2022 Men’s Collegiate Club North Atlantic Division Schedule
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the 2022 Men’s Collegiate Club North Atlantic Division schedule.
Comprised of Bates College, Bowdoin College, Brandeis University, Colby College, Tufts University and the University of Vermont, the North Atlantic Division will contest its 25th season in 2022 with previous titles held by Colby (2021), Tufts (1997, 1998, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016), Bates (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2017, 2018, 2019), Dartmouth College (2003), Middlebury College (2004, 2005), Boston College (2006), the United States Coast Guard Academy (2008), Amherst College (2011, 2012, 2014) and Northeastern University (2015). The 2020 season was not contested due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Competition begins on Saturday-Sunday, October 1-2, with 12 games at Colby in Waterville, Maine.
The final regular season tournament occurs on Saturday-Sunday, October 15-16, as Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, hosts 12 games.
The order of finish from the regular season establishes the North Atlantic Division’s seeding for the combined Colonial/North Atlantic “A” and “B” Championships slated for Saturday-Sunday, October 22-23, at Bowdoin in Brunswick, Maine, and at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., respectively.
The “A” Championship will pit the top three finishers from the North Atlantic Division versus the top three teams from the Colonial Division in a nine-game event to determine an overall champion. In addition, the top finishing teams in both divisions claim their respective group’s titles.
The “B” Championship pits the No. 4-to-6 seeds from both the North Atlantic and Colonial Divisions in another nine-game tournament.
The North Atlantic and Colonial Divisions’ top Division III finishers at the “A Championship both earn automatic berths to the 2022 Division III Collegiate Club Championship at a site to be finalized in the upcoming weeks.
