Seeding for 2024 Northeast Water Polo Conference Championship at Princeton University Set; Tigers to Host Event on November 22-24 at DeNunzio Pool
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Following the concluding weekend of regular season conference play, the seeding for the 2024 Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) Championship hosted by Princeton University at DeNunzio Pool in Princeton, N.J., is completed with the host/No. 6-ranked Tigers (9-1), No. 15 Harvard University (9-1), No. 19 Brown University (6-4),, Iona University (5-6), Division III No. 7 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2-8), Long Island University (0-10) and Connecticut College (0-1) holding the No. 1-to-7 spots, respectively.
Princeton claims the No. 1 seed due to goal differential in meetings with Harvard as the Tigers defeated the Crimson 13-9 and lost 17-16 in sudden death overtime for a +3. Connecticut College takes the No. 7 seed due to a league agreement which allows the Camels to play a minimum number of regular season conference games with the understanding Connecticut is seeded No. 7 in the championship field.
The three-day, 10-game championship will be streamed by Princeton on ESPN+.
For fans attending the NWPC Championship, ticket prices are $25 for a three-day tournament pass or $10 for a one-day pass. Princeton 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.
Competition begins on Friday, November 22, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern as Iona takes on MIT. The opening day of competition concludes as Harvard faces Connecticut (3:00 p.m.) and Brown battles Long Island (5:00 p.m.).
On Saturday, November 23, the loser of the Iona-MIT game meets the fallen from the Harvard-Connecticut game at 10:00 a.m. The first semifinal weekend occurs at Noon as Princeton clashes with the winner of the Iona-MIT game. The victor of the Harvard-Connecticut and Brown-LIU games face-off at 2:00 p.m. in the other semifinal prior to the loser of the Iona-MIT and Brown-Long Island games squaring off at 4:00 p.m.
The three-game round-robin to determine Fifth-to-Seventh Place concludes on Sunday, November 24, at 9:00 a.m. as the loser of the Iona-MIT and Brown-Long Island games take to the water prior to the Third (11:00 a.m.) and First (1:00 p.m.) Place games.
