INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Women’s Water Polo Committee announced today the nine teams vying for the 2023 National Collegiate Women’s Water Polo Championship. Seven teams have been placed in the bracket; the remaining two teams will compete for the last berth in the bracket via an opening-round game.
The opening-round game will be contested Wednesday, May 10, hosted by University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif., which will also host the championship to be held Friday-Sunday, May 12-14. The first round, semifinal and championship games will be played at the Chris Kjeldsen Pool at the Douglass M. Eberhardt Aquatics Center in Stockton. The 2023 championship will be an eight-team, single-elimination tournament.
In the opening-round game, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion Long Island University (21-12) will play Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) champion Biola University (16-14), with the winner advancing to the championship bracket to play Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) champion Stanford University (21-1) in Game 1. Rounding out the bracket will be at-large selection/MPSF fourth place finisher the University of California-Los Angeles (20-7) taking on Big West Champion the University of California-Irvine (20-6) in Game 2, MPSF runner-up the University of Southern California (26-2) competing against Golden Coast Conference Champion Fresno State Universty (17-8) in Game 3 and MPSF third place finisher the University of California (19-9) facing Collegiate Water Polo Association (NCAA) champion Princeton University (27-3) in Game 4. Please reference the bracket for all game times.
Conferences receiving automatic qualification include the Big West Conference, Collegiate Water Polo Association, Golden Coast Conference, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and the Western Water Polo Association. The remaining three teams were selected at-large without geographical restrictions.
The first round and semifinal games will be streamed on www.NCAA.com. The national championship game will take place at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time Sunday, May 14 on ESPNU.
For more information about the National Collegiate Women’s Water Polo Championship and the 2023 championship bracket, log on to www.NCAA.com.
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