2023 Men’s Collegiate Club Mid-Atlantic Division Schedule
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the 2023 Men’s Collegiate Club Mid-Atlantic Division schedule.
The Mid-Atlantic Division will celebrate its 28th season as part of the CWPA and is made up of Bucknell University, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania State University “A”, Pennsylvania State University “B”, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh and Villanova University as the “A” and “B” groups divide this year with the creation of the Liberty Division (formerly Mid-Atlantic “B” Division).
The division championship has previously been captured by Pennsylvania (1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2021), Penn State (1998, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022), the University of Richmond (1999), Villanova (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2018) and Slippery Rock University (2006). The 2020 season was not contested due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Mid-Atlantic teams will contest a regular season slate of games leading up to the Atlantic/Mid-Atlantic Division “B” Championship on a date and at a site to be determined, and the Atlantic/Mid-Atlantic Division “A” Championship hosted by the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., on Saturday-Sunday, October 21-22. The top finishing programs at the “A” championship from both the Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic Divisions earn automatic berths to the National Collegiate Club Championship slated for Friday-Sunday, November 10-12, at a site to be determined.
Regular season competition begins on Tuesday, September 19, as Villanova in Villanova, Pa., hosts Penn. The Wildcats will serve as the site for a 13-game event on Saturday-Sunday, September 23-24, prior to Villanova hitting the road to trek down Lincoln Highway to Penn for a 7:30 p.m. game on Monday, October 2, in Philadelphia.
The regular season comes to a close on the western side of the division as Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pa., is the site for another 13-game weekend on Saturday-Sunday, October 14-15, which establishes the final Mid-Atlantic seeds for the “B” and “A” Championships with the Atlantic Division.
