University Southern California Trojans
Women's Water Polo National Championships at USC
June 21, 1999 | Women's Water Polo
April 30, 1998
LOS ANGELES- Twelve women's water polo teams have earned berths for the National Collegiate Championships at the USC McDonald's Swim Stadium on May 8-10.
- Tournament host USC, MPSF and West Region champion UCLA, Stanford, California, Hawaii, San Diego State and UC Santa Barbara qualified out of the West Regional Tournament.
- UMass, Maryland and Princeton qualified out of the East Regional Tournament.
- Indiana and Michigan qualified out of the Midwest Regional Tournament.
UCLA, the two-time defending champion, is the top seed, while Stanford, California and Hawaii are the Nos. 2-4 seeds, respectively.
The tournament will start at 9 a.m. on Friday (May 8) at Long Beach State, due to a conflict with USC's graduation ceremony. Six games will be played in Long Beach. Beginning at 4 p.m. on Friday, all other games will be played at USC. Saturday's games start at noon and Sunday's begin at 9 a.m. The championship will be held on Sunday (May 10) at 3 p.m.
Ticket prices are $10 for a day pass and $25 for a three-day pass. Tickets will only be sold at the door.
Because there are not enough Division I and II schools that sponsor women's water polo, it is not yet an NCAA championship event.
The complete schedule follows: (Seeding in parentheses)
Bracket A UCLA (1), UC Santa Barbara (8), Maryland (9) Bracket B Stanford (2), UMass (7), Michigan (10) Bracket C Cal (3), USC (6), Indiana (11) Bracket D Hawaii (4), San Diego State (5), Princeton (12)
Friday, May 8 (The first six games on Friday will be held at Long Beach State due to USC's graduation ceremony.)
Gm.# Time Opponents 1. 9:00 a.m. California vs. Indiana @ Long Beach State 2. 10:10 a.m. Stanford vs. Michigan @ Long Beach State 3. 11:20 a.m. Hawaii vs. Princeton @ Long Beach State 4. 12:30 a.m. UCLA vs. Maryland @ Long Beach State 5. 1:40 p.m. USC vs. Indiana @ Long Beach State 6. 2:50 p.m. UMass vs. Michigan @ Long Beach State 7. 4:00 p.m. San Diego State vs. Princeton 8. 5:10 p.m. UC Santa Barbara vs. Maryland 9. 6:20 p.m. California vs. USC 10. 7:30 p.m. Stanford vs. UMass 11. 8:40 p.m. Hawaii vs. San Diego State 12. 9:50 p.m. UCLA vs. UC Santa Barbara
Saturday, May 9 13. 12:00 p.m. Third place Bracket B vs. Third place Bracket C 14. 1:15 p.m. Third place Bracket A vs. Third place Bracket D 15. 2:30 p.m. Second place Bracket B vs. Second place Bracket C 16. 3:45 p.m. Second place Bracket A vs. Second place Bracket D 17. 5:00 p.m. First place Bracket B vs. First place Bracket C 18. 6:15 p.m. First place Bracket A vs. First place Bracket D 19. 7:30 p.m. (Eleventh-place game) Loser of Game 13 vs. Loser of Game 14
Sunday, May 10
20. 9:00 a.m. (Ninth-place game) Winner of Game 13 vs. Winner of Game 14
21. 10:30 a.m. (Seventh-place game) Loser of Game 15 vs. Loser of Game 16
22. 12:00 p.m. (Fifth-place game) Winner of Game 15 vs. Winner of Game 16
23. 1:30 p.m. (Third-place game) Loser of Game 17 vs. Loser of Game 18
24. 3:00 p.m. (Championship) Winner of Game 17 vs. Winner of Game 18
4:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony
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