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Seven Men's Collegiate Club Divisions to Compete This Weekend
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- Teams in the Atlantic, Big Ten, Great Lakes, Heartland, New York, Mid-Atlantic and Missouri Valley Divisions will be in competition on September 25-27 as the men's National Collegiate Club season continues for another week.
Complete schedules and updated results for each division are available on the CWPA Men's Collegiate Club Schedules page.
Atlantic Division
The Atlantic Division schedule kicks-off on September 26-27 at Saint Mary's College in Saint Mary's City, Maryland as James Madison University, Loyola College, Georgetown University and University of Maryland will square-off with the host Seahawks in a 10-game tournament for the early lead in the division standings.
Big Ten
Division
The Big Ten Division regular season wraps up this weekend at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa as all seven programs in the division will converage for a 14-game tournament to decide the final seedings for the division championship.
University of Michigan enters the weekend as the front-runner in the division following a 4-0 mark from the Big Ten's first tournament on September 12-13 at Purdue University. University of Illinois (3-1), defending national champion Michigan State University (2-2), Indiana University (2-2) and Purdue University (2-2) are all within striking distance of making a run at the No. 1 seed, while University of Wisconsin (1-3) and University of Iowa (0-4) will seek to improve their seeding for the championship set for October 24-25 at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisc.
Great Lakes Division
Unlike the other divisions, the Great Lakes Division is a one-and-done format as Ohio University, Ball State University, University of Dayton, University of Chicago, Grand Valley State University and University of Illinois-Chicago will travel to University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana for the only regular season tournament in the division.
Comprising 14-games on September 26-27, the tournament will decide the seven seedings for the Great Lakes Division Championship tournament on October 24-25 at the University of Dayton.
Heartland Division
The Heartland Division schedule will commence on September 26-27 as Grinnell College, Saint Mary's University, Knox College, Saint John's University, Carleton College and Macalester College will battle in Monmouth, Ill. with host Monmouth College in a 14-game tournament.
Mid-Atlantic Division
Millersville University of Pennsylvania will host the University of Delaware and Lehigh University on September 26 before the Engineers and Blue Hens travel over to Lancaster, Pa. and Franklin & Marshall College. At F&M, Lehigh and Delaware will clash in a neutral site game before the host Diplomats face-off with Delaware to wrap-up a four game, two-site Eastern Region series.
Across the state, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa. will be the site of the Mid-Atlantic Division Western Region season-opener as the Tartans will host Grove City College, University of Pittsburgh, Bloomsburg University and Penn State University on September 26-27 in a 10-game tournament.
Missouri Valley Division
University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. will be the site of the first Missouri Valley Division tournament as Northern Illinois University, Lindenwood University "A", Lindenwood University "B", Washington University (Mo.), Miami University, Illinois State University, Western Illinois University and Saint Louis University will meet the Tigers in a 17-game tournament.
New York Division
The New York Division slate of games begins this weekend at two sites as Columbia University and Cornell University will host games.
At Columbia, the United States Military Academy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York University and Hamilton College will square off with the host Lions on September 26-27 in a 10-game tournament.
Upstate in Ithaca, Cornell will host Binghamton University, Syracuse University and Colgate University in a six-game mini-tournament on the 26th.
