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Women's Water Polo Selected Fourth Seed at Southern Division Championships

WASHINGTON, DC (April 9, 2002) - The George Washington women's water polo team will travel to Villanova University in Villanova, PA from April 19-21, to compete as the fourth seed in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Southern Division Championships.

The Colonials (14-5, 7-2) finished second in the Mid Atlantic Region of the Southern Division to claim the fourth seed in the championship. GW will face fifth seed Bucknell University on Friday, April 19, in a 9:30 p.m. first-round match. The Colonials will return to action on Saturday, April 20, in a 9:40 a.m. game versus Grove City College, the ninth seed.

In the second round of competition, teams take on new designations, dependent upon their record within their brackets. All advancement is determined by won/loss records. Teams tied in wins use goal differentials with common opponents to determine who advances.

The four top finishers in the championship advance to compete in the Eastern Championships in Princeton, NJ from April 26-28.

The seedings listed below:

Southern Division Championships Villanova University, Villanova, PA Teams are seeded into four brackets in the following manner:

A
B
C
D
1st: Princeton University
4th: George Washington University
2nd: University of Michigan
3rd: Indiana University
8th: Gannon University
5th: Bucknell University
7th: Slippery Rock University
6th: Villanova University
12th: Mercyhust College
9th: Grove City College
11th: Penn State Behrend College
10th: Washington & Jefferson College