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April 20, 2009
Women's Water Polo Receives 7th Seed Entering the WWPA Championship

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LOS ANGELES, CA– Loyola Marymount, who finished the regular season a perfect 10-0 against fellow Western Water Polo Association foes, has been tabbed the top seed for the upcoming 2009 WWPA Women’s Water Polo Championship hosted by Santa Clara University at the brand new Sullivan Aquatic Center Friday, Apr. 24 – Sunday, Apr. 26. The Lions finished winning 15 of its last 18 games and enter the tournament 22-7 overall.

Following LMU will be Cal State Bakersfield with the No. 2 seed. The Road Runners went 20-13 overall on the season, going 10-3 in the WWPA. Tournament host Santa Clara earns the No. 3 seed after also finishing 10-3 in the WWPA and 17-15 overall. Rounding out the top-five seeds are No. 4 UC San Diego and No. 5 Sonoma State. The top-five seeds earn byes into the quarterfinals of the tournament.

The rest of the 2009 seeding is No. 6 Colorado State, No. 7 UC Santa Cruz, No. 8 Cal State East Bay, No. 9 Cal State Monterey Bay, No. 10 Cal State San Bernardino and No. 11 Chapman.

The tournament will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Friday when Colorado State takes on Chapman. The Rams had one of their best seasons at 9-5 in the WWPA and 14-15 overall while Chapman was 9-19 and 0-6 in the WWPA. The winner will take on No. 3 Santa Clara in Game No. 5 at 5:20 p.m.

Due to the convocation ceremonies for Santa Clara’s new president, the tournament will break the rest of the morning and will not resume until the afternoon with Game No. 2.

The second game of the day will feature UC Santa Cruz taking on No. 10 CS San Bernardino. UCSC finished the regular season at 13-16 overall and 3-6 against the WWPA. CSUSB finished the season with a big win over Sonoma State to move their record to 10-22 overall and 2-10 in the WWPA. They will play at 1:20 p.m. and the winner will take on CS Bakersfield in Game No. 6 at 6:40 p.m.

Game three will feature CS East Bay taking on CS Monterey Bay at 2:40 p.m. The Pioneers won 12 of their last 16 games and finished the season at 14-12 overall and 4-8 in the WWPA. CSUMB finished the season 2-10 in the WWPA and 8-25 overall. The winner will face host LMU in the final game of the day (game No. 7) at 8:00 p.m.

The final first round game will feature UC San Diego taking on Sonoma State in game No. 4 at 4:00 p.m. The Tritons played the toughest schedule in the conference with 20 games against top-20 opponents, finishing the season 10-19 overall and 4-4 against the WWPA. Sonoma State had some key wins on the season and received votes in the top-20 poll. They finished 11-17 overall and 8-7 in the WWPA. The winner will advance to the semifinals on Saturday.

2009 WWPA Women’s Championship Seedings:
1. LMU
2. CS Bakersfield
3. Santa Clara
4. UC San Diego
5. Sonoma State
6. Colorado State
7. UC Santa Cruz
8. CS East Bay
9. CS Monterey Bay
10. CS San Bernardino
11. Chapman

2009 WWPA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
On each day of the championship, games will be played at the Sullivan Aquatic Center on the campus of Santa Clara University.

Friday, April 24

Game 1 8:00 am: No. 6 Colorado State vs. No. 11 Chapman
Game 2 1:20 pm: No. 7 UC Santa Cruz vs. No. 10 CS San Bernardino
Game 3 2:40 pm: No. 8 CS East Bay vs. No. 9 CS Monterey Bay
Game 4 4:00 pm: No. 4 UC San Diego vs. No. 5 Sonoma State
Game 5 5:20 pm: No. 3 Santa Clara vs. Winner Game 1
Game 6 6:40 pm: No. 2 CS Bakersfield vs. Winner Game 2
Game 7 8:00 pm: No. 1 LMU vs. Winner Game 3

Saturday, April 25
Game 8 9:00 am: Loser #3 vs. Loser #1 (9th-11th round robin)
Game 9 10:20 am: Loser #5 vs. Loser #6 (Consolation Semifinal #1)
Game 10 11:40 am: Loser #4 vs. Loser #7 (Consolation Semifinal #2)
Game 11 1:00 pm: Winner #5 vs. Winner #6 (Semifinal #1)
Game 12 2:20 pm: Winner #4 vs. Winner #7 (Semifinal #2)
Game 13 3:40 pm: Loser #2 vs. Loser #1 (9th-11th round robin)

Sunday, April 26
Game 14 8:00 am: Loser #2 vs. Loser #3 (9th-11th round robin)
Game 15 9:30 am: Loser #9 vs. Loser #10 (7th Place Game)
Game 16 11:00 am: Winner #9 vs. Winner #10 (5th Place Game)
Game 17 12:30 pm: Loser #11 vs. Loser #12 (3rd Place Game)
Game 18 2:00 pm: Winner #11 vs. Winner #12 (Championship)
Note: Winner earns automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.
Higher seeded teams in all games wear DARK caps.
Lower seeded teams in all games wear WHITE caps.

Follow the championships online at www.WesternWaterPolo.org .