USC Earns At-Large Berth To 2005 NCAA Championship

Head coach Jovan Vavic and his women's water polo squad will defend its national championship at the 2005 NCAA Championship. The Women of Troy earned the No. 2 seed and will face Redlands in the opening match.

USC Earns At-Large Berth To 2005 NCAA Championship

May 02, 2005 | Women's Water Polo

May. 2, 2005

LOS ANGELES -- The USC women's water polo team will defend its national championship this weekend at the 2005 NCAA Championship in Ann Arbor, Michigan, after the Women of Troy received an at-large berth in the eight-team tournament today.

USC (23-4) will face No. 7 seed University of Redlands (19-11) on Friday (May 13) in a single-elimination tournament at 3 p.m. The tournament will take place at Canham Natatorium on the campus of the University of Michigan.

This is the fifth NCAA Championship and the first under the new eight-team format. USC became the first team in four years to go undefeated last season as the Women of Troy went 29-0 to earn the school's second national championship.