Terps Seeded Fourth at Eastern Championship
4/19/2011 8:00:00 AM | Water Polo
April 19, 2011
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BRIDGEPORT, Pa. - Maryland earned the No. 4 seed at the 2011 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Women's Eastern Championship which will take place from April 29-May 1 at Indiana University.
The CWPA Championship Seeding Committee made the announcement Tuesday.
Michigan, the three-time defending Eastern Champion, is the top seed in the 11-team field.
The Western Division of the CWPA dominates the top seeds as runner-up Hartwick and Indiana earned the No. 2 and 3 seeds, respectively, behind the Western Division champion Wolverines.
The Terps (17-13, 4-0) secured the fourth seed after capturing the CWPA Southern Division title over the weekend. It marked Maryland's second regular-season crown in the last three years.
Princeton, which finished second in the Southern Division, is seeded fifth.
The top five seeds receive first-round byes.
The bottom six berths in the field work out to avoid division matchups as No. 8 seed George Washington of the Southern Division will clash with No. 9 seed Mercyhurst of the Western Division at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 29 to begin the tournament.
Southern member Brown claimed the No. 7 seed and will meet No. 10 seed Bucknell of the Western Division at 10:20 a.m., before No. 6 seed Harvard (Southern) clashes with No. 11 seed Gannon (Western) at 11:40 a.m.
Maryland and Princeton will face off 3 p.m. to start the second round before Michigan takes on the victor of the George Washington-Mercyhurst game at 4:30 p.m. and Hartwick meets the winner of the Brown-Bucknell game at 6 p.m.
The first day of competition concludes with the Hoosiers squaring off with the winner of the Harvard-Gannon contest at 7:30 p.m.
Play resumes at noon on Saturday, April 30 with six more games to set the six placement games on Sunday, May 1.
2011 CWPA Women's Eastern Championship Seeds:
1. Michigan2. Hartwick
3. Indiana
4. Maryland
5. Princeton
6. Harvard
7. Brown
8. George Washington
9. Mercyhurst
10. Bucknell
11. Gannon
Material from the Collegiate Water Polo Association contributed to this story
