Princeton University Athletics
Men's Water Polo Announces 2009 Schedule
May 20, 2009 | Men's Water Polo
PRINCETON -- The 2009 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championships will be hosted by Princeton at DeNunzio Pool. On Wednesday, the Tiger men's water polo team announced the 2009 schedule that it hopes will lead it to the year-end event.
Princeton was 19-10 a season ago and captured the Southern Championship for the fifth overall time and for the first time since 2004. The Tigers advanced to the Eastern title game and led at the half, before a second-half rally lifted Navy to the Eastern title. The two divisional rivals will meet at least twice in the regular season as Princeton looks to end its season at home and advance to the NCAA Championship with an Eastern title for the first time since 2004.
Princeton will meet at least five teams that finished last season ranked in the National Top 20. The group includes top-ranked and defending National Champion USC, fourth-ranked USC, 11th-ranked Navy, 15th-ranked Santa Clara and 17th-ranked Brown. The Tigers finished 2008 ranked 13th. Princeton will also likely face ranked opponents in some of its scheduled tournaments where the games have not yet been scheduled.
Princeton opens the season the weekend of Sept. 11-13 when it hosts the Princeton Invitational at DeNunzio Pool. It is the first of 12 home dates for the team. The Tigers will open the season on the 11th at 6 p.m. against UCLA. Princeton will also play games that weekend against Harvard, Santa Clara and Brown. Other teams in the Invitational include MIT, Iona, Bucknell, Fordham, George Washington and Johns Hopkins. A link to the full Invitational schedule can be found at the top of this page.
The Tigers host Johns Hopkins the following Friday in their league opener before hosting the ECAC Championships the following two days at DeNunzio Pool. Princeton plays league games the next two weekends, visiting Bucknell on Sept. 26 and hosting George Washington on Sept. 27, then hosting Navy and Bucknell on Oct. 3 and 4.
Fall Break comes during the first full week of October and the Tigers will make a trip west to California to compete at the SoCal Tournament on Oct. 10-11 at UC Irvine. Princeton will start the trip the night before the tournament with a game at defending National Champion USC.
The Tigers return east for league games the following weekend on the road at Johns Hopkins, Navy and Bucknell to wrap up the regular season. The Southern Championships will then take place the weekend of Nov. 6-8 at Bucknell and Easterns will be two weeks later at MIT.
There is then a two-week layoff before the NCAA Championships at DeNunzio Pool. The winner of the Eastern Championships, along with the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and Western Water Polo Association champions will receive automatic bids to the tournament, along with one at-large team.
Princeton was 19-10 a season ago and captured the Southern Championship for the fifth overall time and for the first time since 2004. The Tigers advanced to the Eastern title game and led at the half, before a second-half rally lifted Navy to the Eastern title. The two divisional rivals will meet at least twice in the regular season as Princeton looks to end its season at home and advance to the NCAA Championship with an Eastern title for the first time since 2004.
Princeton will meet at least five teams that finished last season ranked in the National Top 20. The group includes top-ranked and defending National Champion USC, fourth-ranked USC, 11th-ranked Navy, 15th-ranked Santa Clara and 17th-ranked Brown. The Tigers finished 2008 ranked 13th. Princeton will also likely face ranked opponents in some of its scheduled tournaments where the games have not yet been scheduled.
Princeton opens the season the weekend of Sept. 11-13 when it hosts the Princeton Invitational at DeNunzio Pool. It is the first of 12 home dates for the team. The Tigers will open the season on the 11th at 6 p.m. against UCLA. Princeton will also play games that weekend against Harvard, Santa Clara and Brown. Other teams in the Invitational include MIT, Iona, Bucknell, Fordham, George Washington and Johns Hopkins. A link to the full Invitational schedule can be found at the top of this page.
The Tigers host Johns Hopkins the following Friday in their league opener before hosting the ECAC Championships the following two days at DeNunzio Pool. Princeton plays league games the next two weekends, visiting Bucknell on Sept. 26 and hosting George Washington on Sept. 27, then hosting Navy and Bucknell on Oct. 3 and 4.
Fall Break comes during the first full week of October and the Tigers will make a trip west to California to compete at the SoCal Tournament on Oct. 10-11 at UC Irvine. Princeton will start the trip the night before the tournament with a game at defending National Champion USC.
The Tigers return east for league games the following weekend on the road at Johns Hopkins, Navy and Bucknell to wrap up the regular season. The Southern Championships will then take place the weekend of Nov. 6-8 at Bucknell and Easterns will be two weeks later at MIT.
There is then a two-week layoff before the NCAA Championships at DeNunzio Pool. The winner of the Eastern Championships, along with the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and Western Water Polo Association champions will receive automatic bids to the tournament, along with one at-large team.
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