The seeding rule states: The top eight division winners will be seeded according to their division's finish the prior season. Places nine and ten will be reserved for the top two division runner-ups in order of their division's finish. The remaining places will be filled with the divisions according to their division's finish the prior season, with random draws used to break ties in placing. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
