BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Live coverage of the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Women’s Water Polo National Collegiate Championship final on Sunday, May 12, will be broadcast live from the Spieker Aquatics Complex on campus at the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, CA live on ESPNU and ESPN+.
The game is slated to begin at 10:00 p.m. Eastern/7:00 p.m. Pacific.
Outside of the United States, water polo fans will be able to watch the telecast on ESPN networks and digital platforms in parts of Latin America, the Caribbean, Australia/New Zealand, Netherlands, and Africa, and via the TSN+ direct-to-consumer streaming service in Canada.
The field for the 2024 NCAA Tournament was announced on April 29 and features nine teams from around the country. Six conference champions from the Big West Conference (No. 2-ranked the University of Hawaii), Collegiate Water Polo Association (No. 10 Princeton University), Golden Coast Conference (No. 6 Fresno State University), Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (No. 17 Wagner College), Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (No. 1 the University of California-Los Angeles) and Western Water Polo Association (No. 24 Biola University). Host/No. 3 California, No. 4 Stanford University and No. 5 the University of Southern California were selected as at-large participants. Stanford claimed their second straight title in 2023, defeating Southern California in Stockton, Calif.
Returning to call the final will be four-time Olympic medalist and Hall of Famer Brenda Villa (analyst) joined by Greg Mescall (play-by-play) poolside from Cal.
In April 2022, USA Water Polo, ESPN and the NCAA reached a new agreement that brought the NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championship back to national television for the first time in more than a decade. The multi-year commitment, which also includes the NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship in the fall, continues through 2023-24.
First Round/Quarterfinal and Semifinal action on Friday-Saturday, May 10-11 will stream at NCAA.com. For more information on the NCAA Championship, visit CLICK HERE.
Below is the 2024 bracket:
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