BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- For the first time in program history, the Washington & Jefferson men's water polo team has been selected to participate at the Collegiate Water Polo Association Championship.

The event will take place on Friday-Sunday, Nov. 21-23 at LeJeune Hall on the campus of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.

Led by third-year head coach and CWPA Division III Coach of the Year Jay O'Neil, W&J is the only team from the CWPA Southern Division to earn an at-large selection to the field by the Varsity Governance Council. The other three at-large bids went to Northern Division schools Fordham, MIT and Iona. Eight schools qualified automatically through their performances at the Northern and Southern Division Championships over the weekend.

The winner of the 20-game tournament, previously known as the CWPA Eastern Championship, will claim the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Championship.

The Governance Council weighed the records, including head-to-head matchups, among the teams that did not finish among the Top Five at the Southern Division Championship and the Top Three at the Northern Championship.  Based on each teams' finish and record, the committee elected to take Fordham, MIT, Iona and Washington & Jefferson and seed the teams at No. 9-to-12, respectively, based on the regular season division, conference and non-conference results of the squads under consideration.

Additional information on the 2014 CWPA Championship will be released over the course of the next week.
 

United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
Friday, November 21, 2014				Game No.
10:00	8th Seed - George Washington University	vs.	9th Seed - Fordham University	1
11:20	7th Seed - Johns Hopkins University	vs.	10th Seed - Massachusetts Instiute of Technology	2
12:40	Southern Division Third Place - United States Naval Academy	vs.	11th Seed - Iona College	3
2:00	Northern Division Third Place - St. Francis College Brooklyn	vs.	12th Seed - Washington & Jefferson College	4
3:20	Northern Division First Place - Brown University	vs.	Winner Game 1	5
4:40	Southern Division First Place - Princeton University	vs.	Winner Game 2	6
6:00	Northern Division Second Place - Harvard University	vs.	Winner Game 3	7
7:20	Southern Division Second Place - Bucknell University	vs.	Winner Game 4	8
Saturday, November 22, 2014				Game No.
8:00	High School Clinic w/ Olympian Brad Schumacher
9:45	High School All-Star Game
11:30	Loser Game 1	vs.	Loser Game 4	9
12:45	Loser Game 2	vs.	Loser Game 3	10
2:00	Loser Game 8	vs.	Loser Game 5	11
3:15	Loser Game 7	vs.	Loser Game 6	12
4:30	Winner Game 5	vs.	Winner Game 8	13
5:45	Winner Game 6	vs.	Winner Game 7	14
Sunday, November 23, 2012				Game No.
9:00	Loser Game 10	vs.	Loser Game 9	11th Place
10:20	Winner Game 9	vs.	Winner Game 10	Ninth Place
11:40	Loser Game 12	vs.	Loser Game 11	Seventh Place
1:00	Winner Game 11	vs.	Winner Game 12	Fifth Place
2:30	Loser Game 14	vs.	Loser Game 13	Third Place
4:00	Winner Game 13	vs.	Winner Game 14	First Place

Teams listed first wear dark caps and are home on the scoreboard. Host team always wears dark caps and is listed first on the scoreboard regardless of seed.