Women's Water Polo Earns No. 7 Seed in ECAC Championship

Colonials Face No. 2 seed Bucknell in their First Game on Saturday, April 1

Senior co-captain Amy Heinemann is one of two goalies for the Colonials.

March 27, 2006

COLLEGE PARK, MD - The George Washington University women's water polo team has earned the No. 7 seed for the 2006 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship, as seedings were announced Monday afternoon for the nine-team field. Maryland will serve as host of the championship with contests being played at the Terrapins' Campus Rec Center Natatorium.

The Colonials (8-8), winners of four straight, will face second-seeded Bucknell in their opening game on Saturday, April 1 at 10:15 a.m. If GW wins, it will play again at 4:30 p.m. and face the winner of the game between No. 3 Maryland and No. 6 Harvard. If the Colonials lose to Bucknell, they will play the loser of the Maryland-Harvard match at 3:15 p.m.

GW placed eighth at last year's ECAC Championship, which was hosted by Bucknell in Lewisburg, PA.

ECAC Championship Field/Seedings
Bracket A
No. 1 - Princeton
No. 4 - Wagner College
No. 5 - Brown
No. 8 - Villanova
No. 9 - Gannon Univ.

Bracket B
No. 2 - Bucknell
No. 3 - Maryland
No. 6 - Harvard
No. 7 - GW

Complete Schedule
Saturday, April 1, 2006
9:00 - Villanova vs Gannon University
10:15 - Bucknell vs George Washington
11:30 - Maryland vs Harvard
12:45 - Wagner College vs Brown
2:00 - Princeton vs Winner of Game 1
3:15 - Loser of Game 3 vs Loser of Game 2
4:30 - Winner of Game 2 vs Winner of Game 3
6:00 - Loser of Game 4 vs Loser of Game 1
7:30 - Winner of Game 5 vs Winner of Game 4
9:00 - Winner of Game 8 vs Loser of Game 5

Sunday, April 2, 2006
9:00 - Loser of Game 6 vs Loser of Game 8
10:15 - Winner of Game 10 vs Winner of Game 6
11:30 - Loser of Game 7 vs Loser of Game 9
12:45 - Winner of Game 9 vs Winner of Game 7
2:00 - Winner of Game 11 vs Loser of Game 10

Loser of Game 11 is automatically Ninth Place

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