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Nov. 3, 2009

• CWPA Southern Division Championship Schedule

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- On the strength of its six-game winning streak and ECAC Championship in mid-September, the No. 12-ranked Navy water polo team was tabbed as the top seed for the upcoming CWPA Southern Division Tournament in a vote by the competing teams' head coaches. The championship gets underway on Friday in Lewisburg, Pa., and will run through Sunday.

Navy, which owns a 17-8 overall record, finished in a first-place tie in the league standings at 6-2 with both Bucknell and Princeton. The Mids defeated Princeton in two of out three games so far this year and have split with Bucknell in a pair of games this fall. After starting the year 9-7, the Mids have won eight of their last nine games dating back to Oct. 10.

Navy will open tournament play on Saturday morning at 11:30 am against the winner of eighth-seeded Washington & Jefferson and ninth-seeded Penn State-Behrend. Should the Mids win that contest, Navy will face the winner of fourth-seeded Johns Hopkins and fifth-seeded George Washington at 5:45 pm on Saturday. The title game is scheduled for 3:30 pm on Sunday afternoon.

The seeds for the tournament are as follows: (1) Navy, (2) Princeton, (3) Bucknell, (4) Johns Hopkins, (5) George Washington, (6) Mercyhurst, (7) Gannon, (8) Washington & Jefferson, (9) Penn State-Behrend and (10) Salem International.

Navy has had remarkable success in the CWPA Southern Division Tournament, owning a 49-5 record in 16 previous appearances with 11 tournament titles. The only team to beat Navy during the tournament has been Princeton, which Navy owns a 9-5 record against. The Mids have never finished worse than second and is 40-0 against all other teams other than Princeton.