2021 Division III Eastern Championship Schedule
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Connecticut College will provide live-streaming coverage of the 2021 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division III Eastern Championship at the Jane Cadwell Lott ’36 Natatorium in New London, Conn., on Saturday-Sunday, October 23-24.
Coverage is available on the Northeast Sports Network by CLICKING HERE.
Competition begins at Noon Eastern on Saturday, October 23, as Division III No. 8-ranked the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of the Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) faces independent/first-year varsity program Augustana College. The host Camels of the NWPC square-off with Division III No. 10 Johns Hopkins University of the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC)-East Region at 1:30 p.m. prior to Division III No. 9 Austin College of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) clashing with fellow MPSF member Penn State Behrend at 3:00 p.m.
The opening day of competition continues as MAWPC-West Region institution Washington & Jefferson College takes on Augustana at 4:30 p.m. prior to the loser of Austin-Penn State Behrend facing the loser of Connecticut-Johns Hopkins at 6:00 p.m. and the victor of the two games meeting at 7:30 p.m. The day concludes at 9:00 p.m. as top-seeded MIT returns to the water to battle Washington & Jefferson.
On Sunday, October 24, four games are on tap as Third in Bracket A faces the loser of Connecticut-Johns Hopkins (9:00 a.m.), the Loser of Game 6 meets Second in Bracket A (10:20 a.m.) and Third in Bracket A takes on the Loser of Game 3 (11:40 a.m.) leading up to the tournament title game at 1:00 p.m. pitting First in Bracket A against the Winner of Game 6.
In the history of the Division III Eastern tournament, Hopkins holds 18 Division III crowns (1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) in 27 title games with losses in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2010, 2014 and 2018. Hopkins did not compete in two Division III Championships as the Blue Jays’ missed the championship game in 2007 and 2016 by not attending the event. Nine-time champion MIT (1991, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018) will aim to remain return to the top of the pile, while W&J, Connecticut, Penn State Behrend, Austin and Augustana all aim for their programs’ first championships.
Former varsity team Washington & Lee University defeated Johns Hopkins in 1992 and 1993 in the second and third Division III tournament for the only titles not held by either the Blue Jays or Engineers.
