BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases an updated schedule for the Women’s Collegiate Club Pacific Coast Division tournament at California Polytechnic State University on Saturday-Sunday, March 2-3.
The adjusted schedule is available by CLICKING HERE.
The final regular season weekend in the Pacific Coast Division, the slate of games will help determine the final seeding for the Pacific Coast Division Championship set for Saturday-Sunday, April 13-14, at the University of California-Los Angeles’ Spieker Aquatic Center.
Due to a variety of reasons, the seeding for championship will be based on a won/loss percentage in part caused by the University of California-Riverside being unable to attend the first regional weekend at the University of California-Santa Barbara on February 2-3. As their inability to attend was related to unsafe travel, and a team cannot be penalized due to something created by weather, UC-Riverside’s missed games currently cannot count towards an opponent’s record as a forfeit.
Additionally, the following games played on the first weekend of competition due to rescheduling will be counted towards a “Best of 2” series as those teams are scheduled to play each other twice. If the teams split, and each wins one game, the determining factor for who receives the two points towards the standings will be based on goal differential as the teams are scheduled to play each other twice. Those games are: Cal Poly “A” versus UCLA “A” and UC-Santa Barbara “A” versus California State University-Long Beach. The purpose of this unique adjustment is to compensate the teams as the CWPA was not able to confirm on the first weekend if the games would be considered exhibition and were played as league games.
Further, the University of Southern California versus UCLA “A” game from the first weekend is considered a forfeit, as USC was scheduled to play Long Beach State and UCLA “A” stepped in to fill their spot last minute. While Long Beach State was also delayed due to weather, their team was already scheduled to forfeit their matches during the weekend as they were traveling with only six players and borrowing from other teams. The UC-Riverside versus Cal State Long Beach game cannot be considered a forfeit win as UC-Riverside was not present during the weekend.
Questions regarding the seeding and all changes to the schedules can be directed to the league office at office@collegiatewaterpolo.org.
