2023 Men’s Collegiate Club Great Lakes Division Schedule
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the 2023 Men’s Collegiate Club Great Lakes Division schedule.
Comprised of Grand Valley State University, Illinois State University, Loyola University Chicago, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Miami University (Ohio), the University of Cincinnati and Washington University in St. Louis, the Great Lakes Division will contest its 23rd season as part of the Collegiate Water Polo Association. In the history of the division, Iowa State University (1997), Western Illinois University (1998), Grand Valley State (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016), the University of Illinois-Chicago (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015), The Ohio State University (2013, 2014, 2017, 2018), Notre Dame (2019) and Washington (Mo.) (2021, 2022) have all claimed at least one championship. The 2020 season was not contested due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The regular season currently consists of one tournament as Grand Valley State hosts a 16-game event on Saturday-Sunday, October 14-15, at Grand Haven High School in Grand Haven, Mich.
The results determine the order of finish in the Great Lakes Division and the qualifiers for the inaugural Great Lakes/Missouri Valley Divisions “A” and “B” Championships on Saturday-Sunday, October 28-29, at McKendree University in Lebanon, Ill., and Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio, respectively.
Formats for the “A” and “B” Championships are not known at this time. However, the Great Lakes Division teams for each grouping are established as host Cincinnati, Miami (Ohio), Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Loyola compete at the “B” event. Grand Valley State, Illinois State, Notre Dame and Washington (Mo.) will contest the “A” Championship.
The top finishing teams from the Great Lakes and Missouri Valley Divisions at the “A” Championship earn automatic berths to the 2023 Men’s National Collegiate Club Championship on Friday-Sunday, November 10-12, at a site to be determined.
