2025 CWPA Division I Championship Schedule
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — For fans heading to Providence, R.I., for the 2025 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Championship with Bucknell University, No. 15-ranked Harvard University, Mercyhurst University, No. 10 Princeton University, Saint Francis University, No. 16 the University of Michigan and host/No. 20 Brown University at Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center, the league office releases some information to help in the trip:
What About Tickets?: Fans attending the CWPA Championship can pay for either a three-day tournament pass ($35) or a one-day pass ($15). Brown students, faculty and staff with a valid college ID, and senior citizens 65 and older, will be admitted at discounted prices of $10 (tournament pass) and $5 (one-day pass). All children 12 and under are free of charge. All tickets are exclusively available at the door as there will be no presale in advance of the championship.
What About Streaming?: Streaming coverage of the three-day, 10-game championship with will be provided by Brown on ESPN+. ESPN+ is the No. 1 sports streaming platform, serving fans in the U.S. with exclusive access to more than 32,000 live sports events each year, an unmatched library of on-demand replays and acclaimed original content, and premium written articles by the top reporters and analysts from ESPN.com. Fans can sign up for ESPN+ at a cost of $10.99 a month (or $109.99 per year) at ESPN.com, ESPNplus.com or in the ESPN App on mobile and connected devices.
What About Live Stats?: Live statistics will not be provided during the championship weekend.
The Sportsmanship Statement: The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) promotes good sportsmanship by student-athletes, coaches, team representatives, officials, event personnel and spectators. The league requests fans by supporting the participants, staff, event personnel and officials in a positive manner. Profanity, racial or sexist comments, or other intimidating actions directed at student-athletes, event personnel, officials, coaches or team representatives will not be tolerated and are grounds for removal from the site of competition. The possession, consumption and/or distribution of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products is strictly prohibited.
Who has won the prior CWPA Championships: Slippery Rock University (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996), the University of Maryland (1997) and the University of Massachusetts (1998, 1999) all claimed CWPA Championships prior to the sport being recognized as a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship sport in 2000.
Since 2000, Brown (2001), Hartwick College (2004, 2006, 2007), Indiana University (2003, 2011, 2014), Michigan (2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) and Princeton (2000, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2023, 2024) have claimed the league title with the 2020 event lost to the COVID-19 outbreak.
In the history of the league since 1988, Brown (2003), Bucknell (1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2021), Hartwick (2002, 2008, 2009), Harvard (1990, 1993, 1995, 2022, 2023), Indiana (2005, 2010, 2015, 2016), Maryland (1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2012), Massachusetts (2000), Michigan (2004, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2024), Princeton (2001, 2007, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019) and Slippery Rock (1997) have claimed the runner-up position at the CWPA Championship.
In total number of title game appearances since 1988, Michigan (16: 11-5), Princeton (12: 6-6), Slippery Rock (10: 9-1), Indiana (seven: 3-4), Hartwick (six: 3-3), Maryland (six: 1-5), Bucknell (five: 0-5), Harvard (five: 0-5), Massachusetts (three: 2-1) and Brown (two: 1-1) have combined for the 72 berths in 36 championship fields.
Where are the future CWPA Championships: Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. (2026), Bucknell in Lewisburg, Pa. (2027) and Saint Francis in Loretto, Pa. (2028) are slated to host the next three championships with Princeton in Princeton, N.J. (2029), Harvard in Cambridge, Mass. (2030), Brown (2031), Michigan (2032), Bucknell (2033), Saint Francis (2034) and Princeton (2025) continuing the rotation. Mercyhurst – which rejoined the CWPA prior to the 2024-25 academic year – will likely be included in the rotation upon consultation with the league’s Governance Council and Board of Directors.
Where to park on Brown’s campus: It is important to note that Brown University accepts no liability for loss or damage to vehicles. All vehicles parked in either campus lot or on public streets are at owner’s risk. 
Erickson Athletic Complex Parking
235 Lloyd Avenue
Providence, RI 02906
On Campus Parking
On campus parking is located in Lot 2 (limited) located off Hope Street; Lots 1, 89 and 90 located off Lloyd Avenue; and Lot 11, located off Brook Street. The campus lots are accessible to spectators Monday-Friday after 5:00 p.m., weekends and holidays. Parking in any of these lots is free of charge.
Street Parking
Spectators can park on surrounding streets such as Hope Street, Arlington Avenue, Lloyd Avenue, Bowen Street and Brook Street. Please be mindful of all posted parking restrictions and regulations that apply to surrounding streets.
What else is going on at Brown this weekend?: Parking on campus around the athletics facilities could be limited due to Brown also hosting Harvard University in baseball on Friday, April 25, along with Cornell University in women’s crew, a doubleheader in softball versus Yale University, the University of Pennsylvania in women’s lacrosse and Harvard University in men’s lacrosse on Saturday, April 26. On Sunday, April 27, the Bears have baseball games against Harvard.
Where to eat in Providence: Check out www.GoProvidence.com for information on restaurants, hotels and more in the area. Providence has an affinity for coffee, with the most coffee and doughnut shops per capita of any city in the country. Providence is also reputed to have the highest number of restaurants per capita of major U.S. cities.
Let’s talk about Bruno?: Brown’s first mascot was a burro, first introduced in 1902 in a game against Harvard. The burro mascot was not retained after it seemed frightened by the noise of the game. The university originally settled on the Bruin, but later changed it to a Bears after the head of a bear was placed at an archway above the student union in 1904. In 1905, the Bears introduced Helen, the university’s first live bear mascot, at a game against Dartmouth College. Bruno, Brown’s current mascot, was introduced in 1921, originally also as a live bear. A number of bears represented Bruno over the years, later being represented by a person in costume by the late 60’s.
A little about Providence: The capital and most populous city in Rhode Island, Providence is among the oldest cities in New England. Founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the area was name din honor of “God’s merciful Providence” which Smith believed was responsible for revealing such a haven for him and his followers. The city developed as a busy port, as it is situated at the mouth of the Providence River at the head of Narragansett Bay.
At the 2020 census, Providence had a population of 190,934, making it the third-most-populous city in New England after Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts. The Providence metropolitan area, which extends into Massachusetts, is the second largest metropolitan area in New England by a large margin with over 1.6 million residents, nearly 30% larger than metro Hartford, Conn.
A few facts:
- The dome of the Rhode Island State House is the fourth-largest self-supporting marble dome in the world and the second-largest marble dome after St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
- The Westminster Arcade is the oldest enclosed shopping center in the U.S.
- The Providence Athenæum is the fourth oldest library in the United States, in addition to the Providence Public Library and the nine branches of the Providence Community Library. Edgar Allan Poe frequented the library, and met and courted Sarah Helen Whitman there. H. P. Lovecraft was also a regular patron.
- The southern part of the city is home to the famous roadside attraction Big Blue Bug, the world’s largest termite and mascot of eponymous Big Blue Bug Solutions.
- The city’s defunct baseball team, the Providence Grays, competed in the National League from 1879 through 1885. The team defeated the New York Metropolitans in baseball’s first successful “world championship series” in 1884. In 1914, after the Boston Red Sox purchased Babe Ruth from the then-minor league Baltimore Orioles, the team prepared Ruth for the major leagues by sending him to finish the season playing for a minor league team in Providence that was also known as the Grays.
- Providence was formerly home to two major league franchises: the NFL’s Providence Steam Roller in the 1920s and 1930s, and the National Basketball Association’s Providence Steamrollers in the 1940s. The Rhode Island Auditorium also hosted 29 of the 49 boxing fights of former champion Rocky Marciano.
